https://tokyobrief.com/articles/suruga-bank-raises-profit-guidance-dividend-rate-assumption Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:18:06.113Z Suruga Bank Lifts Profit Guide and Dividend, Citing a Reserve Release and an Assumed Rate Rise https://tokyobrief.com/articles/schneider-electric-first-half-organic-growth-cognite-aidash Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:17:32.678Z Schneider's first-half organic sales rose 14%, but currency drag held reported growth to 9.8% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sbi-global-asset-management-sbi-insurance-group-merger-delisting Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:16:53.459Z SBI Global Asset Management to absorb SBI Insurance Group, with delisting pencilled for March 2027 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/npa-fraud-fund-tracing-network-20-banks-october-1 Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:16:22.485Z Police extend bank fraud-tracing network to 20 lenders from October 1 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nissha-full-year-loss-guidance-usm-goodwill-impairment Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:15:47.360Z Nissha Now Guides to a Full-Year Loss After USM Goodwill Impairment https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nidec-net-loss-impairments-restatement-reporting-control-risks Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:15:11.322Z Nidec Posts ¥564.6bn Net Loss on ¥632.1bn of Impairments and Says Reporting-Control Risks Remain https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nidec-payouts-exceeded-distributable-amount-restatement Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:14:35.753Z Nidec Says Payouts in Five Fiscal Years Exceeded Its Legal Distribution Limit After Restatement https://tokyobrief.com/articles/mitsubishi-kakoki-tsukishima-share-swap-holding-company Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:14:02.385Z Mitsubishi Kakoki and Tsukishima agree 0.88 share swap to form a holding company by April 2027 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/members-guidance-cut-ai-demand-utilization Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:13:24.117Z Members puts ¥550mn of half-year sales shortfall on AI and Middle East caution, ¥250mn on utilization https://tokyobrief.com/articles/media-do-sells-firebrand-group-to-valsoft Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:12:50.878Z Media Do sells its Western publishing-software arm to Valsoft for $20mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kyorin-generics-plants-daito-meiji-seika-dbj-venture-signed Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:12:17.395Z Kyorin signs to hand two generics plants to a Daito-led venture, keeping its authorized generics https://tokyobrief.com/articles/krs-coldrush-india-cold-chain-acquisition Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:11:40.392Z K.R.S. takes 51.6% of Indian cold-chain operator Coldrush for ¥2.85bn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/korean-air-first-half-loss-debt-asiana-merger Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:11:02.115Z Korean Air swings to a ₩566.4bn first-half loss with debt heavier as Asiana merger nears https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kokuyo-28bn-singapore-vehicle-thien-long-vietnam-approval Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:10:26.450Z Kokuyo's board approves ¥28bn injection for Thien Long purchase vehicle, conditional on Vietnam approval https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jbic-euro-bond-71st-series-terms Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:09:53.147Z JBIC prices €1.5bn seven-year euro bond at 4.000% with Japan's guarantee https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-august-lodging-guest-nights-fall-foreign-stays-down Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:09:20.789Z Japan's August hotel stays fall 6.7% as foreign guest-nights drop 10.3% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-display-mobara-plant-sale-gain Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:08:46.908Z Japan Display agrees Mobara plant sale, flags ¥51.4bn gain but withholds the price https://tokyobrief.com/articles/iriso-electronics-internal-control-ineffective-material-weaknesses Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:08:11.419Z Iriso Electronics Rates Its Financial Controls Ineffective, Citing Board Oversight and Overseas Reporting Gaps https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fitcrew-board-approves-456mn-purchase-five-valx-gyms Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:07:32.210Z Fitcrew's board approves ¥456mn purchase of five VALX gyms https://tokyobrief.com/articles/reserve-funds-consumption-tax-cut-preparations-finance-minister Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:06:54.169Z Government draws on reserve funds to start consumption-tax-cut preparations https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fidea-subsidiary-banks-sign-merger-contract-january-2027 Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:06:17.683Z FIDEA's two regional banks sign merger contract, aiming for a 1 January 2027 start https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ccb-first-half-credit-charges-rise-npl-ratio-eases Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:05:43.917Z CCB's first-half credit charges rise 20.8% even as bad-loan ratio dips to 1.29% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/chiba-bank-chiba-kogyo-bank-share-transfer-plan Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:05:10.380Z Chiba Bank and Chiba Kogyo Bank draw up plan for a one-for-one common-share swap into a holding company https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sbi-base-tender-offer-extended-october-15-price-unchanged Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:04:32.698Z SBI Gives BASE Holders Until October 15 to Tender at an Unchanged ¥340 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/astroscale-uk-ministry-of-defence-15mn-contract-outside-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:04:00.513Z Astroscale wins £15mn UK defence contract, but keeps it out of its profit guide https://tokyobrief.com/articles/allganize-ipo-holder-sales-exceed-new-share-issue Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:03:24.777Z Allganize IPO plan puts ¥3.69bn of holders' shares on sale against ¥699mn of new stock https://tokyobrief.com/articles/agent-ig-completes-advance-create-insurance-contract-acquisition Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:02:50.731Z Agent IG completes purchase of Advance Create insurance customer contracts, price undisclosed https://tokyobrief.com/articles/advance-create-president-exit-policy-special-attention Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-30T14:02:16.927Z Advance Create's remediation plan says president leaves top job even if re-elected director https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-proposes-deleting-unused-school-lecture-visa-category Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T19:48:27.600Z Japan proposes scrapping a school-lecture visa category with zero recorded entrants since 2018 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/sme-growth-acceleration-subsidy-third-round-declaration Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T19:43:51.891Z Japan's SME growth subsidy makes a published ¥10bn declaration a condition of third-round applications https://tokyobrief.com/articles/katayama-yen-undervaluation-bessent-call-jgb-yields Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T19:39:10.186Z Katayama Repeats Yen Undervaluation Concern After Bessent Call but Won't Discuss Levels https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-panel-niigata-credit-union-merger-branch-costs-assumptions Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T16:26:46.997Z Regulator's panel pressed Niigata credit unions on branch costs and merger assumptions before backing tie-up https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-proposes-six-new-designated-intractable-diseases-vexas Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T16:22:28.657Z Japan proposes adding six rare diseases, VEXAS syndrome among them, to its subsidised intractable-disease list https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-landscape-regeneration-guideline-draft-public-comment Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T16:16:57.282Z Japan's land ministry drafts guideline for reviving run-down streetscapes, with early rent discounts on the table https://tokyobrief.com/articles/trial-holdings-seiyu-integration-targets-conversions-synergies Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:28:31.316Z TRIAL Holdings puts numbers on Seiyu integration: 30 conversions, ¥45bn gross-profit lift https://tokyobrief.com/articles/solar-fund-curtailment-weather-below-forecast-june-2026 Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:27:54.952Z Solar output cuts and a poor June leave a Tokyo-listed infrastructure fund below its own forecast https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-revokes-intern-supervision-licence-osaka-cooperative Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:27:20.590Z Japan pulls licence of Osaka intern-supervision cooperative over false audit reports https://tokyobrief.com/articles/taiyo-yuden-tdk-basic-agreement-mlcc-inductor-alliance Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:26:47.172Z Taiyo Yuden and TDK sign basic agreement to study joint MLCC and inductor development https://tokyobrief.com/articles/susmed-medcle-insomnia-app-launch-milestone-revenue-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:26:13.571Z SUSMED's insomnia app is on sale, but the year's revenue came from partner milestones https://tokyobrief.com/articles/shikoku-electric-passes-wheeling-charge-rise-to-households Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:25:40.854Z Shikoku Electric Passes Grid Charge Rise to Households From November https://tokyobrief.com/articles/oki-early-retirement-applications-10bn-special-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:25:08.583Z OKI Sets a ¥10bn Charge as 668 Staff Apply for Early Retirement https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ntt-data-minkabu-stake-board-nominee-consent-rights Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:24:34.952Z NTT DATA agrees to buy into Minkabu, with a board nominee and consent rights https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-approves-niigata-credit-union-merger-grant-plan Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:24:00.804Z FSA approves Niigata credit-union merger plan that seeks a ¥416.4mn grant https://tokyobrief.com/articles/meti-second-reporting-order-chubu-electric-hamaoka-decommissioning Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:23:22.458Z METI orders Chubu Electric to report again on Hamaoka decommissioning records https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kobe-bussan-60bn-convertible-40bn-buyback Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:22:48.016Z Kobe Bussan Lines Up ¥60bn Convertible and ¥40bn Buyback to Fund Airline-Catering Deal https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kansai-electric-november-tariff-modeled-bills Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:22:12.520Z Kansai Electric Puts Numbers on November Tariff Rise: Sample Low-Voltage Bills Up 4.3% to 6.9% https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kanadevia-nippon-steel-engineering-end-integration-talks Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:21:41.044Z Kanadevia and Nippon Steel Engineering end merger talks, and a new plan is pushed to 2027 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/kakaku-com-kamgras-tender-3681-yen-october-14 Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:21:07.262Z Kakaku.com Bidder Adds ¥1 to Its Offer and Extends the Tender to October 14 https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jx-advanced-metals-tronox-rare-earth-refining-study Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:20:34.784Z JX Advanced Metals and Tronox plan a $32mn study of a rare-earth refining venture https://tokyobrief.com/articles/oasis-infomart-stake-21-percent-further-buying-plan Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:20:01.023Z Oasis Lifts Infomart Stake to 21.36% and Flags Further Buying Within Three Months https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jftc-recommends-air-blast-maker-settle-late-subcontractor-payments Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:19:28.818Z Regulator recommends Tokyo equipment maker settle late payments to 46 subcontractors https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jbic-vpbank-vietnam-grid-loan Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:18:54.382Z JBIC and two Japanese banks back a $27mn loan for Ho Chi Minh City grid work https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-august-arrivals-fall-kyushu-discount-scheme Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:18:19.482Z Japan's August visitor arrivals fell 9.6% as Tokyo readies Kyushu quake discounts https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-lifeline-cross-vascular-acquisition-earn-out Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:17:44.094Z Japan Lifeline to buy US ablation-tool developer with no reported revenue, up to $4mn on an earn-out https://tokyobrief.com/articles/iriso-electronics-committee-judge-payments-unproven-customs-cash-confirmed Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:17:11.019Z IRISO Electronics Panel Cannot Prove Judge Payments but Confirms Customs Cash https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ihi-steinmuller-engineering-sale-mutares-loss Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:16:38.350Z IHI expects a ¥14bn hit from selling its German engineering unit to a Mutares subsidiary https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-swaps-ifrs-14-for-ifrs-20-designated-standards Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:16:04.692Z FSA swaps IFRS 14 for IFRS 20 on rate-regulated accounting in Japan's designated standards https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-reserve-fund-food-tax-cut-worker-relief-meti-sme Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:15:32.459Z Japan Draws ¥111.87bn From Reserves to Prepare Food Tax Cut and Worker Relief Payments https://tokyobrief.com/articles/resonac-crasus-chemical-listing-oct-1-spin-off-deconsolidation Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:14:52.886Z Resonac Set to Fall to 18.57% of Crasus Chemical After October 1 Spin-Off https://tokyobrief.com/articles/cosco-shipping-first-half-container-margin-falls Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:14:18.908Z COSCO Shipping Holdings' container margin fell more than six points as first-half revenue edged up https://tokyobrief.com/articles/cabinet-office-september-2026-economic-report-trade-production-wording Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:13:47.186Z Cabinet Office Keeps Its Recovery Call but Rewrites Trade and Production Lines https://tokyobrief.com/articles/axelspace-grus-3-four-satellites-high-speed-link-fault Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:13:14.150Z Four of seven Axelspace GRUS-3 satellites have high-speed downlink fault https://tokyobrief.com/articles/arisawa-gifu-plant-subsidy-cap Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:12:40.827Z Arisawa wins subsidy of up to ¥2.127bn for Gifu plant https://tokyobrief.com/articles/ahresty-raises-sales-forecast-cuts-operating-profit-impairment-review Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T11:12:00.824Z Ahresty raises its sales forecast to ¥180.8bn but cuts operating profit guidance to ¥300mn https://tokyobrief.com/articles/societe-generale-bank-of-japan-deposits-yen-swaps Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-29T03:22:09.231Z Société Générale's Bank of Japan deposits rose €5bn on surplus yen from FX swaps https://tokyobrief.com/articles/alls-and-company-tokyo-pro-market-listing-loss-guidance Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-28T23:31:33.983Z All's & Company lists on TOKYO PRO Market guiding to a full-year loss after a profitable first half https://tokyobrief.com/articles/jbic-loan-chrysanthemum-vietnam-steel-wire Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-28T19:12:18.781Z JBIC and Resona Bank fund Osaka steel-wire maker's Vietnam factory https://tokyobrief.com/articles/nef-hydropower-feasibility-subsidy-reopens Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-28T17:10:21.323Z Japan's New Energy Foundation Reopens ¥470mn Hydropower Feasibility Subsidy https://tokyobrief.com/articles/fsa-adds-third-cyberattack-reporting-form-for-banks Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-28T17:03:31.266Z Japan's FSA Adds a Third Cyberattack Reporting Form for Bank Data Breaches https://tokyobrief.com/articles/japan-broadcast-content-subsidy-third-round Tokyo Brief en 2026-09-28T16:54:15.079Z Japan Reopens ¥150mn-Cap Subsidy for VFX and AI-Assisted TV Exports