Results, forecasts and guidance revisions from Japan's listed companies, in English.
Kansai Electric's net profit fell to ¥183.0bn, helped by a ¥105.1bn disposal gain, while ordinary profit dropped to ¥111.6bn and operating cash flow turned to a ¥138.7bn outflow as purchased-power and fuel costs rose.
Micronics Japan lifted its operating profit forecast to ¥36.1bn and its year-end dividend forecast to ¥208, but said some third-quarter sales had been recognised early from the next quarter.
ENEOS's reported April-to-September operating profit of ¥706.1bn falls to ¥443.8bn excluding inventory effects, and its renewables segment took ¥111.8bn of impairments while the $758mn TPC Holdings purchase closed.
TRIAL Holdings' operating profit rose 107.0% to ¥10.6bn in July to September, or 42.0% excluding last year's roughly ¥2.35bn of Seiyu deal costs, while Seiyu plans to add staff from the second quarter and full-year guidance is unchanged.
CHANGE Holdings now guides attributable profit from a ¥2.2bn loss to a ¥1.6bn gain for the year to March 2027, after a ¥5.97bn EG goodwill writedown and the Furusato Choice shutdown, and has left the year-end dividend undetermined.
DIC lifted its full-year operating-profit forecast to ¥100bn from ¥78bn, citing AI semiconductor demand for epoxy resins, higher-value inks and quick price rises, while display pigments slowed after a World Cup-linked TV surge.
Terumo's Aortic recall costs about ¥3bn of adjusted operating profit, but about ¥38bn of asset-value risk, not yet final, drives a 25.6% cut to its reported operating profit forecast, now ¥119.0bn.
Alfresa's half-year operating profit fell 19.6% to ¥13.03bn on 3.5% higher sales; the wholesaler ties the 5.2% profit decline in its prescription-drug wholesale segment to April's price revision, distribution reforms and logistics costs.
Mimaki Engineering launched La-meccanica printer add-on equipment and bought a software developer for ¥400mn, while a ¥807mn US tariff refund helped lift first-half operating profit 42.0% to ¥5.67bn.
Panasonic deducted ¥125.6bn of US battery subsidy from cost of sales in the half year, while a ¥19.0bn washer-dryer recall held its Smart Life unit to ¥7.3bn of operating profit.
COVER's hololive Dreams launch pushed second-quarter sales up 0.3% and operating profit up 74.0%, yet half-year sales fell 3.6% and the company left its full-year forecast unchanged.
Nippon Chemi-Con took a ¥2.04bn special loss, matching its Singapore unit's net assets, after a £92.7mn court order now under appeal, leaving interim net profit at ¥45mn despite 21.6% sales growth.
Fukuyama Transporting says clients stockpiling and shipping early on expected naphtha shortages pushed freight volume 1.2% above plan, helping interim operating profit beat its forecast by 37.5% and prompting a higher full-year guide.
Nippon Express Holdings raised its operating profit forecast for the year to December 2026 by ¥15bn, citing Asia freight volumes, the Metro Supply Chain Group consolidation, structural reform and expected property sale gains, without sizing each.
Mebuki Financial Group lifted its full-year net profit forecast to ¥112.0bn from ¥105.0bn, citing higher loan and securities yields after the Bank of Japan's September rate increase, and raised its annual dividend forecast to ¥48.
Taisei raised its operating profit forecast to ¥212bn from ¥188bn, crediting wider domestic civil engineering and building margins that it expects to outrun higher personnel costs, with sales unchanged at ¥2.42tn.
Suntory Beverage & Food lifted its revenue forecast by ¥40.0bn but lowered operating profit guidance to ¥147.5bn, with its slides putting the Middle East cost hit on existing-business operating profit at ¥16.3bn.
Mitsubishi Materials raised its operating-profit forecast for the year to March 2027 to ¥165bn from ¥130bn, citing higher tungsten and copper prices, carbide-product repricing and semiconductor volumes, while holding its ¥116 dividend forecast.
Nippon Tungsten lifted its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2027 to ¥2.29bn from ¥730mn, citing price revisions and efforts to win new customers amid tungsten supply strain, while warning that higher-cost materials will lower profitability from the third quarter.
Daifuku's nine-month orders of ¥781.2bn, up 56.5% and led by chip-line systems, outpaced sales growth of 13.9%, and the company lifted its annual order, sales and profit forecasts and announced a buyback of up to ¥40bn.
Resonac lifted its full-year core operating profit forecast to ¥250bn on advanced chip demand, but cut operating profit guidance to ¥115bn as graphite-electrode strategic-option losses entered the forecast.
Rakuten Bank raised its forecast for attributable profit to ¥115.0bn for the year to March 2027, with Rakuten Card and Rakuten Securities Holdings consolidated from October, while forecast earnings per share fell to ¥397.08 from ¥505.10.
Honda booked a further ¥508.7bn for EV supplier compensation in the half to September, yet motorcycles earned ¥439.0bn against a ¥5.7bn auto operating loss, and a ¥152.3bn purchase lifted its Astemo stake to 61.0%.
Nissan swung to an ¥80.0bn first-half operating profit but still lost ¥39.7bn at the net level, and it is keeping its ¥200bn full-year target, which assumes ¥120bn of operating profit in the second half.