Results, forecasts and guidance revisions from Japan's listed companies, in English.
Suruga Bank's quarterly net profit rose 158.5% to ¥14.1bn, helped by ¥8.2bn in credit-provision reversals and smaller bond losses, but the regional lender left its full-year profit and dividend guidance untouched.
Six-month profit at McDonald's Holdings Company (Japan) rose to ¥19.7bn as same-store sales grew for a 43rd straight quarter despite a February price revision, and management has revised its full-year forecast as a result.
A gain from losing control of its real-estate subsidiary lifted Sapporo Breweries' first-half net profit by ¥293.7bn to ¥295.4bn, even as the newly renamed brewer's operating business posted a ¥5.9bn loss on restructuring and impairment charges.
Yokohama Rubber's first-half net profit beat its own May forecast by 61%, and instead of just banking the upside, it raised its dividend payout ratio target from 20% to 30%, lifting the full-year dividend forecast to ¥223 per share for a sixth straight annual increase.
Commodity prices and a weaker yen, not one-off accounting, drove Sumitomo Metal Mining's 55% increase in its annual profit forecast to ¥216bn, and the company's own price assumptions for the rest of the year are already more conservative than what it saw in the first quarter.
Smaller bond-sale losses at Sony Life and a stake sale still awaiting regulatory sign-off pushed Sony Financial Group's full-year profit outlook from a projected ¥20bn loss to ¥37bn, though the group's preferred earnings gauge stays fixed at ¥110bn because both swing factors are excluded from it.
Fintech profit jumped 47% and mobile's losses kept narrowing, pushing Rakuten Group's first-half pretax income positive for the first time in seven years, though the parent still posted a ¥10.9bn net loss.
DIC's operating profit nearly doubled to ¥51.9bn in the first half as AI chip demand and quick price hikes offset raw-material costs, prompting the chemicals maker to raise its full-year outlook, lift its dividend to ¥150 a share and authorize a buyback of up to ¥10bn.
A one-off ¥315bn gain from ceding control of its real estate arm pushed Sapporo Breweries' half-year net profit up ¥293.7bn to ¥295.4bn, even as its continuing operations swung into a ¥5.9bn operating loss.
A one-off ¥7bn gain from selling two chemical units, not just stronger toothpaste and detergent sales, drove more than half of the increase in Lion's first-half operating profit.
Nippon Sheet Glass posted a small net profit last quarter on yen weakness and automotive pricing, but the real news is procedural: shareholders have approved Apollo's ¥165bn equity injection and lenders' separate ¥140bn debt-to-equity swap, with the company still targeting completion in the second half of the year to March 2027 pending regulatory sign-off.
McDonald's Japan raised its full-year profit forecast after half-year operating profit jumped 15.2% and same-store sales notched a 43rd straight quarterly gain, even though the revised sales outlook still trails 2025's total of ¥416.6bn.
A weaker yen and an ¥8bn US tariff refund pushed Kawasaki Heavy's quarterly business profit up 74% to ¥35.8bn, and the industrial group followed with a ¥93.4bn share sale and two convertible bond issues to fund hydrogen supply chains and factory upgrades.
Middle East disruption cut INPEX's crude sales nearly a quarter in the first half, but higher prices, a weaker yen and steady Ichthys output pushed the energy explorer to raise its full-year profit forecast to a record ¥510bn, fund a ¥140bn buyback and lift its dividend to ¥112 a share.
Net profit at the Tokyo-listed builder jumped 182% in the June quarter as margins improved on domestic construction work and property sales volumes rose, though management left its full-year profit guidance unchanged at a projected 14.8% decline.
SUMCO's shipments of large 300mm silicon wafers rose on AI and data-center demand, yet the chipmaker still posted a ¥12.9bn net loss for the six months to June, with breakeven not expected before the third quarter.
Suntory Beverage & Food's operating profit rose 3% for the six months to June, but strip out currency translation and it fell 5.4%, with Europe's margins the weak spot and Oceania the standout region.
Inbound tourists and rising secondhand watch prices drove a 95% sales jump at Geo Holdings' luxury resale unit OKURA in the June quarter, helping push group operating profit up a third even as new-product sales cooled.
A record first quarter for revenue did not stop a 43 percent drop in TBS Holdings' operating profit, and the broadcaster has now cut its full-year sales and profit forecast as advertisers hold back on TV spot buys amid Middle East-linked uncertainty.
Orders at facilities contractor Hibiya Engineering jumped 235.8% to ¥56.1bn in the quarter to June as data-center fit-out contracts piled up, even though reported sales fell 6.5% because that work has not yet been billed.
Optical-cable and connector demand tied to data-center buildouts pushed Furukawa Electric to raise its full-year operating profit target by ¥28.0bn, to ¥123.0bn, and its interim profit forecast by ¥14.5bn.
Lasertec's new orders more than doubled to ¥237.5bn on AI-chip demand, yet revenue and operating profit both fell for the year to June because last year's weak bookings finally hit shipments; the company is now guiding for a 25.8% revenue rebound next year.
NTT's operating revenue climbed 10.9% to a record ¥3.62tn in the quarter through June, but profit grew only about half as fast, and the group's untouched full-year forecast points to operating profit growth slowing to just 0.2% for the year to March 2027.
Rakuten Bank increased its net profit target for the year to March 2027 by ¥6.8bn to ¥88.1bn, pointing to higher loan interest income and June's Bank of Japan rate rise as the main drivers.