Results, forecasts and guidance revisions from Japan's listed companies, in English.
Nippon Steel reported a ¥263.0bn half-year net profit against a loss a year earlier, with U.S. Steel the steel segment's main earner, domestic margins weaker, and a ¥96.1bn tax credit inside the net figure.
Nippon Paper booked a ¥15bn extraordinary loss in its standalone interim accounts for fixed-asset impairment, inventory write-downs and shutdown fixed costs at its earthquake-hit Yatsushiro mill; the filing gives no restart date.
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines earned ¥179.3bn in the half year, helped by container rates and ¥64.1bn from Ocean Network Express, and kept its ¥300bn full-year forecast on the premise that the Persian Gulf and Red Sea stay impassable.
Mazda earned ¥59.1bn in operating profit for the half to September after a ¥53.9bn loss a year earlier, and raised full-year ordinary profit guidance to ¥160bn while holding sales, operating and net profit forecasts.
Kyorin Pharmaceutical's operating guide swings from a ¥2bn profit to a ¥4.9bn loss for the year to March 2027, after it counted upfront fees for the Edesa EB05 licence and a second deal not yet signed.
Kubota's operating profit rose 40.9% to ¥302.6bn in the nine months to September, helped by currency, North American price rises and tariff refunds the company does not quantify, while full-year guidance stays unchanged.
KOKUSAI ELECTRIC booked first-half revenue of ¥164.0bn, up 40.0%, and operating profit of ¥36.8bn, up 62.1%, crediting AI-led chip investment, while leaving its full-year forecast and ¥65 annual dividend plan unchanged.
JX Advanced Metals lifted its operating profit forecast for the year to March 2027 by ¥23.0bn, pointing to AI-server volumes, better pricing and a higher copper assumption, while still allowing for lower mine output.
Furukawa Electric lifted its operating-profit forecast for the year to March 2027 to ¥136bn from ¥123bn, saying data-center demand is driving optical solutions sales, while the first-half optical segment earned ¥23.6bn.
Fujifilm's first-half operating profit fell 10.9% to ¥141.2bn as healthcare profit shrank 85.8%, even as electronics and imaging earnings rose; the full-year profit forecast is unchanged at ¥365.0bn.
Hanwa subscribed to new Nakayama Steel shares for ¥3.79bn on 2 October, taking its holding to 20.48% and tying it to a new electric-furnace project, and on 6 November lifted its full-year ordinary profit forecast to ¥65bn from ¥57bn.
Unicharm's nine-month sales rose 5.1% to ¥729.3bn with pet care up 13.0%, and it closed a Brazilian pet-food acquisition on June 30, while Asia's core profit fell 18.3% and attributable profit slipped 6.6%.
Autobacs Seven's half-year net profit rose 99.6% to ¥6.99bn on a tax adjustment tied to the decision to transfer its French subsidiary, while pre-tax profit fell 10.2%; a ¥1.75bn dealer acquisition lifted consumer sales.
JR East's first-half operating profit rose 13.6% to ¥262.9bn on fare revisions and more riders, the company lifted its full-year forecast, and it took 60% voting control of a merged property developer on October 1.
Japan Airport Terminal raised its full-year operating profit forecast to ¥51.5bn from ¥45.6bn, citing international passenger numbers above its forecast and a weak yen that helped duty-free sales, and kept its interim dividend at ¥48 a share.
Cancer drugs Enhertu and Datroway drove a 46.9% jump in Daiichi Sankyo's first-half core operating profit to ¥221.3bn, while only 30% of its healthcare unit has passed to Suntory Holdings, with control due to transfer in June 2027.
TradeWorks now expects operating profit of ¥300mn, down from ¥480mn, as breach-related security spending, delayed project acceptance, AI costs and subsidiary shortfalls outweigh a higher ¥5.85bn sales forecast.
Oji Holdings cut its full-year operating-profit forecast to ¥45bn from ¥60bn, citing Middle East fuel costs and slow pulp recovery, but held net profit at ¥35bn by relying on sales of shareholdings.
TOWA now guides operating profit of ¥13.15bn for the year to March 2027, up from ¥10.24bn, citing chipmakers' AI-related spending on advanced logic and memory, and has lifted its dividend forecast to ¥30 a share.
SG Holdings expects more parcels at lower average prices and higher fuel and outsourcing costs, so it cut its delivery profit forecast to ¥73bn while raising group operating profit to ¥100bn on global logistics.
Iyogin Holdings now expects year-to-March 2027 ordinary profit of ¥115.5bn, up ¥4.5bn from its May forecast, as higher domestic rates lift loan interest and securities income above plan.
KDDI's adjusted operating profit rose 13.9% to ¥633.1bn in the half to September, but ¥68.3bn of impairments, including the menu closure, held reported operating profit growth to 0.8%, while a Kakaku.com remeasurement gain sits below the operating line.
Food & Life Companies reported record operating profit of ¥51.5bn after overseas Sushiro sales rose 62.0%, and guides to ¥610bn in revenue next year following the completed sale of Kyotaru.
Kioxia's net profit for April to September reached ¥2.20tn against ¥58.9bn a year earlier, driven by data-center pricing, while it spent ¥800bn on buybacks and booked a ¥36.0bn provision for a US patent verdict.