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Japan's largest trading house closed FY26 with revenue up 1.6% to ¥18.92 trillion but profit attributable to owners down 15.8% to ¥800.5 billion as coal, copper and LNG-linked margins normalized; it lifted the annual dividend to ¥110 and guided a 37% profit rebound to ¥1.1 trillion for FY27.
E-Commerce
Askul swung to a ¥22.15bn net loss for FY5/26 as revenue fell 16.8% to ¥400.20bn after an October 2025 ransomware attack halted order-taking and shipping; the office-supply e-commerce group cut its annual dividend to ¥10.
Real Estate
Kasumigaseki Capital lifted nine-month revenue 75.0% to ¥88.48bn as its logistics, hotel and healthcare development pipeline delivered; operating profit dipped 12.5% to ¥8.20bn, net profit rose 12.4%, and it reaffirmed record full-year guidance.
Retail
Arcs, the Hokkaido-based supermarket holding group, grew Q1 revenue 2.7% to ¥158.48bn and operating profit 5.9% to ¥4.10bn; it kept full-year guidance and its ¥82 dividend unchanged.
Internet & Media
CyberAgent posted record interim results, with revenue up 13.6% to ¥478.58 billion and operating profit up 79.8% to ¥52.46 billion, as the game business surged 47% and the ABEMA operator moved into the black. Full-year FY9/26 guidance of ¥50–60 billion in operating profit was left unchanged.
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Revenue rose 8.2% to ¥10.59 trillion and adjusted operating profit jumped 23.4% to ¥1.20 trillion as Hitachi's three-pillar strategy — Digital Systems & Services (Lumada), Energy, and Connective Industries — drove margin expansion across the entire portfolio. Profit attributable to owners of the parent climbed 30.3% to ¥802.4 billion, basic EPS reached ¥176.76 (post the July 2024 1-for-5 stock split), and ROE expanded to 12.9% from 10.7%. Adjusted EBITA grew 21.0% to ¥1.31 trillion. Operating cash flow surged to ¥1.67 trillion; financing outflows widened to ¥971 billion on debt repayment and capital return.
Enterprise Software
Oracle Corporation Japan reported FY5/2026 revenue of ¥285.1 billion (+8.2%) and net profit of ¥63.5 billion (+4.6%), with a 31.5% operating margin and 34.5% ROE; it declared a ¥858-per-share year-end dividend — including a ¥660 special — lifting the annual payout to roughly 173% of earnings.
Insurance
Insurance revenue rose 6.1% to ¥5.37 trillion and net profit attributable to owners more than tripled to ¥640.1 billion as the newly consolidated Aspen platform added ¥2.9 trillion in overseas assets and ROE more than doubled to 13.7%; the dividend was raised to ¥150 with a FY27 forecast of ¥200 and a fresh ¥69 billion buyback.
Pharmaceuticals
Eisai (TSE: 4523) reported record FY3/2026 revenue of ¥825.4 billion (+4.6%) under IFRS, powered by a 98.7% surge in Alzheimer's therapy Leqembi to ¥88.0 billion. Operating profit fell 18.8% to ¥44.1 billion and net profit attributable to owners dropped 17.0% to ¥38.6 billion as the company poured resources into the Leqembi launch and European restructuring. The annual dividend was held at ¥160, and FY27 guidance points to a 58.6% operating-profit rebound to ¥70.0 billion.
Food Products
Mushroom producer Hokuto (TSE: 1379) posted FY3/2026 revenue of ¥85.9 billion (+3.4%) and operating profit of ¥7.0 billion (+6.1%), while net profit attributable to owners surged 57.8% to ¥7.0 billion on stronger recurring profit. Firm domestic mushroom prices and a weak yen lifting overseas sales drove the gains. The annual dividend was raised to ¥55, with ¥62 guided for FY27.
Apparel
World Co., the Japanese apparel group behind brands including Takeo Kikuchi, Untitled and Aquagirl, posted first-quarter revenue up 6.7% to ¥74.71 billion and net profit up 24.7% to ¥5.45 billion under IFRS.
Office Equipment
Ricoh, the Tokyo office-equipment and digital-services group, posted full-year revenue up 3.2% to ¥2.61 trillion and operating profit up 42.1% to ¥90.7 billion under IFRS, and lifted its dividend to ¥44.
Consumer Finance
Acom, the Mitsubishi UFJ-group consumer-finance company, posted full-year operating revenue up 6.3% to ¥337.7 billion and net profit up 147.9% to ¥79.6 billion, and raised its dividend to ¥22, though it guided this year lower.
Logistics
Fukuyama Transporting posted record FY3/2026 results, with revenue up 5.3% to ¥318.58bn, operating profit up 26.9% and net profit up 56.6% to ¥13.70bn; the LTL freight carrier raised its dividend to ¥76 and guides ¥100 for next year.
Apparel
Wacoal Holdings' FY3/2026 profit rose 82% to ¥13.12bn as asset and securities gains lifted operating profit fivefold, though core business profit stayed near breakeven and revenue slipped 1.4%; the dividend was held at ¥100.
Materials
Unitika swung to an ¥18.15bn net profit in FY3/2026 from a ¥24.28bn loss as operating profit jumped 80% and REVIC-backed asset sales rebuilt its balance sheet, even as revenue fell 6.2%.
Logistics
Kyuso Distribution System grew first-half operating revenue 3.1% to ¥102.74bn, but operating profit fell 3.6% to ¥2.96bn on cost pressures; interim net profit dropped 13.9% and the interim dividend was set at ¥12.
Energy
Japan Petroleum Exploration posted FY3/2026 revenue down 12.5% to ¥340.34bn and operating profit down 37.2% to ¥38.92bn as crude and gas prices fell. It completed the $1.04bn acquisition of U.S. shale producer Verdad Resources, set a ¥65 annual dividend and guides FY3/27 operating profit up 5.4% despite the Iraq Garraf halt.
Apparel Retail
The apparel group behind Adastria's Global Work, niko and… and LOWRYS FARM brands opened FY2/2027 with first-quarter revenue up 3.7% to ¥80.3 billion and operating profit up 40.5% to ¥7.9 billion, though a higher tax charge left net profit down 10.6% to ¥3.9 billion.
Construction
COMSYS Holdings reported full-year revenue up 2.6% to ¥630.7 billion and net profit up 20.7% to ¥36.3 billion for the year to March 2026, as buoyant NTT mobile-quality work, large data-center projects and IT-system builds lifted every profit line; the telecom-infrastructure group raised its dividend to ¥130 and guided for further growth.
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