Japanese Healthcare Services Stock News

The board of Nippon Seiki Co., Ltd. ( TSE:7287 ) has announced that it will pay a dividend of ¥40.00 per share on the...

Kuraray (TSE:3405) just gained fresh attention after its subsidiary Calgon Carbon secured a new U.S. patent for using reactivated carbon to remove PFAS from water, strengthening its position in regulatory driven treatment demand. See our latest analysis for Kuraray. That patent win lands at a tricky time for Kuraray, with the share price down sharply year to date but still supported by a solid three year total shareholder return. This suggests long term holders have not lost faith even as...

The board of Prestige International Inc. ( TSE:4290 ) has announced that it will pay a dividend on the 10th of June...

Hokuriku Electric Industry Co.,Ltd. ( TSE:6989 ) shares have continued their recent momentum with a 26% gain in the...

If you're looking for a multi-bagger, there's a few things to keep an eye out for. Amongst other things, we'll want to...

While Aoyama Zaisan Networks Company,Limited ( TSE:8929 ) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't...

Kyocera (TSE:6971) has quietly put together an impressive run, with the share price climbing about 7% over the past month and roughly 43% over the past year, easily outpacing broader Japanese indices. See our latest analysis for Kyocera. The latest leg higher has been supported by solid underlying results, with steady revenue growth and a sharp improvement in net income helping to reframe Kyocera’s risk profile and fuel its strong year to date share price return. If Kyocera’s momentum has...

Mitsui Kinzoku Company (TSE:5706) has quietly turned into a serious momentum story, with the share price climbing about 75% over the past 3 months and nearly tripling investors money year to date. See our latest analysis for Mitsui Kinzoku Company. That surge has come on top of an already impressive run, with the 1 year total shareholder return near 290% and the 3 year total shareholder return above 540%. This suggests that momentum is still very much building rather than fading. If Mitsui...

Daiichi Sankyo Company (TSE:4568) has just cleared a major legal hurdle while pushing deeper into oncology, with a U.S. appeals court invalidating a Seagen patent and fresh clinical momentum around ENHERTU and DATROWAY. See our latest analysis for Daiichi Sankyo Company. The mix of a cleared patent overhang and steady ENHERTU and DATROWAY news flow has not yet turned the tide. The share price has delivered a year-to-date return of negative 19.3 percent and a one-year total shareholder return...

Asahi Kasei recently announced it will phase out production of hexamethylene diamine (HMD) by April 2027 as part of its portfolio optimization, while keeping PA66 and HDI operations in Miyazaki Prefecture unchanged and reassigning all affected employees. At the same time, its ROICA brand is partnering with NILIT’s SENSIL to develop biomass-balanced, lower-impact stretch fabrics, underscoring Asahi Kasei’s push toward higher-return, sustainability-oriented materials businesses. We’ll now...

Nippon Shinyaku (TSE:4516) just caught investors’ attention after deramiocel cleared a key Phase 3 hurdle in Duchenne muscular dystrophy, prompting a JPMorgan upgrade that reframes the company’s long-term profit and pipeline story. See our latest analysis for Nippon Shinyaku. The deramiocel news has lit a fire under Nippon Shinyaku, with a 7 day share price return of 64.20 percent and a 30 day share price return of 82.37 percent, signalling rapidly building momentum despite a weaker 3 year...

Zeon (TSE:4205) has quietly delivered a 31% return over the past year, even as earnings growth has been mixed. That combination makes the latest move in Zeon stock worth a closer look. See our latest analysis for Zeon. With the share price now around ¥1,757.5, Zeon has shrugged off a soft patch earlier in the year. It has posted a solid 1 month share price return and a robust 1 year total shareholder return, suggesting momentum is gradually rebuilding as investors reassess its growth and risk...

Sumitomo (TSE:8053) just filed a ¥300 billion bond shelf registration, a move that puts fresh financing within easy reach and immediately raises questions about how management plans to deploy that firepower. See our latest analysis for Sumitomo. The move comes after a strong run for the stock, with a 47.2% year to date share price return and a 56.1% one year total shareholder return signaling momentum rather than fatigue. If Sumitomo’s financing plans have you thinking bigger picture, this is...

Dai Nippon Printing (TSE:7912) just caught semiconductor investors attention with a new nanoimprint lithography template that patterns circuits at 10 nanometers, a potential alternative to more expensive, power hungry EUV tools. See our latest analysis for Dai Nippon Printing. The announcement lands after a steady rerating, with a 17.5% year to date share price return and a powerful 203% five year total shareholder return suggesting momentum has been quietly building rather than fading. If...

Ferrero’s Kinder Joy recently launched its Super Mario Collection in collaboration with Nintendo in the U.S., offering 26 different Super Mario-themed toys inside Kinder Joy eggs from December through April 2026. The tie-up extends Nintendo’s Super Mario franchise more deeply into everyday snacking and collectibles, potentially reinforcing brand engagement among both families and nostalgic adult fans. We’ll now look at how this Kinder Joy Super Mario collaboration, by deepening franchise...

Earlier today, US President Donald Trump approved exports of Nvidia’s H200 AI semiconductors to China and eased related regulatory restrictions, a shift that investors interpreted as reducing supply-chain uncertainty for chipmakers. For Disco, a key supplier of semiconductor manufacturing equipment, the move has been read as an indirect boost to potential demand visibility across the broader hardware ecosystem. We’ll now examine how the easing of US export curbs to China may shape Disco’s...

Oki Electric Industry (TSE:6703) just pushed its Projection Assembly System into Thailand and Indonesia, extending a proven Japanese factory tool into Southeast Asia and quietly opening a fresh growth channel for its digital manufacturing business. See our latest analysis for Oki Electric Industry. The timing of this rollout lines up neatly with the market’s growing optimism, with Oki’s share price now at ¥1,945 after an 87.6% year to date share price return and a 109.8% one year total...

Takeda Pharmaceutical (TSE:4502) is back in the spotlight after the Ninth Circuit upheld a landmark civil RICO class action over alleged concealment of bladder cancer risks tied to its former diabetes blockbuster, Actos. See our latest analysis for Takeda Pharmaceutical. Despite the overhang from the Actos litigation, Takeda’s share price has held up reasonably well, with a 1 month share price return of 7.44% and a 1 year total shareholder return of 14.13%. This suggests sentiment is still...

As global markets navigate a complex landscape marked by hopes for interest rate cuts and mixed economic signals, investors are closely watching indices like the Nasdaq Composite and Russell 2000, which have shown resilience amid these conditions. In this environment, growth companies with high insider ownership can be particularly appealing as they often signal confidence from those closest to the business, potentially aligning well with investor interests during periods of market uncertainty.

A powerful magnitude-7.5 to 7.6 earthquake struck northeastern Japan recently, triggering tsunami alerts, mass evacuations, power outages, and leading East Japan Railway to suspend some train services in the affected regions. Beyond the immediate safety response, the disruption raises questions about short‑term ridership and revenue impacts for a railway operator that already faces structural cost and demand pressures. We’ll now examine how the suspension of services after the earthquake...

Restructuring move puts Dentsu Soken in focus Dentsu Soken (TSE:4812) just signed off on a sizable internal shake up, with its board approving an organizational restructuring effective January 1, 2026, a move that naturally draws investor attention. See our latest analysis for Dentsu Soken. The 35.4% year to date share price return and 35.7% one year total shareholder return suggest momentum has been building, and this restructuring looks like the next deliberate step in that growth story...

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings (TSE:3289) just launched Climate and Nature Linked Bonds, Japan’s first sustainability linked issue aligned with ICMA guidelines, a financing move that ties its cost of capital directly to environmental performance. See our latest analysis for Tokyu Fudosan Holdings. The market seems to be rewarding this sustainability push, with a roughly 50 percent year to date share price return and a 5 year total shareholder return above 200 percent, suggesting momentum is still...

NSK (TSE:6471) has quietly delivered a strong run lately, with the share price climbing about 5% over the past week and more than 20% in the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for NSK. Zooming out, that momentum is not a blip. The 1 year total shareholder return of roughly 51% and the strong year to date share price return suggest investors are increasingly pricing in improving fundamentals and a better growth outlook. If NSK's recent gains have you thinking about where else momentum and...

In recent research, JPMorgan reaffirmed its positive stance on Shimadzu, pointing to the company’s US-focused measuring instruments plan launched in fiscal 2024 and the expected earnings impact from new products rolling out in fiscal 2025. The broker also highlighted signs of recovery in Shimadzu’s China business and suggested that a new medium-term plan, anticipated between March and May 2026, could become an important catalyst for the company’s next phase of growth. With this backdrop,...