Japanese Insurance Stock News

On March 31, 2026, Panasonic Holdings Corporation’s board met and subsequently announced that Representative Director Tetsuro Homma will resign, effective June 22, 2026, marking a significant leadership change at the top of the company. This transition could refocus executive oversight across Panasonic’s Lifestyle, Automotive, Connect, Industry, and Energy segments at a time of wide-ranging portfolio and restructuring initiatives. We’ll now examine how Tetsuro Homma’s planned resignation...

Recent performance snapshot ROHM (TSE:6963) has drawn fresh attention after a period of strong share price moves, with the stock showing a 16.3% gain over the past week and 52.6% over the past 3 months. See our latest analysis for ROHM. That recent 16.3% 7 day share price return and 52.6% 3 month share price return sit alongside a very large 1 year total shareholder return of 215.2%. This suggests momentum has been building as investors reassess growth prospects and risks. If you are curious...

Ya-Man Ltd. ( TSE:6630 ) shareholders will have a reason to smile today, with the covering analyst making substantial...

The excitement of investing in a company that can reverse its fortunes is a big draw for some speculators, so even...

Quantum computing breakthrough puts Fujitsu (TSE:6702) in focus Attention on Fujitsu (TSE:6702) has picked up after the company and the Center for Quantum Information and Quantum Biology at The University of Osaka unveiled a quantum computing technology aimed at practical chemical material design. The partners combined version 3 of Fujitsu’s STAR architecture with a new molecular model optimization technique to cut computational resource requirements for energy calculations used in material...

Trend Micro (TSE:4704) has drawn fresh attention after unveiling the TrendAI Agentic Governance Gateway, a security product aimed at organizations using autonomous AI agents across complex workflows. The product was first showcased at NVIDIA’s GTC conference. See our latest analysis for Trend Micro. The product launch comes at a time when Trend Micro’s share price has a 1 day return of 0.77% and a 7 day share price return of 2.39%. However, a 1 year total shareholder return decline of 41.63%...

Buyback announcement puts SAN-ALTD in focus SAN-ALTD (TSE:2659) is back on investors’ radar after SAN A CO., LTD. approved a share repurchase program of up to 7,000,000 shares, representing 11.32% of issued share capital, totaling ¥15,000 million. See our latest analysis for SAN-ALTD. The buyback news and recent board decisions around capital allocation come after a strong run, with a 1 year total shareholder return of 31.32% and a 5 year total shareholder return of 67.35%. The share price...

What Nippon Soda’s Share Cancellation Means For Investors Nippon Soda (TSE:4041) recently cancelled 1,493,200 treasury shares, equal to 2.63% of its stock, reducing the overall share count. For you as a shareholder, this kind of move can quietly change the investment picture. By shrinking the pool of outstanding shares, management is adjusting how the company’s value is spread across each share you hold. The cancellation is described as part of a broader focus on capital efficiency and...

In early April 2026, Takeda moved to end its 2018 co-development agreement with Denali Therapeutics for DNL593 and continued to reshape its portfolio through late-stage assets like zasocitinib and the priority-reviewed rusfertide, while also transferring global rights to schizophrenia candidate balipodect to Axsome Therapeutics. This combination of collaboration exits, asset sales, advancing Phase 3 programs, and an upcoming CEO and board transition marks a meaningful refocusing of Takeda’s...

Japan Securities Finance (TSE:8511) has drawn fresh attention after completing a share repurchase of 1,755,300 shares, or 2.14% of outstanding stock, and agreeing to support JPX’s industry-wide data platform initiative. See our latest analysis for Japan Securities Finance. The recent 2.14% share repurchase and JPX data platform cooperation come on top of a 10.70% 7 day share price return and a 48.08% 1 year total shareholder return, suggesting that momentum has been building rather than...

Senshu Ikeda Holdings (TSE:8714) recently raised its full year earnings outlook and year end dividend guidance, tying the higher payout to updated profit expectations and its stated dividend payout ratio target. See our latest analysis for Senshu Ikeda Holdings. Investors appear to be responding to the upgraded guidance and higher dividend, with the share price at ¥939.0 and a 7 day share price return of 9.31% contributing to a 16.94% year to date share price return and a very large 5 year...

In late March 2026, ERI announced a 50-50 venture with ITOCHU to launch ERI Japan, bringing advanced e-waste recycling and IT asset disposition services to the Japanese market later in 2026, while ITOCHU also completed a ¥19,999.85 million share repurchase and held a board meeting on a tender offer recommendation. This move highlights how ITOCHU is pairing capital returns with exposure to circular economy solutions, using ERI’s technology and its own global networks to expand in...

Recent share performance and business mix With no single headline event driving Nomura Research Institute (TSE:4307) today, investors may be looking at the share price moves and business mix to understand what is shaping sentiment around the stock. The company’s shares show a 0.2% gain over the past day and about 3.4% over the past week, while the past month return is around 2%. Over the past 3 months, the stock shows a 26.9% decline and the return so far this year is a 25.6% decline. Over...

BIPROGY (TSE:8056) has put a proposal on the table to amend its Articles of Incorporation so it can own and operate electric power and storage assets, and run energy aggregation services. See our latest analysis for BIPROGY. The proposed move into energy aggregation comes after a mixed year in the market, with BIPROGY’s recent 30 day share price return of 2.08% following a 90 day share price decline of 13.26%. The 1 year total shareholder return sits at 12.20%, which indicates that longer...

Ichibanya (TSE:7630) has put fresh numbers on the table for FY 2026, with third quarter revenue of ¥16.5b and basic EPS of ¥5.49, alongside net income excluding extra items of ¥876m. Over recent periods, revenue has moved from ¥15.3b in the second quarter of FY 2025 to ¥16.0b in the fourth quarter of FY 2025 and then to ¥16.3b and ¥16.5b in the second and third quarters of FY 2026, while quarterly EPS has ranged between ¥2.89 and ¥6.59 across those same snapshots. With trailing twelve month...

Why Taiyo Holdings Is Back On Investors’ Radar Taiyo Holdings (TSE:4626) has drawn fresh attention after a mixed stretch in its share performance, with a small gain over the past day contrasting with weaker moves over the past week and past 3 months. See our latest analysis for Taiyo Holdings. Even after a softer patch in recent weeks, with a 30 day share price return of a 9.72% decline and a year to date share price return of a 2.31% decline, the 1 year total shareholder return of 115.41%...

In late March 2026, TOPPAN Holdings Inc. completed a share repurchase program totaling 7,582,500 shares, or 2.65% of shares outstanding, for ¥29,999.87 million, while also establishing TOPPAN Global Medical Healthcare Inc. in Houston to advance personalized cancer medicine and drug discovery support using its invivoid™ 3D cell culture technology. The collaboration between TOPPAN’s new U.S. healthcare subsidiary and UT MD Anderson Cancer Center marks a meaningful move beyond traditional...

Weathernews (TSE:4825) just turned in its Q3 2026 scorecard with quarterly revenue of ¥6.1 billion and basic EPS of ¥21.76, set against a trailing twelve month EPS of ¥81.64 on revenue of ¥24.0 billion that was reported with earnings growth of 41.8% over the past year. The company has seen revenue move from ¥22.5 billion and EPS of ¥51.80 on a trailing basis in early 2025 to the latest trailing figures, while five year earnings growth is cited at 12.1% a year. This frames a clear earnings...

Tosei (TSE:8923) has just opened its 2026 financial year with Q1 results that come on the back of a quarter where revenue was ¥10.7b and basic EPS was ¥7.30, rounding out a year in which trailing twelve month revenue reached ¥94.7b and EPS was ¥152.17. Over recent quarters the company has seen revenue move from ¥46.1b in Q1 2025 to ¥19.9b in Q2, ¥17.9b in Q3 and ¥10.7b in Q4, with basic EPS stepping from ¥84.36 to ¥41.77, ¥18.76 and ¥7.30 over the same stretch. This sets up a fresh quarter...

Toyota Motor (TSE:7203) has launched its new "What’s Your RAV4?" campaign to introduce the redesigned 2026 RAV4. The campaign highlights hybrid and plug in hybrid options, along with features tailored to different driver lifestyles. The RAV4 refresh targets the small SUV segment in the US, a key market for Toyota. Toyota Motor enters this launch with its shares at ¥3,264.0 and a 1 year return of 38.5%. Over 3 years, the stock is up 94.7%, and over 5 years it is up 121.0%. This places the...

Okuwa (TSE:8217) has just posted its FY 2026 third quarter numbers, with revenue of ¥61,993 million and a basic EPS loss of ¥1.45, while trailing 12 month figures show revenue of ¥252,864 million and a basic EPS loss of ¥50.31 as the business continues to work through a period of weak profitability. Over recent quarters in FY 2026, revenue has ranged from ¥60,043 million to ¥64,404 million, alongside EPS readings that have swung between a profit of ¥5.91 and a loss of ¥1.45. This underscores...

Nachi-Fujikoshi (TSE:6474) Q1 2026 earnings snapshot Nachi-Fujikoshi (TSE:6474) has kicked off Q1 2026 against a backdrop where trailing twelve month revenue sits at ¥235.9 billion and basic EPS at ¥233.46, with the latest reported quarterly figures for Q4 2025 showing revenue of ¥61.7 billion and basic EPS of ¥72.42. Over recent quarters the company has seen revenue move between ¥56.7 billion in Q1 2025 and ¥61.7 billion in Q4 2025, while quarterly basic EPS ranged from ¥19.68 to ¥78.72...

YAKUODO HOLDINGS (TSE:7679) sets the tone with FY 2026 results YAKUODO HOLDINGS (TSE:7679) has laid out a steady set of FY 2026 numbers, with third quarter revenue at ¥40.8b, basic EPS of ¥44.06 and trailing 12 month EPS of ¥219.31 supported by net income of ¥4,286m. Over recent quarters, revenue has ranged from ¥37.4b in FY 2025 Q4 to ¥43.4b in FY 2026 Q2, while quarterly EPS has tracked between ¥45.88 and ¥72.50, backed by trailing 12 month earnings growth of 11.3% and a net profit margin...

Q3 2026 earnings snapshot Create SD Holdings (TSE:3148) has just posted its Q3 2026 update with recent quarterly revenue sitting around ¥120.3b in Q2 2026, alongside basic EPS of ¥60.20 and trailing 12 month EPS of ¥256.15. Over the last few reporting periods, revenue has moved from ¥110.9b in Q2 2025 to ¥120.3b in Q2 2026, while quarterly EPS has shifted from ¥55.68 to ¥60.20, giving investors a clearer read on how profit per share is tracking into the latest quarter. With net income over...