Halows Co., Ltd. (TSE Prime: 2742) said President Toshiyuki Sato will transfer 2,488,000 shares, or 11.66% of total voting rights, to Sunrose Kosan Co., Ltd., an asset management company headed by Sato, on Oct. 2, 2026, making it a new major shareholder.

Fukushima Insatsu Co., Ltd. (7870) posted net profit of ¥283 million for the fiscal year ended Aug. 20, 2026, up 73.0% from a year earlier and 434.0% above the ¥53 million it had forecast.

IDEC Corp. (6652) on Oct. 2 raised its consolidated net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 by 43.3% to ¥8.6 billion and lifted its sales forecast 12.6% to ¥85.0 billion.

Yamato International Inc. (8127) on Oct. 2 cut its consolidated forecast for the year through August 2026, now projecting an operating loss of ¥290 million instead of a ¥180 million profit, on net sales of ¥19.88 billion.

Value HR (6078) said on Oct. 2 it will acquire all of health-checkup agency Shin-Akasaka Kenko Kanri Kyokai for ¥1,454 million, paying ¥1.3 billion in cash and the rest with 100,000 treasury shares priced at ¥1,541 each.

Hiday Hidaka Corp. (7611), operator of the Hidakaya restaurant chain, said it will buy back up to 1.178 million shares, or 3.27% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, for up to ¥3.5 billion at ¥2,971 apiece through the Tokyo Stock Exchange's ToSTNeT-3 off-auction system, as it reported an 11.4% rise in first-half net profit and raised its annual dividend forecast to ¥56.

Toshin Holdings (9444), under court-supervised corporate reorganization, disclosed a reorganization plan that would issue 4,884,884 Class A shares at ¥130 each to Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. and other creditors in a debt-for-equity swap valued at an estimated ¥635,034,920.

Fujicopian Co., Ltd. (7957) said holders exercised 780 units of its second series of share warrants on Oct. 1-2, 2026, equal to 20.53% of the total issued, resulting in the delivery of 78,000 shares, all transferred from treasury stock.

Bitcoin Japan (8105) said ¥262.5 million of its first series of unsecured convertible bonds with a conversion price adjustment clause, issued to EVO FUND, were converted in September into 3,432,250 new shares, leaving ¥825 million unconverted at month-end.

Nakayama Seikosho (5408) said on Oct. 2, 2026 it has received full payment of ¥8,693,964,000 from Hanwa Kogyo and Yodoko for 13,054,000 shares issued and sold from treasury at ¥666 each in a third-party allotment.

Shiiemu Shii (2185) said on Oct. 2, 2026, it has ended its share buyback program after repurchasing 35,300 common shares for a total of ¥59,208,500 by the Sept. 30, 2026 deadline, short of the authorized ceiling of 300,000 shares and ¥600 million.

USS Co., Ltd. (4732) said on Oct. 2 its facility-type share buyback was finalized at an effective 9,580,100 shares after SMBC Nikko Securities exercised stock acquisition rights for 752,800 shares, with the effective total cost unchanged at ¥17,999,911,800.

Kurita Water Industries Ltd. (6370) said on Oct. 2 it has ended a share buyback program approved by its board on May 14, 2026, after repurchasing a cumulative 4,250,800 shares for ¥34,999,427,900 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, Inc. (9042) said on Oct. 2, 2026 it raised the ceiling on its share buyback to ¥50.0 billion from ¥30.0 billion and extended the purchase period to March 31, 2027, after completing the original program early.

Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. (9107) said it completed the cancellation of 44,429,000 treasury shares on Oct. 2, 2026, equal to 6.95% of its total issued shares before the cancellation, reducing its total issued shares to 594,743,067.

HENNGE (4475), listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market, said on Oct. 2, 2026 it raised its year-end dividend forecast for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2026 to ¥8 per share from ¥3, bringing the projected annual dividend to ¥11 from ¥5 a year earlier.

Nippon Kiso Gijutsu Co., Ltd. (1914) said on Oct. 2 it had signed a business alliance agreement with Gecoss Corp., a lessor of temporary steel materials for construction, covering four areas including joint technology development and overseas business, effective the same day.

GECOSS Corporation (9991) said its board approved a business alliance agreement with Japan Foundation Engineering Co., Ltd. on Oct. 2, 2026, taking effect the same day and covering four areas, adding that the impact on its earnings would be minor.

Renesas Electronics Corporation (6723) said its planned U.S. subsidiary will be named Re-Alt Software Holdings Inc., wholly owned with initial capital of US$1, and is scheduled to be established in mid-October 2026.

KPP Group Holdings (9274) said on Oct. 2, 2026, its consolidated subsidiary Antalis will acquire all shares of nine companies in Switzerland, Central and Eastern Europe and the Baltic states, plus German paper wholesale assets, from OptiGroup's Papyrus Group, a business with fiscal 2025 sales of about €215 million.