Recomm Co. (3323) will deliver 920,188 treasury shares in a simplified share exchange to take full ownership of Recomm IE Partner, its joint venture with Hikari Tsushin, with the deal scheduled to take effect Nov. 9, 2026.

Insource Co., Ltd. (6200) said on Oct. 19 its wholly owned subsidiary Insource Digital Academy will change its name to Insource Consulting & Digital on Nov. 1, 2026, and absorb fellow wholly owned unit Insource Consulting on Jan. 1, 2027.

Fukuoka-listed Saita Holdings Co., Ltd. (1999) said on Oct. 19, 2026 that its accounting auditor, Josui Kansa Hojin, will merge with SCS Kokusai Yugen Sekinin Kansa Hojin on Dec. 1, 2026, and that the merged firm, renamed Yugen Sekinin SCS Josui Kansa Hojin, will provide its audit certification from that date.

Storage-Oh (2997), listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Growth market, will hold an extraordinary shareholders' meeting on Nov. 16, 2026 to vote on a share consolidation that would complete its takeover by 84.15% owner AreaLink, with its shares scheduled to be delisted on Dec. 16.

Media Soken Inc. (9242) said its accounting auditor will change on Dec. 1, 2026, when Josui Kansa Hojin merges with SCS Kokusai Yugen Sekinin Kansa Hojin and the combined firm is renamed Yugen Sekinin SCS Josui Kansa Hojin.

Yamax Corp. (5285) said its accounting auditor, Josui Kansa Hojin, is scheduled to merge with SCS Kokusai Yugen Sekinin Kansa Hojin on Dec. 1, 2026, with the combined firm renamed Yugen Sekinin SCS Josui Kansa Hojin and taking over as the company's auditor.

Umenohana Group Co., Ltd. (7604) said its auditor, Josui Audit Corporation, will merge into SCS International Audit LLC on Dec. 1, 2026, with the combined firm renamed SCS Josui Audit LLC and taking over the company's audit certification from that date.

GMO GlobalSign Holdings K.K. (3788) raised its net profit forecast for the year ending December 2026 by 24.7% to ¥1.312 billion and lifted its planned year-end dividend to ¥74.35 per share from ¥59.67.

Koei Tecmo Holdings (3635) on Oct. 19 raised its consolidated net profit forecast for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027 to ¥18.0 billion from ¥9.0 billion, a 100.0% increase, and lifted its operating profit forecast to ¥11.5 billion from ¥7.0 billion.

Brangista Inc. (6176) on Oct. 19, 2026 raised its net profit forecast for the fiscal year ending September 2026 by 27.50% to ¥2.55 billion from ¥2.0 billion, citing a gain on the sale of part of its investment securities.

Shirai Denshi Kogyo (6658) on Oct. 19, 2026 raised its consolidated operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 to ¥1.8 billion from ¥850 million, up 111.8%, and lifted its year-end dividend forecast to ¥28 from ¥20.

Nanyo (7417) raised its consolidated forecast for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027, lifting projected net profit attributable to owners of the parent 33.3% to ¥1.2 billion from ¥900 million.

SE Holdings and Incubations Co., Ltd. (9478) on Oct. 19, 2026, raised its forecast for first-half net profit attributable to owners of the parent by 106.7% to ¥516 million from ¥250 million, and lifted its full-year net profit forecast to ¥700 million from ¥500 million.

Sakurajima Futo (9353) cut its consolidated operating profit forecast for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027 by 97.1% to ¥4 million from ¥140 million, as some revenue slipped into the second half while related outsourcing costs were booked in the first.

Asahipen Corporation (4623) on Oct. 19 raised its consolidated forecasts for the fiscal year ending March 2027, lifting projected sales to ¥22.8 billion from ¥21.5 billion and net profit attributable to owners of the parent to ¥680 million from ¥670 million.

Karuna Baio Saiensu (4572) said its board on Oct. 19, 2026 approved the issue of ¥187.2 million of fifth-series unsecured convertible bonds to Cantor Fitzgerald Europe via third-party allotment, at a conversion price of ¥302.4 that could yield up to 687,830 new shares.

KOZO Holdings Co., Ltd. (9973) said on Oct. 19 that Macquarie Bank Limited exercised 5,000 units of its 16th-series stock acquisition rights that day, receiving 500,000 new shares at an exercise price of ¥16.0.

Renet Japan Group (3556) said its board resolved on Oct. 19, 2026 to allot 487,400, 403,800 and 2,100,000 new shares to JX Kinzoku Circular Solutions, SG Holdings and U.S.-based PCS Wireless LLC, respectively, under capital and business alliances, giving PCS 10.36% of voting rights.

Wintest Corp. (6721) said holders exercised 8,448 units of its 13th series stock acquisition rights since its previous disclosure, resulting in the delivery of 844,800 shares at an exercise price of ¥71.

Stella Pharma Corporation (4888) said on Oct. 19 its board approved a fourth third-party allotment to CVI Investments, Inc., issuing 1 million new shares at ¥373 each plus 10,500 stock acquisition rights, which would raise a total of ¥971.4 million if the rights are fully exercised.