Bizmates, Inc. (9345) on Oct. 20, 2026 released supplementary materials and an explanatory video on its Oct. 5 announcement that it plans to make With The World a wholly owned subsidiary through a share acquisition and a simplified share exchange.

BCJ-110 Co.'s tender offer for eSOL Co. (4420) succeeded after 12,759,681 shares were tendered, exceeding the 10,535,800-share minimum, giving the buyer 64.70% of voting rights and making it eSOL's parent and largest shareholder as of Oct. 26, 2026, the company said.

Serendip Holdings Co., Ltd. (7318) said its board on Oct. 20, 2026 approved a plan for subsidiary Serendip Automotive Co., Ltd. to absorb fellow subsidiaries Mitsuiya Kogyo Co., Ltd. and Excel Co., Ltd., with the merger scheduled to take effect April 1, 2027.

Shareholders of Art Vivant Co., Ltd. (7523) approved a 618,000-to-1 share consolidation at an extraordinary meeting on Oct. 20, 2026, a step under which all holders except tender offeror Orsay Co. and the company's second-largest shareholder are to be cashed out at ¥1,900 per share, with the stock set to be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Standard Market on Nov. 11.

Super Tool Co. (5990) posted a net loss attributable to owners of the parent of ¥16 million for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027, missing its forecast of a ¥20 million profit, and approved a buyback of up to 30,000 shares, or ¥60 million.

VIA Holdings Inc. (7918) on Oct. 20 raised its net profit forecast for the year ending March 2027 to ¥270 million from ¥30 million, while trimming its sales forecast to ¥17.1 billion from ¥17.4 billion.

Tsugami (6101) on Oct. 20 raised its operating profit forecast for the first half of the fiscal year ending March 2027 by 29.2% to ¥25.2 billion and increased its interim dividend to ¥61 a share from ¥49.

Ribomic (4591), listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Growth market, announced a revision to its earnings forecast at 3:30 p.m. on Oct. 20, 2026.

Howtelevision, Inc. (7064) raised its consolidated operating profit forecast for the fiscal year ending January 2027 to a range of ¥100-200 million from ¥50 million, while keeping its sales forecast at ¥3.1 billion.

Nekusera Fama (4565) said its board on Oct. 20 approved issuing 66,500 stock acquisition rights covering up to 6.65 million common shares to three executive officers, vesting in five tranches only if the stock clears price hurdles ranging from ¥2,200 to ¥10,000.

Wintest Corp. (6721) said exercise of its 13th series of moving-strike warrants, issued on Jan. 13, 2026 through a third-party allotment, was completed on Oct. 20, with 13,629 warrants exercised in October for 1,362,900 shares.

Welby Inc. (4438) said its subsidiary Welby Healthcare Solutions Inc. (WHS) will issue 1,103 shares, equal to 34.01% of its issued shares, to TISI Inc. through a third-party allotment as the three companies form a business alliance.

ReproCELL Inc. (4978) said it completed payment on Oct. 20, 2026 for its fourth third-party allotment to CVI Investments, Inc., issuing 2,932,000 new shares at ¥119 each for ¥348.9 million, alongside 29,320 units of its 20th series stock acquisition rights.

Takeuchi Seisakusho (6432) said on Oct. 20, 2026 that it set the disposal price of treasury shares to be granted as restricted stock through its employee shareholding association at ¥7,790 per share, for a total of ¥388.72 million.

Daiken Co., Ltd. (5900), listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange's Standard Market, said on Oct. 20, 2026 it will buy back up to 80,000 of its own shares, or 1.46% of shares outstanding excluding treasury stock, for up to ¥67.92 million through the exchange's off-auction ToSTNeT-3 system.

Welldish (2901), listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Standard market, said its board decided on Oct. 20 not to pay a dividend for the record date of Aug. 31, 2026, cutting the per-share payout to zero from a previously forecast ¥4.00.

IN Holdings (132A), listed on the TOKYO PRO Market, said on Oct. 20, 2026 that its consolidated subsidiary IN Line had completed the sale of listed securities, generating a gain on sale of investment securities of ¥56 million, above the ¥54 million it had estimated on Oct. 14.

Aeon Kyushu Co., Ltd. (2653) said its board on Oct. 20, 2026 approved the sale of a real estate trust beneficiary interest in the site of its former Aeon Kagoshima Kamoike store to group company Aeon Mall Co., Ltd., a deal expected to generate an extraordinary gain of about ¥4.9 billion in the third quarter of the fiscal year ending February 2027.

SmartDrive Inc. (5137) said it will book a ¥19 million special loss on investment securities in its consolidated results for the fiscal year ended Sept. 30, 2026, with special losses totaling ¥85 million on a non-consolidated basis, and left its full-year consolidated forecast unchanged.

Image Joho Kaihatsu Co., Ltd. (3803) said its board on Oct. 20 approved buying all shares of Oita-based contact center operator Kuraddo Oita Co., Ltd. from Kuraddo Co., Ltd. for ¥200 million, making it a subsidiary, and signed a three-way business alliance with both companies.