During the morning session, corporate developments came in rapid succession, including Dynamic Map's announcement of its sponsorship of EcoCAR, the leakage of personal information through unauthorised access to CHANGE Holdings' hometown tax donation website, an import alert for Olympus, a positive reaction to QPS Holdings' space-related earnings, an on-site inspection of Arata and System D's announcement of its new Civic Vision brand.
Dynamic Map Platform announced that it would sponsor the EcoCAR Innovation Challenge, a mobility technology development competition for university students in North America, and provide high-precision 3D map data to participating university teams. The company said the initiative would support the development of autonomous driving technology and foster talent for next-generation mobility.
Unauthorised access by a third party occurred at Furusato Choice, a hometown tax donation website operated by Trust Bank, a subsidiary of CHANGE Holdings. The leakage of 4,454,097 items of information, including members' names, email addresses, addresses, telephone numbers, hashed passwords and donation deduction amounts, has been confirmed. The website is currently suspended, and the company plans to strengthen its security measures. The impact on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 is still being investigated.
Olympus announced that the US FDA had published an import alert concerning certain products manufactured at its facilities. The facilities covered are Olympus Medical Systems, Shirakawa Olympus and Aomori Olympus. Imports into the United States of designated products may be restricted in the future. Olympus said that no additional impact from the warning on consolidated results for the fiscal year ending March 2027 is expected at present.
QPS Holdings rose sharply as SpaceX's earnings announcement was viewed as a market catalyst. SpaceX's revenue for the July-September quarter exceeded market expectations and the company returned to profitability, while interest in Japanese space-related stocks has also broadened.
Arata announced that its consolidated subsidiary Vet's Choice Japan had undergone an on-site inspection on suspicion of violating the Antimonopoly Act, and its shares fell for the first time in 5 sessions. System D announced the Civic Vision public asset strategy support system and said it plans to begin rolling out a new platform from around autumn 2027 that will support municipalities' future strategies by integrating financial and facility information.