During the morning session, AUN Consulting announced the launch of AIO consulting services for the Chinese market. Related developments at PILLAR, PARK24, Komehyo Holdings, Kioxia Holdings and Toyota Tsusho were also reported.
AUN Consulting announced that it had entered into a business partnership with General Trading and launched AIO consulting services for the Chinese market. The two companies outlined plans to provide comprehensive support for Japanese companies adapting to AI search by combining analysis of information mentions and citations in AI-generated content with website improvements.
According to Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Lab, PILLAR's orders received in 1Q of the fiscal year ending March 2027 rose 88.3% year on year to ¥27.2 billion, prompting the research firm to raise its target price from ¥11,000 to ¥14,800. The company is primarily engaged in components for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, and the report indicated that it is also expanding into overseas markets.
PARK24 announced that preliminary July sales for Times Parking, its car park business, rose 8.9% from the same month a year earlier. The number of Times Car members reached 4,057,000, drawing attention to trends in the company’s domestic mobility business.
Following Tokai Tokyo Intelligence Lab's target price increase, Komehyo Holdings was rated as having achieved substantial earnings growth in 1Q of the fiscal year ending March 2027, with sales of ¥65.8 billion and operating profit of ¥3.53 billion. Growth in purchases from individual customers was identified as a medium- to long-term growth driver.