News before 2026-09-28

2026-09-28ETSグループ: Achieves substantial increases in revenue and profit, raises full-year forecasts, and accelerates efforts to enhance corporate value through diversification of recurring-revenue businesses (FISCO)

2026-09-28Nagaoka’s long-established Western confectionery brand “Laurent Rose” revived and sold at 48 原信・ナルス stores

2026-09-28【 9/29 (Tue) 16:00 】Free online seminar: The reality of launching new businesses at speed, learning from real-world examples at Orix, KDDI and NTT DATA

2026-09-28OMRON to sell its founding business; electronic components business described as “a difficult decision”

2026-09-28Nikkei Average at ¥58,000–¥70,000, High-Dividend Defensives and Risk Reversals Effective?! (FISCO)

2026-09-28FX: Canadian dollar around ¥111.44, trading weaker against the yen (Kabutan News)

2026-09-28【FX】Why did yen depreciation stop at ¥159?

2026-09-28Morning Nikkei average edges lower, caution over rapid gains; briefly recovers 67,000 level (Reuters)

2026-09-28Calls for Faster Rate Hikes Mount in Minutes of BOJ’s July Meeting

2026-09-28MOLITEC STEEL gaps up sharply, raises net income forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027 on securities sale

2026-09-28【Analyst Rating】COMTURE CORPORATION downgraded to Neutral, target price cut to ¥1,330 (major Japanese securities firm) (IFIS Stock Forecast)

2026-09-28Tokyo Stock Exchange Opening: Nikkei Average Extends Gains, Briefly Reaches ¥67,000 Range on Gains in U.S. Technology Stocks

2026-09-28[Analyst Rating] Nippon Sanso Holdings, bearish rating maintained, target price lowered to ¥4,800 (major U.S. securities firm) (IFIS Stock Forecast)

2026-09-28サイプレス surges on upward revision to fiscal 2026 earnings forecast

2026-09-28SMILE-UP.: presidency to change from Higashiyama Noriyuki (東山紀之) to attorney Yamada as term ends; Fujishima Julie Keiko (藤島ジュリー景子) to remain

2026-09-28Nikkei average starts on a six-session winning streak, buying dominates on higher U.S. stocks — 28th open (Wealth Advisor)

2026-09-28〔Tokyo FX〕Dollar softens to the mid-¥157 range on US president’s concerns over yen weakness (9 a.m., 28th) (Jiji Press)

2026-09-28Canon Marketing Japan Group’s new corporate commercials, “A Company That Makes an Incredibly Exciting Future a Reality,” featuring Kento Kaku (賀来賢人) and Wakana Matsumoto (松本若菜), to air from 29 September: “Video × AI: Eizō” and “Security That Stays by Your Side”

2026-09-28Nikkei Volatility Index: Rises sharply as firm crude oil prices and persistently high long-term interest rates raise caution

2026-09-28【Outlook】London FX Outlook: EUR/USD to Watch US Rate Moves and Month-End Flows

2026-09-282 October: KYOSHIN CO.,LTD. to Speak at the Private Tutoring Industry Leaders Forum 2026 A/W on “Marketing Strategies for Tutoring Schools to Survive in an Era of Declining Birth Rates”

2026-09-28原信ナルス launches the Western confectionery brand “Laurent Rose,” based on a long-established Nagaoka concept

2026-09-28Dollar-yen may search for direction as tug-of-war continues between upward pressure on the dollar and yen and concerns over measures to curb yen weakness

2026-09-28Earnings Negative-Impact Stocks at the Open … Asahi (announced on 25 September) (Kabutan News)

2026-09-28JTEKT to showcase first new grinding machine in 4 years at JIMTOF

2026-09-28[Yamaguchi Prefecture] Tokuyama Corporation and 東ソー・ファインケム Co., Ltd. join effort to accelerate R&D in semiconductor materials (Nikkanshinshunan)

2026-09-28Yen at ¥157.35–36 per dollar as of 9 a.m. on the 29th

2026-09-28【Breaking】Tokyo stocks up ¥533

2026-09-28Nikkei falls for the first time in 6 trading days, down ¥486 on profit-taking

2026-09-28“I Couldn’t Buy It Anywhere,” “It Was Sold Out”: We Tried Lawson’s Unusual ¥297 Bento, a New Product Offering Exceptional Value for Money, That Has Divided Opinions!

2026-09-28Victorina Himeji Show the Strength of Their New Team in Preseason Match, Thriving at New Home Arena (Radio Kansai Topics)

2026-09-28Japan Chain Stores Association / August same-store sales up 0.2%

2026-09-28Lib Work---Capital and Business Alliance with V3D Asia

2026-09-28Tokyo stocks retreat, down ¥486 from previous Friday

2026-09-28Kakaku.com and KDDI terminate capital alliance, with KDDI remaining the second-largest shareholder

2026-09-28Comparison of Japanese and Overseas Consumer Electronics Companies

2026-09-28West Japan Railway Company enhances its API development process, with TISI supporting everything from API platform design through operations

2026-09-28European FX: Dollar-yen recovers as dollar buying resumes

2026-09-28BOJ’s July meeting: One member says the pace of adjusting the degree of monetary easing needs to accelerate

2026-09-28[Interview] Shokz’s OpenFit Pro Opens Up New Frontiers in Open-Ear Audio with a “Focus Mode” for Concentration Even in Noisy Environments

2026-09-28Nikkei 225 Futures: 29th Night Session Closes Up ¥80 at ¥65,650

2026-09-28Rising prices enrich the “sellers”: 20 carefully selected reuse and circular economy stocks, from established names to under-the-radar picks, comprehensively covered in the fall 2026 edition

2026-09-28【Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store】Fujiya's popular event “FUJIYA Smile Switch Festa 2026”: “Peko Fest at Abeno Harukas” to be held at Abeno Harukas Kintetsu Main Store | Kintetsu Department Store CO.,Ltd. press release

2026-09-28Nikkei 225 weighed down by declines in U.S. semiconductor stocks and ex-dividend adjustments (Tokyo market outlook)

2026-09-28Higashiyama Noriyuki (東山紀之) to Leave SMILE-UP. Presidency When Term Expires; Future Plans, Including Return to Entertainment Industry, Undecided: “A Path Through Which I Can Make a Positive Impact” (Published 28 September 2026)

2026-09-28【FX】Market focus shifts to gauging how serious US President Trump is about his stated concern over yen weakness

2026-09-28What Cybersecurity Strategy Can Keep Pace with the Speed of AI Adoption? (Forbes JAPAN)

2026-09-28The Nikkei Stock Average rose for a fifth consecutive session on the 25th

2026-09-28NaITO revises current fiscal year's ordinary profit forecast upward, now expecting a 2.9-fold increase

2026-09-28Dynamic Map Platform — Exhibits at Tokyo Game Show 2026