News before 2026-10-04

2026-10-04Why Your Company's Purpose Doesn't Work: The Answer in the B Corp™ Movement—Interdependence

2026-10-04Astemo Names Honda Four-Wheeled Business Division Head Inoue Katsushi (井上勝史) as New President; President and CEO Takeuchi Kohei (竹内弘平) to Retire; Honda to Provide Full Support for Turnaround of Four-Wheeled Business

2026-10-04The FGO and Round1 collaboration begins on 13 October. Newly illustrated merchandise by illustrator "Shugao" will be available.

2026-10-04Stock Index Futures [Weekly Outlook] — ¥70,000 level in focus, with June highs in sight

2026-10-04India’s microdrama market faces a “replay of China’s market” — Chinese media

2026-10-04First Italian Fair Held at Takasaki Takashimaya in Gunma: “Feel Like You’re Traveling Despite High Prices”

2026-10-04Sakaide City and JGC Holdings sign partnership agreement to promote the recycling of waste cooking oil | Infoseek News

2026-10-04Japan, South Korea and Taiwan: Economic Ties Draw Much Closer — Surge in South Korean Companies Expanding into Japan, Particularly in Food and Cosmetics, Since 2021 — Hyakumoto Kazuhiro (百本和弘)

2026-10-04Ashikaga Bank expands “testamentary trust” services on the back of growing demand; what are Joyo Bank’s strengths? The two banks explore synergies 《10 years since the launch of Mebuki FG》

2026-10-04Local e-commerce support companies join Kumamoto recovery effort: 4 companies, including サイバーレコード, provide support through a dedicated website

2026-10-04Yamazen electric standing desk drops below ¥30,000, stores 3 standing and sitting height presets, priced at ¥29,655

2026-10-04【Stock Investing】The No. 1 tactic for buying stocks with strong earnings before they surge

2026-10-04“Doll Memorial Service and Flower Market” to Be Held at Eterno Hankyu Senri, Part of the Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group | Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc.

2026-10-04【Restaurant Earnings & IR Weekly #3】Hidakaya posts record profit for the third consecutive year on higher customer traffic, while Katsuya and Amiyakitei seek to defend earnings by offering value for money—in the second year of inflation, what distinguishes their ability to attract customers | Sato Kozo (佐藤こうぞう)

2026-10-04Performance of waste collection trucks with weighing equipment launched by 極東開発工業

2026-10-04Breaking Through the “Limits of Cloud Use” — A Consultant’s In-Depth Review of Sovereign GaiXer, a Palm-Sized On-Premises Generative AI System

2026-10-04Nippon-Ham wins the Farm Japan Championship for the second time in 29 years

2026-10-04Japanese Anime Event Held in Indian Capital (Jiji Press)

2026-10-04Asian Games: Japan delegation sets new record with 83 gold medals, the most in 60 years

2026-10-04Kinokuniya bags in a special design, too! [Shinjuku Takashimaya] 30th-anniversary limited-edition items, including bags and sweets, are now available. Anniversary fair runs through 20 October

2026-10-04Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management reported an increase in its ownership stake in TOYO Corporation [Change Report No. 2]

2026-10-04Japan-Korea-Taiwan: Economic Ties Draw Closer — Japan Market Fuels Growth for Taiwanese Startups Kishimoto Chikashi (岸本千佳司)

2026-10-04コレックホールディングス[6578]: コレックホールディングス Begins Construction of Grid-Scale Battery Storage Facilities, Contributing to Greater Use of Renewable Energy and Power Grid Stability — 1 October 2026 (Timely Disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-04Panasonic Connect Automates Video Manual Creation with AI to Streamline On-the-Job Training

2026-10-04Amazon announces Fire TV Stick 4K (3rd generation) media streaming device, launching in Japan on 30 September at ¥11,980; remote also redesigned

2026-10-04TECHMATRIX CORPORATION [3762]: Stock Price and Share Information (including after-hours PTS)

2026-10-04【Latest Report】Group lunch reservations quadruple: survey of trends in “new daytime social consumption” among women in their 50s to 70s

2026-10-04ASKA Pharmaceutical Holdings affiliate to market canine Cushing’s syndrome drug in Taiwan through local partnership

2026-10-04メタリアル[6182]: (Progress on Disclosed Matter) Notice Concerning the Development of an Important New Function at Consolidated Subsidiary 株式会社ロゼッタ: "Fully Automated Translation" Achieved, "Translation AI Requiring No Manual Correction" Completed — 30 September 2026 (Timely Disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-04Mitsui & Co. reports a decrease in its stake in PHC Holdings [Change Report No. 7]

2026-10-04The chlorine in your daily tap water can be removed simply by changing your showerhead

2026-10-04AUD/JPY Outlook (FX News): AUD/JPY ended last week in the high ¥109s as the yen weakened | Yen weakness intensified at night (5 October 2026)

2026-10-04Chubu Electric Power conveys its resolve to the Hamaoka community / New leadership under Yasui gets underway –

2026-10-04AMIYA Research Memo (4): Competitive edge in products based on a majority model that customers can operate themselves (FISCO)

2026-10-04First Look at the Key Visual for “I Joined a Group I Wasn’t Close to During Our School Trip 2”! DXTEEN’s “Sōsō Shōai” Selected as Theme Song

2026-10-04Is it really okay to take that much time off? “Swedes’ summer holidays” were on another level compared with Japan!

2026-10-04The “shadow of former Nidec Chairman Shigenobu Nagamori (永守重信)” over new Nidec President Kaida Masao (戒田理夫): a career that saw him handpicked by Nagamori and rise from a subsidiary to headquarters, and the prospects for “moving beyond Nagamori” as the company works to rebuild (Money Post WEB)

2026-10-04【Nikkei 225: Today’s Expected Range】Risk-on sentiment as markets follow gains in US stocks amid fading expectations of US rate hikes

2026-10-04Today's scheduled earnings announcements … Kasumigaseki Capital, NEXTAGE, Tosei and 11 others (5 October) (Kabutan News)

2026-10-04Nidec hits the daily price limit despite no decision being made, losing about ¥600 billion in market capitalization in one day Theo James (2SqRNPDSHO)

2026-10-04Japan's gold-medal haul sets new record at Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games

2026-10-04U.S. White House unveils “Kyoto Vision” to transform science with AI; 17 countries, including Japan, endorse it (Business + IT)

2026-10-04AMIYA Corporation—Japan-developed SIEM “ALog” integrates with Soliton Systems’ “Soliton OneGate” (FISCO)

2026-10-04Foreign Exchange Rates, 5th (7:00 a.m. Japan Time) (Kyodo News)

2026-10-04“WAGYUMAFIA ULTRA Raoh WAGYU SEAFOOD FLAVOR” (launching 19 October) | News Release

2026-10-04JR Narita Line service between Sawara and Choshi to resume on 4 October after repairs following Typhoon No. 25; partial resumption on the Uchibo Line scheduled for the 5th

2026-10-04US FX Market Summary: Dollar temporarily weakens to around ¥156.90 following weak US jobs data

2026-10-04Woven Geotextiles Market Forecast Through 2035: Infrastructure Demand to Support 6% CAGR — News and Statistics

2026-10-04How can you draw out someone’s “true feelings”? Learn listening skills from a former NHK presenter: The communication practices of people who continue to be chosen — Event Report | Kan-Dai Recurrent+

2026-10-04Notice of a Partial Renewal of T.HASEGAWA CO.,LTD.'s Corporate Website