News before 2026-10-05

2026-10-05France's Schneider Electric announces agreement to acquire U.S. software company PTC for $22.6 billion

2026-10-05【Free Seminar】How can we develop women managers for what comes next? Practical lessons from Meiji Group on moving beyond the “plateau” in developing women executives

2026-10-05First chair from JR Central at the Chubu Economic Federation: “I want to continue taking on challenges without becoming defensive”

2026-10-05Accenture and Anthropic partner to strengthen AI model safety evaluation with embedded evaluators; expected to invest more than $1 billion over 5 years

2026-10-05Secure Use of AI Coding Tools Through the Lens of the OWASP AISVS (AI Security Verification Standard)

2026-10-05扶桑薬品 to install a powdered dialysate line at its Okayama Second Plant, investing ¥14 billion and reorganizing and consolidating domestic production sites

2026-10-05Nidec refreshes management structure...biographies of the new presidents of 5 subsidiaries

2026-10-05SBI Holdings launches new group branding, with new commercials featuring Jun Matsumoto (松本潤) to air nationwide on a rolling basis from today

2026-10-05チャットプラス [598A]: Notice of Approval for the AWS Foundational Technical Review (FTR), 6 October 2026 (Timely Disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-05Chubu Economic Federation: Tsuge Yasuhide (柘植康英) becomes chairman, saying he will “hone Chubu’s strengths”

2026-10-05[199 Wholesale Companies] Ranking of the Most Powerful "Owner Companies": Kobe Bussan Ranks Second, While the Top Spot Goes to the Company Behind a Beloved National Character

2026-10-05Nikkei Average Opening: Up ¥7.75 from Previous Day at ¥69,954.61 | FX and Foreign Exchange News

2026-10-05Honda Racing (HRC) president to change from Watanabe Koji (渡辺康治) to Executive Vice President Yasuda Keiichi (安田啓一) on 1 January next year: “We will make HRC even stronger”; President Watanabe to leave office (Chunichi Sports)

2026-10-05[Opening Market Overview] Nikkei Average starts 804 yen higher, with SoftBank Group, Advantest and others advancing

2026-10-05SBI Global Asset Management Co.,Ltd. [4765]: Launch of the Zero Trust Fee 0.00% Fund for Kodomo NISA, SBI V Zero All Country Index Fund (nickname: Zerokan), 1 October 2026 (Timely Disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-05“日本特殊塗料” is Japan’s only manufacturer of aircraft coatings, set for a sixth consecutive dividend increase | Is it a buy under the new NISA? Company assessment

2026-10-05After the capital market’s earlier struggles over introducing a mandatory tender offer system, the “Korean-style Bear Hug Act” has emerged as another flashpoint.

2026-10-05LaKeel Research Memo (1): Front-loading AI investment for the next phase of growth (FISCO)

2026-10-05[Online Event] LITALICOジュニア Information Session | What is LITALICOジュニア like? — Take a virtual tour of a classroom and experience a lesson online

2026-10-05Morinaga Milk Industry to launch 3 products, including “Sunkist 100% Apple,” in Disney-designed packaging in limited quantities

2026-10-05イメージ情報開発 [3803]: Extraordinary Report: Material Matters (Securities Report): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-05Volume Change Rate Ranking (9 a.m. hour): マツモト, メンバーズ and others among those ranked (FISCO)

2026-10-05Yen in New York trades in upper ¥157 range

2026-10-05KYOCERA CORPORATION to Exhibit at Crisis Management Industry Exhibition 2026

2026-10-05TOHO Global Opens Multiple Positions, Including “Overseas Brand Management,” Through エン’s “Social Impact Recruitment Project”

2026-10-05Ranking of Ways to Use Vacant Houses Suggested by AI | We Asked ChatGPT and Gemini: Survey of 500 People

2026-10-05【New Product】A single tablet addresses two major modern-day concerns, feeling tired even after sleeping and blurred vision from smartphone use. Stay focused during the day and sleep soundly at night. The new-concept supplement “Sleep Soundly & See Clearly,” supporting you around the clock, launches from マルマンＨ＆Ｂ on 5 October

2026-10-05オプトエレ—Sharp rebound expected as operating results return to the black in June–August

2026-10-05【Analyst Rating】Nissan Chemical: Bullish rating maintained, price target raised to ¥10,000 (Japanese mid-sized securities firm) (IFIS Stock Forecast)

2026-10-05The Nikkei Average recovers to 70,000 for the first time in about three months, but... Why the risk of an across-the-board sell-off in Japanese stocks is drawing attention (トウシル)

2026-10-05Hacker group member detained in Japan

2026-10-05Chicago Nikkei 225 Futures: Up ¥40 from Osaka Exchange Close (October 5)

2026-10-05CERES INC. [3696]: The Labol service designs and develops a fraud detection model in collaboration with Professor Tanaka Kenji (田中謙司) of the University of Tokyo’s Graduate School of Engineering: 6 October 2026 (timely disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-05Shanghai Composite Index Information and Performance

2026-10-05【Market Overview: Key Topics】Tokyo FX: Dollar-yen accelerates decline, falling to ¥157.44

2026-10-05Today's FX Outlook: Dollar Falls on Weak US Jobs Report; What to Watch for in Prime Minister Takaichi's (高市) Speech? 5 October 2026

2026-10-05HRC announces that its president will change from Watanabe Koji (渡辺康治) to Yasuda Keiichi (安田啓一) effective 1 January 2027; Yasuda Keiichi (安田啓一) will become president, while Watanabe Koji (渡辺康治) will retire after completing a three-year term

2026-10-05PCA [9629]: The Study Group on the Digitalization of Social Systems, in which PCA participates, issues “Recommendations for a New Approach to Individual Income Tax Filing through Digitalization,” 5 October 2026 (timely disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-05Stocks with Negative Earnings Impact After the Close: 象印, ミタチ産業 and 瑞光 (Announced on October 2)

2026-10-05Ryosan Ryoyo Provides NVIDIA Edge AI Computing Products for Toyota’s AI Basketball Robot “CUE7”

2026-10-05Nikkei Average briefly tops 70,000, led by Advantest as AI optimism eclipses higher interest rates

2026-10-05Ben Tre Pharmaceutical (DBT): General director resigns three months after taking office and registers the sale of his entire stake.

2026-10-05[Increasingly Important in the AI Era] Centou, Japan’s First Insight Management Cloud, Publishes a Case Study on the Rapidly Growing Startup ラフール

2026-10-05【Analyst Forecast】Nissan Chemical, ordinary profit forecast for the fiscal year ending March 2027. Up 0.7% from the previous week. (IFIS Stock Forecast)

2026-10-05(Personnel, Materials and Energy) Shin-Etsu Polymer

2026-10-05Nikkei Stock Average recovers the ¥70,000 level (Jiji Press)

2026-10-05Nikkei Stock Average at the opening of the afternoon session on the 5th: up ¥1,639.32 at ¥69,948.78 (Wealth Advisor)

2026-10-05“Neis Gymnastics School,” operated by a group company of STUDIO ALICE Co.,Ltd., will open inside Aeon Sapporo Asabu store on 6 November 2026.

2026-10-05Saint Marc’s “elusive Choco Cro” gets a custard flavor! New version with fresh banana available for a limited time

2026-10-05TSE rebounds, Nikkei briefly recovers 70,000; AI and semiconductor-related stocks rise for the first time in 3 months, closing up ¥1,637