News before 2026-10-08

2026-10-08Afternoon Session Comments No. 3: Takara Standard, GMO, Giken, Hitachi, Aisin and Kyocera (Traders Web)

2026-10-08“There are no shortcuts to restoring lost trust. We will demonstrate it through our actions and results,” Chubu Electric Power President Yasui Minoru (安井稔) says at inauguration press conference; regional headquarters to be newly established in Shizuoka City to restore trust (Shizuoka Broadcasting Corporation (SBS))

2026-10-08[Analyst Ratings] Square Enix Holdings: Neutral rating maintained, target price raised to ¥3,100 (Major European Brokerage) (IFIS Stock Forecast)

2026-10-08【Glass Core Substrates】Set to Take Off Alongside Top Pick IBIDEN: 4 Next-Generation Semiconductor Plating and Chemicals Stocks (JCU, MEC, 日本高純度化学 and 上村工業)

2026-10-08“A Deeper Relationship with Japanese Companies”: U.S. Defense Major Behind the F-35 Looks to Joint Development, Japan Chief Says

2026-10-08JCR Pharmaceuticals — Showing buy indications; exclusive license agreement for JR-141 concluded with Italfarmaco in the US, Europe and elsewhere (Traders Web)

2026-10-08アスエネ, ASUENE AI LAB and the Tanaka Kenji Laboratory (田中謙司研究室) at the University of Tokyo present 2 joint research projects at the Japan Society of Management Engineering

2026-10-08Survey on the Adoption of IT Products: Security Edition, Win an Amazon Gift Card in a Prize Draw

2026-10-08TOKAI to make Yokohama LP gas distributor a subsidiary

2026-10-08Problems continue at Kansai Electric Power nuclear plants; abnormalities missed during routine visual inspections

2026-10-08ゼンリンデータコム to Showcase Map Cross-Analysis Tool and EV Behavior Analysis Report at CEATEC 2026

2026-10-08Can Chococro Compete Overseas?

2026-10-08Chugai Pharmaceutical to Establish Korean Subsidiary

2026-10-08Morning Session Commentary No. 1: INFRONEER Holdings, IDEC, HENNGE, Fast Retailing, JCR Pharmaceuticals, Ryohin Keikaku (Traders Web)

2026-10-08Taiwanese AI Company Spingence Technology Accelerates Expansion in Japan

2026-10-08Demand for fractional real estate products for inheritance tax savings vanishes after rule changes; FPG and others shift strategy

2026-10-08McDonald’s: Targeting a rebound with the 52-week moving average as support

2026-10-08Takeda's Next-Generation Blockbuster from Japan, 'Ozayful', Submitted to Chuikyo with a Domestic Peak of 7 Billion Yen｜Taro Watanabe

2026-10-08Fukuyama Transporting rebounds; September freight revenue in the less-than-truckload freight transport business rose 2.6%, continuing its growth trend

2026-10-08Sumitomo Forestry centralizes estimating operations in the cloud

2026-10-08TechMatrix—sharply higher after launching the AI chatbot solution “FastBot AI Suite” (Traders Web)

2026-10-08[Yamaguchi Prefecture] [Tokuyama Corporation] Production capacity to rise 30%; new aluminum nitride facility in Yanai (Nikkanshinshunan)

2026-10-08List of stocks whose earnings forecasts were updated from 1–7 October

2026-10-08Alpen launches the “Aluminum Unit Table +72” from “Alpen Outdoors”

2026-10-08【Earnings Flash】インテリクス, ordinary profit for the June-August quarter (1Q) down 54% (Kabutan News)

2026-10-08Seibu Gas’ cleanup hitter hit home runs in consecutive games and drove in 4 runs to become the Kyushu region’s first representative: “Working on recovery efforts in disaster-hit areas made me appreciate being able to play baseball”【Amateur Baseball】

2026-10-08Nikkei Average briefly fell ¥725, with SoftBank Group dragging the index down 165 yen

2026-10-08クロスキャット to launch “CC-Dash AI Timetable,” supporting more efficient scheduling operations (BCN)

2026-10-08Kanematsu to Exhibit Semiconductor Manufacturing Equipment at International Trade Show “Semicon West 2026”

2026-10-08Posted photo from the “Kobe Electric Railway Train Festival 2026” (first image)

2026-10-08Tokyo Gas announces LNG infrastructure business development in Indonesia

2026-10-08Meiji, a subsidiary of Meiji Holdings, launches full-scale sales of Takenoko no Sato chocolate biscuits in Taiwan and South Korea, expanding overseas operations following Kinoko no Yama

2026-10-08Donation of the 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake Disaster Relief Fund

2026-10-08AI Automated Dispatch Engine Added to ZENRIN’s Service Supporting More Efficient Transport and Delivery Operations

2026-10-08What exactly does AISIN, a world-leading megasupplier of automotive components, make? What we learned at a hands-on test-drive event (Web Motor Magazine)

2026-10-08ZENKEN extends gains, joins the Kyushu Semiconductor Human Resources Development Consortium (Traders Web)

2026-10-08Down ¥993 at ¥69,042.11 — Average Stock Price on the 8th (Jiji Press)

2026-10-08KOMORI to Hold Event Offering Hands-on Experience of Digital Printing and Photo Printing

2026-10-08ＦＣＥ---Signs Business Matching Agreement with Chugoku Bank, Supports Setouchi Regional Companies in Using AI

2026-10-08Nikkei weighed down by US tech sell-off; Fast Retailing in focus (stock market preview)

2026-10-08Market Outlook, 8 October Issue: U.S. Stocks: Is the “Bubble Burst” for Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Semiconductor Stocks Approaching? Japanese Stocks: Will the AI- and Semiconductor-Related Stock Bubble That Has Driven the Nikkei 225 Burst?

2026-10-08Chubu Electric's new president vows to “root out all wrongdoing” at inauguration press conference over nuclear plant data-falsification issue (published 8 October 2026) | Chukyo TV NEWS NNN

2026-10-08TRANSACTION raises previous fiscal year's ordinary profit by 2%, adds forecast for record-high profit, and increases dividend by ¥1.5

2026-10-08フィル・カンパニーグループ begins business partnership with Nagano-based general contractor ヤマウラ

2026-10-08Talent from Hakuba Village who rose to fame as a “high school weather presenter” reflects on the benefits of reading newspapers at university

2026-10-08CREEK & RIVER Co., Ltd. [4763]: Notice Concerning Revisions to Earnings Forecast and Dividend Forecast (Increase in Dividend), 8 October 2026 (Timely Disclosure): Nikkei Company Information DIGITAL

2026-10-08Google launches prompt-driven game creation and play platform “Playground” in the US; “Unity Spark” also coming later this year

2026-10-08Chubu Electric Power's new president, Minoru Yasui (安井稔), considers appointing the head of the nuclear power division from outside the company after data falsification: "We will undertake radical restructuring" (Tokai TV)

2026-10-08Dollar fluctuates around ¥158 at 3 p.m. as range-bound trading continues and market stagnation deepens

2026-10-08NORITAKE CO.,LIMITED (5331): Company Information (fiscal year-end, representative, major shareholders, IR videos, etc.)