The reports Japanese companies and their shareholders file, and the terms inside them, in plain words. Each entry names the document type it appears in.
Counts are Axiora's, as of 2026-10-21.
The report a holder files with the FSA within five business days after its holding of a listed company's shares, counted with potential shares, passes 5%. It names the holder and any joint holders, the number of shares, the holding ratio, the purpose of holding and material agreements over the shares.
Filed within five business days when a holder above 5% moves its holding ratio by one percentage point or more, or when an important item in its last report changes. Change reports are how a stake is followed over time; most ownership histories are built from them.
Axiora marks these as amendments.
Corrects an earlier large shareholding or change report. It replaces the figures it corrects; it is not a new change in the holding. Treating a correction as a new filing double-counts a stake.
Banks, securities firms, insurers, trust banks and investment managers that do not intend to make important proposals may report on fixed base dates, twice a month, instead of within five business days of each change. Their reports can therefore lag a trade by up to several weeks.
Holders whose shares are counted together. They include those who agree to acquire, dispose of or vote shares jointly, and those deemed joint holders through capital or family relationships. The holding ratio in a report covers the whole group, so a group total and one member's own stake are different figures.
Shares held, plus shares the holder could acquire through warrants or convertibles, divided by shares outstanding plus that same holder's potential shares. It is not the same as a voting-rights percentage, and it can exceed a simple count of shares held.
The holder's own statement of why it holds the shares, for example pure investment or a business relationship. A holder that intends to make important proposals must say so here. It is a statement in the holder's words; the same phrase can mean different things in different reports, so it has to be read in context.
Proposals to a company's management on material matters such as board composition, dividend policy, major asset transactions or business restructuring. A holder that intends them states so in its purpose of holding and cannot use special reporting.
The section where a holder discloses agreements that affect the shares it reports, such as share lending, pledges as collateral and repurchase arrangements. Who lends, who borrows and what moves has to be read from the text; similar words describe very different arrangements.
The filer submits the report; the issuer is the company whose shares it concerns. In ownership reports the filer is often a group company filing for several holders, so the filer is not always the holder.
The annual report a listed company files within three months after its fiscal year ends. It holds the audited financial statements and describes the business and its risks, governance, major shareholders and strategic shareholdings.
Listed companies file a half-year report within 45 days after the first half. It replaced quarterly reports for fiscal periods beginning on or after April 2024, when the statutory quarterly report was abolished.
Filed without delay when certain events occur, such as the results of votes at a shareholders' meeting, a change of major shareholder, mergers and other reorganisations. Axiora's vote results come from these reports.
A company buying back its own shares under a board resolution files a monthly report of what it bought in the previous month, until the authorised period ends. Comparing the authorised amount with the monthly reports shows how far a buyback actually went.
Shares a company holds for business relationships rather than pure investment, disclosed in its annual report with the number of shares, book value and the stated reason. Their reduction, often called unwinding, is a governance theme investors follow closely.
Management's annual assessment of internal control over financial reporting, filed with the annual report. A conclusion that controls are not effective is a material signal about the reliability of the numbers.
Filed by an unlisted parent of a listed company, disclosing the parent's shareholders, officers and financial statements, so investors can see who stands behind the listed company.
Filed by the bidder on the day a tender offer starts. It states the offer price, the number of shares sought, the offer period, the purpose and how the offer is funded.
The target company's position on a tender offer, filed within ten business days after the offer starts. The company says whether it supports or opposes the offer or stays neutral, gives its reasons, and may put questions to the bidder.
Filed by the bidder after the offer period ends, stating how many shares were tendered and bought and the holding ratio afterwards.
The summary a TSE-listed company publishes on TDnet when it announces results, usually weeks before the statutory report. It carries the headline figures and the company's forecast for the period ahead.
When a company's own forecast changes materially, the exchange requires it to publish a revision; in most cases the threshold is a 10% change in sales or 30% in profits. Revisions often move prices more than the results themselves.
The identifier EDINET assigns to every filer, written as E followed by five digits. Funds and individuals have them too, so an EDINET code is not always a listed company.
The exchange's code for a listed security. Historically four digits; since 2024 new codes can include letters (for example 130A). Axiora's company IDs use it.