Japan Inc’s profit surge and buybacks outpace the yen’s lift
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Japan's Q1 pretax profits rose nearly 50% y/y, with yen weakness contributing roughly a third, implying underlying earnings momentum beyond FX. A higher share of firms is upgrading full-year guidance and buybacks have surged to ~20 trillion yen, reinforcing capital-return and governance tailwinds. However, renewed JPY depreciation near 158 per USD keeps FX volatility a key risk factor for equity sentiment and positioning.
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A weaker yen helped lift Japan’s listed companies’ first-quarter pretax profits by nearly 50% year on year, contributing at least one-third of the increase. Goldman Sachs said 14.5% of companies had raised full-year earnings guidance as of last Thursday, up from 5% a year earlier. Share buybacks have reached about 20 trillion yen so far this year, already 11% above the total for all of 2025.
