Kuroda Precision
Cite as: Japan IR Index, Kuroda Precision (7726), methodology GNT-BDS v1.1.1, reviewed 2026-10-23.
Findings and sources as of the review date shown. The company’s English disclosure may have changed since.
Where to start
Chosen from this company's lowest answers, easiest first. A quick fix uses material the company already has; a translation fix is usually met by translating a Japanese document (our note says whether this company has one). Questions that need a budget or a board decision are left out. Suggestions drawn from the research, separate from the scores.
O5 Single page listing all English IR documents by date and type 0/5 Quick fix
Keep one English page that lists every IR document with its date and type.
F6 Multi-year financial data file (Excel or CSV) downloadable in English 0/5 Quick fix
Post the financial figures the company already publishes as an Excel or CSV file with English labels.
G3 Board skills matrix published in English 0/5 Quick fix
Publish the skills matrix from the Japanese AGM notice in English.
G6 Shareholder vote results disclosed in English 0/5 Quick fix
Publish the vote counts from the Japanese extraordinary report in English.
English disclosure assessment
All 34 questions reviewed by the editor against the public documents; this is not an independent audit. 13 answers corrected after re-checks (research errors) between 21 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2026. These are changes to our record, not to the company’s disclosure. Changes to this record →
Compared with peers
| Peer group | Median | This company |
|---|---|---|
| Same sector (Machinery) | 76.4 | 36 of 39 |
| Same size band (Under ¥100bn) | 51.4 | 21 of 25 |
Compared with the companies covered here, not the whole market. Sector is the TSE 33-sector classification; market cap is from kabutan.jp, 19 Oct 2026; it only sets the size band, plays no part in the score, and is refreshed once a quarter. Ties share the higher rank.
Out of 100.
Of the 34 questions reviewed, 9 scored 3 or more and 22 found no qualifying English materials within the stated review scope. Read each score with its source and scope below.
Findings by question
F1Quarterly and full-year results summaries (tanshin) published in English0/5
No English results summary. The English site has only the Financial Information table (five years of net sales, profits, assets and ratios); the tanshin for every quarter back to FY3/2018 is on the Japanese IR pages in Japanese only, and the English menu's 'Financial Results' link returns 'Page not found'. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
F2English results summary is a full translation, not an excerpt0/5
kurodaprecision.com/global/ir/finance/ presents only a summary financial-indicator trend table (net sales, income, ROE/ROA); no full quarterly results document (tanshin) is linked, so no 'full translation vs excerpt' distinction can be made. Checked via the full site map (kurodaprecision.com/global/sitemap/) 21 Sep 2026 -- IR Information contains only Top Message, IR News, Financial Information, IR Calendar, Stock Information and a shareholder letter page; no results-document archive exists.
F3Financial statements including notes available in English2/5
The English Financial Information page gives five years (FY3/2022-FY3/2026) of headline figures: net sales, operating, ordinary and net income, total assets and shareholders' equity, with ROE, ROA and other ratios. No statements and no notes in English. Headline figures only, so 2. Source document →
F4Annual securities report available in English in any form0/5
No English annual securities report. The Japanese reports (FY3/2026 filed 25 Jun 2026, and earlier years) are on the Japanese IR pages only; the English menu's 'Annual Securities Report' link returns 'Page not found'. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
F5Segment revenue and profit disclosed in English, consistent definitions0/5
No segment revenue/profit breakdown appears on kurodaprecision.com/global/ir/finance/; only consolidated headline figures are shown. Checked via browser 21 Sep 2026.
F6Multi-year financial data file (Excel or CSV) downloadable in English0/5
kurodaprecision.com/global/ir/finance/ shows a 5-year financial-indicator table directly on the page, with no downloadable Excel/CSV file. Checked via browser 21 Sep 2026.
F7Guidance disclosed in English with the basis explained0/5
No forward guidance or forecast appears on kurodaprecision.com/global/ir/finance/, confirmed against the full site map. Checked via browser 21 Sep 2026.
F8English financial disclosure current to the latest Japanese filing period4/5
The English figures table runs to FY3/2026 (year ended March 2026); the latest Japanese filing is the Q1 FY3/2027 tanshin (10 Aug 2026), which has no English counterpart. One period behind, so 4. Source document →
S1Medium-term management plan in English with numerical targets0/5
The new medium-term plan (Vision 2030) was presented with the FY3/2026 results in a Japanese briefing deck (Japanese IR news, May 2026); there is no English version and no plan page on the English site. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
S2IR presentations published in English0/5
No IR presentation materials page exists per the site map. Checked via browser 21 Sep 2026.
S3English equity-story or investment-highlights page3/5
The English 'Who We Are' page and 'Business Segments' page (/global/company/business/) describe the strengths: a century of gauge-making behind the measurement and machining lines, industry-leading precision in ball screws, and the FASTEC system for motor-core laminations. The 'To Our Individual Shareholders and Investors' page (/global/ir/individual/) is mainly links, with founding year, sales of about 19.5 billion yen, five overseas companies and 982 group employees. Strengths are described, but qualitatively and not framed for investors. Re-checked 21 Oct 2026; the September note looked only for a dedicated equity-story page. So 3. Source document →
S4Growth drivers identified and quantified in English3/5
The English Top Message names the growth areas: production technology for electric-vehicle motor cores (where it says Kuroda leads the world), next-generation aerial mobility, robotics, semiconductors and medical systems. No figures attach to them in English. Named, qualitative only, so 3. Source document →
S5Results-briefing transcripts or Q&A published in English0/5
No results-briefing transcript or Q&A in English, and none in Japanese either: the Japanese side publishes the briefing deck and supplementary materials only. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
S6Integrated or annual report available in English0/5
No integrated or annual report page exists per the site map.
S7Progress against the previous plan, including misses, explained in English0/5
Kuroda has a medium-term plan (the new Vision 2030, May 2026, and the plan before it), but no review of the previous plan against its targets exists in English; the briefing deck that would carry it is Japanese only. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
G1Corporate governance report available in English0/5
No English Corporate Governance Report. The English menu links the filed report as 'Corporate Governance Report(Japanese)', and the file (updated 1 Jul 2026) is in Japanese apart from its cover title. The September record credited it as an English report. Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
G2Director biographies in English with tenure, expertise and independence0/5
No director biographies in English. The English Profile page names only the President, Hiroshi Kuroda; there is no board page, no English AGM notice and no English governance report (see G1). Re-checked 23 Oct 2026.
G3Board skills matrix published in English0/5
No board skills matrix page or reference found per the site map.
G4Executive remuneration structure and its performance linkage explained in English0/5
No remuneration-structure page found per the site map.
G5AGM notice in English with sufficient lead time to vote0/5
No shareholders'-meeting/AGM page exists per the site map (IR Information has no such entry).
G6Shareholder vote results disclosed in English0/5
Same absence rules out vote-results disclosure.
G7Cross-shareholdings in English with reduction schedule and rationale0/5
No cross-shareholding policy page found per the site map.
O1English IR section reachable within two clicks of the English homepage5/5
The English homepage links IR Information directly, from a block in the page body and from the footer, as well as from the header menu. One click, so 5. Source document →
O2English document links resolve to English documents4/5
There are almost no English IR document links to sample: the only document the English IR menu links is the Corporate Governance Report, labelled 'Corporate Governance Report(Japanese)', which opens the Japanese file. One Japanese document, labelled as such, so 4. Source document →
O3English IR archive free of dead links3/5
The English header menu's 'IR Materials' entry and its 'Financial Results', 'Annual Securities Report' and 'Business Report (Shareholders' Newsletter)' links all return 'Page not found' (checked 23 Oct 2026); the other IR pages (top, message, news, financial information, calendar, stock information, individual investors) open. A few dead links, so 3. Source document →
O4English IR pages render without blank JavaScript failures5/5
The English IR pages render their content (IR top, Top Message, Financial Information table, IR Calendar, Stock Status, individual-investor page). IR News renders 'There is no relevant news', which reflects the absence of English news rather than a failed list; the stock quote is an external Yahoo Finance link. So 5. Source document →
O5Single page listing all English IR documents by date and type0/5
No single page lists all English IR documents by date and type; IR News and Financial Information are separate, limited pages. Checked via browser 21 Sep 2026.
O6English archive genuinely populated, not an unverifiable shell2/5
A shell: no English IR documents at all, an empty IR News list, and the five-year figures table, calendar and stock pages. So 2. Source document →
O7Named English IR contact published2/5
No IR contact route in English. 'Contact Us' offers a general 'Corporate Inquiries' form with no IR category and product-sales telephone numbers; the IR pages name no contact, and there is no English document whose header could. The Japanese governance report names the General Affairs Department. So 2. Source document →
R1Earnings materials published in English simultaneously with Japanese0/5
No English earnings materials to time. The English IR News page (kurodaprecision.com/global/ir/news/) and the News Room's IR filter both read 'There is no relevant news'; the English Financial Information page carries only an undated five-year indicator table. The Japanese side publishes the tanshin (13 May and 10 Aug 2026) and decks (14 May, 16 Jun 2026). Checked via browser 19 Oct 2026.
R2Median lag in days between Japanese and English statutory publication0/5
None of the five documents has an English version: tanshin (JA 10 Aug and 13 May 2026), AGM notice (JA 4 Jun 2026), Annual Securities Report (JA 25 Jun 2026) and the Corporate Governance Report, which the English site links as 'Corporate Governance Report (Japanese)'. Checked via browser 19 Oct 2026.
R3Timely disclosures published in English0/5
No English timely disclosures. The Japanese IR news has the forecast-vs-actual notice (13 May), director changes (29 May), controlling-shareholder matters and restricted-stock notices (26 Jun, 9 and 24 Jul) and an extraordinary-gain notice (29 Jul 2026); the English IR News and News Room IR filter are empty. Checked via browser 19 Oct 2026.
R4English disclosure free of machine-translation accuracy disclaimers5/5
The English pages that exist (IR top, financial information, individual investors, message, site policy) carry no machine-translation notice. So 5. Source document →
R5English version stated as authoritative, not subordinate to Japanese3/5
There are no English IR documents to carry a prevailing-language statement; the English pages and the Site Policy say nothing either way. Silent, so 3. Source document →
Open a question for the reasoning and the document its score was read from. A zero means no qualifying English materials were located within the stated review scope as of 2026-10-23. Compare this question across companies →
Capital-policy review
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Balance sheet and capital-policy indicators
No balance-sheet reading has been published for this company. See the companies covered →
Changes to this record
- Research error 23 October 2026 · F1: 3 → 0. There is no English results summary; the tanshin are in Japanese only. The September score had no source.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · F3: 0 → 2. The English Financial Information page gives five years of headline figures, though no statements or notes.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · F4: 3 → 0. There is no English annual securities report; the reports are in Japanese only. The September score had no source.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · F8: 3 → 4. The English figures run to the year ended March 2026, one period behind the latest Japanese filing.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · S4: 0 → 3. The English Top Message names the growth areas (EV motor cores, aerial mobility, robotics, semiconductors), without figures.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · G1: 4 → 0. The governance report linked from the English site is the Japanese filing, labelled as Japanese. It had been counted as English.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O1: 3 → 5. The English homepage links IR directly from the page body and the footer, one click away.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O2: 3 → 4. The only document the English IR menu links is the governance report, a Japanese file labelled as such.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O3: 4 → 3. Four links in the English IR menu ('IR Materials' and three document pages) return 'Page not found'.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O4: 4 → 5. The English IR pages render their content; the empty IR News list reflects the absence of English news.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O6: 3 → 2. The English IR section holds no documents: an empty news list, the figures table and stock pages.
- Research error 23 October 2026 · O7: 3 → 2. There is no IR contact route in English, only a general corporate enquiry form without an IR category.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S3: 0 → 3. The English 'Who We Are' and Business Segments pages describe the strengths (a century of gauge-making, ball-screw precision, the FASTEC system), qualitatively and not framed for investors, so 3. The September note looked only for a dedicated equity-story page.
Every change is labelled as a research error, new evidence supplied, improved disclosure or a rule change, with its date and the previous score. Change log →
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