Ricoh Company, Ltd.

In its first-quarter results for the fiscal year ending March 2027, Ricoh reported operating profit of 47.7 billion yen, reaching 50.3% of its full-year forecast of 95 billion yen. Revenue came in at 629.8 billion yen and net profit at 37 billion yen, with net profit reaching 59.8% of the full-year forecast of 62 billion yen. The first-quarter operating margin was 7.6%, more than double the mid-3% level assumed in the full-year plan. The full-year forecast stands at revenue of 2.7 trillion yen, operating profit of 95 billion yen and net profit of 62 billion yen, unchanged from the initial plan, meaning that if the full-year forecast holds, operating profit over the remaining three quarters would be just 47.2 billion yen. The dividend forecast is 44 yen per share, an increase from 40 yen the previous year. For the full fiscal year ended March 2026, revenue was 2.6083 trillion yen, up 3.2% year on year, operating profit was 90.7 billion yen, a sharp increase of 42.1%, and net profit was 55.6 billion yen, up 21.8%.

Japan's local 5G market is forecast to generate close to $1.1 billion in cumulative investment by 2030, with annual spending growing at a compound annual growth rate of approximately 55% between 2026 and 2030. The new Japan Local 5G Market 2026-2030 report from ResearchAndMarkets.com highlights rapid commercial maturity across industrial and enterprise sectors, driven by deployments from NTT DATA, Fujitsu, and NEC. Growth is expected to be led by locally licensed 5G networks operating in Band n79 at 4.6-4.9 GHz and Band n257 at 28.2-29.1 GHz, supporting digital transformation across manufacturing, transportation, construction, utilities, broadcasting, agriculture, public safety, and disaster preparedness. High-profile deployments include the Port of Osaka's Yumeshima Container Terminal, Hiroshima Gas, NEC Corporation, and Ricoh's Tohoku Plant. The research package includes the complete Private 5G Market 2026-2030 report and a dedicated datasheet with local 5G market size forecasts for Japan.

Amazon Web Services has launched a new Forward Deployed Engineering team backed by a $1 billion investment to help customers quickly build and deploy AI systems. The unit will place thousands of AWS engineers directly inside client organizations to develop and implement AI agents and tailored solutions, aiming to deliver functional systems within weeks. AWS Vice President Francessca Vasquez said the initial group will work in small teams alongside clients' business, engineering, and security staff, with the investment coming entirely from Amazon's own resources. Organizations including the Allen Institute, the National Basketball Association, Ricoh, and the National Football League are already collaborating with the FDE teams, and AWS expects highly regulated industries and those with complex datasets to be among the next adopters.