PRE-MARKET JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN STOCKS NEWS: Japan will set up a simplified safety screening system for US-made cars in a boost to Toyota (7203 JT) and other Japanese automakers that are planning to reverse-import vehicles made in the US

Chubu Electric Power (9502 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net rose 21.2% Y/Y to 202.6bln, rev. fell 3.2% Y/Y to 2.57tln. (Newswires)J. Front Retailing (3086 JT) - Co. January total consolidated revenue rose 0.4% Y/Y and its department store sales fell 1.4% Y/Y. (Newswires)Mizuho Financial Group (8411 JT) - Japanese financial regulators are investigating suspected insider trading by an employee of Mizuho Securities. (Nikkei)Ono Pharmaceutical (4528 JT) - Co. announced US FDA acceptance for filing of New Drug Application for Tirabrutinib in patients with relapsed or refractory primary central nervous system lymphoma. (Newswires)Sojitz (2768 JT) - Co. will widen its imports of Australian rare earths by adding samarium in April, which is a key permanent magnet material, and is scaling up its current portfolio from two to as many as six medium to heavy rare-earth elements by mid-2027. (Nikkei)Yamada Holdings (9831 JT) - Co. proposed a final dividend of JPY 17 per share for the fiscal year ending March 2026. (Newswires)Other News - Japan announced that it will set up a simplified safety screening system for US-made cars in a boost to Toyota (7203 JT) and other Japanese automakers that are planning to reverse-import vehicles made in the US. (Nikkei)