Short selling in Japan
Positions open on August 12, 2026, disclosed to JPX. See the official publication.
JPX also publishes the positions of securities firms, far below the threshold other markets use. Its companies compare, its holders do not, so this market is kept out of the ranking of the busiest short sellers.
| Issuer | % of capital | Funds | Last disclosure |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unitika LTD. | 15.46% | 5 | August 12, 2026 |
| Sanrio Company,Ltd. | 11.32% | 5 | August 12, 2026 |
| KLab Inc. | 11.02% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kasumigaseki Capital Co.,Ltd. JP3211050004 | 10.08% | 7 | August 12, 2026 |
| AKIBA Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 9.88% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Fixstars Corporation | 9.36% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| eole Inc. | 9.28% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| QD Laser,Inc. JP3244720003 | 9.21% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nissan Motor Co.,ltd. | 7.80% | 4 | August 10, 2026 |
| inspec Inc. | 7.79% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| AIMECHATEC,Ltd. | 7.72% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Informetis Co.,Ltd. | 7.72% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Renascience Inc. | 7.66% | 5 | August 12, 2026 |
| Oncolys BioPharma Inc. | 7.53% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nomura Micro Science Co.,Ltd. JP3762950008 | 7.35% | 6 | August 12, 2026 |
| Media Links Co.,ltd. | 7.30% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Seven & i Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 7.28% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| TESS Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 6.97% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Terra Drone Corporation JP3546450002 | 6.89% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Jibannet Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 6.61% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Visional,Inc. | 6.20% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| 3-D Matrix,Ltd. | 6.09% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Asahi Diamond Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 5.95% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Towa Corporation | 5.80% | 5 | August 12, 2026 |
| Silicon Studio Corp. | 5.78% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Sanoh Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 5.70% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kansai Paint Co.,ltd. | 5.68% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| V Technology Co.,Ltd. | 5.57% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| ReYuu Japan Inc. | 5.48% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| ASTERIA Corporation | 5.32% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nippon Chemical Industrial Co.,Ltd. | 5.27% | 4 | August 12, 2026 |
| Medley,inc. | 5.26% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| ENECHANGE Ltd. | 5.25% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Liberaware Co.,Ltd. | 5.22% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Toyo Tanso Co.,ltd. | 5.15% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Almedio INC. | 5.12% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Hokkaido Electric Power Company,Incorporated | 5.10% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Liberta Co.,ltd. | 5.04% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nippon Coke & Engineering Company,limited | 4.85% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kyoritsu Maintenance Co.,ltd. | 4.74% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Euglena Co.,Ltd. | 4.62% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Lifedrink Company,inc. | 4.60% | 4 | August 10, 2026 |
| Rikei Corporation | 4.57% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Matsuo Electric Co.,ltd. | 4.48% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| ACSL Ltd. | 4.30% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Innotech Corporation | 4.23% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| HODL1,inc. | 4.19% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| INTERTRADE Co.,Ltd. | 4.19% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| ImageONE Co.,Ltd. | 4.19% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| TORIDOLL Holdings Corporation | 4.01% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Hankyu Hanshin Holdings,Inc. | 3.98% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Howa Machinery,Ltd. | 3.98% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| JFE Holdings,Inc. | 3.96% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nippon Express Holdings,inc. | 3.94% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| EDP Corporation | 3.93% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| West Japan Railway Company | 3.85% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| SystemSoft Corporation | 3.82% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Birdman Inc. | 3.80% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Cuorips Inc. | 3.77% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Gunosy Inc. | 3.76% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Suncall Corporation | 3.75% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| SHIFT Inc. | 3.66% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Rigaku Holdings Corporation JP3969750003 | 3.61% | 4 | August 10, 2026 |
| KOSE Holdings Corporation | 3.49% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Metaplanet Inc. | 3.47% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| H.U. Group Holdings,Inc. | 3.42% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Money Forward,Inc. | 3.42% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| ZenmuTech,Inc. | 3.37% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Daishinku Corp. | 3.36% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| Dentsu Group INC. | 3.33% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| MITSUI E&S Co.,Ltd. | 3.32% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Quants Research Institute Holdings,Inc. | 3.28% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Toyo Securities Co.,ltd. JP3611800008 | 3.23% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Pacific Metals Co.,ltd. | 3.18% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Aozora Bank,Ltd. | 3.16% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Asgent,Inc. | 3.16% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Daiichi Kigenso Kagaku-Kogyo Co.,ltd | 3.16% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha,Ltd. | 3.12% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Ichiyoshi Securities Co.,Ltd. | 3.11% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Rock Field Co.,ltd. | 3.11% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| MegaChips Corporation | 3.10% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| RENOVA,Inc. | 3.06% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Techno Horizon Co.,ltd. JP3545220000 | 3.03% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| FFRI Security,Inc. | 3.01% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| W-SCOPE Corporation | 2.99% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Appier Group,Inc. | 2.97% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| RAKUS Co.,Ltd. | 2.97% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| COVER Corporation | 2.94% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Ceres INC. | 2.94% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Datasection Inc. | 2.90% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Qol Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 2.89% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| Harmonic Drive Systems Inc. | 2.87% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| JCR Pharmaceuticals Co.,Ltd. | 2.87% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Ai ROBOTICS INC. | 2.84% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Minato Holdings INC. | 2.83% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| santec Holdings Corporation | 2.82% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Musashi Seimitsu Industry Co.,ltd. | 2.81% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Aiming Inc. JP3161050004 | 2.80% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| LAND Co.,Ltd. | 2.80% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kringle Pharma,Inc. | 2.78% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Mitsubishi Motors Corporation | 2.75% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Toho Zinc Co.,Ltd. | 2.75% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Speee,Inc. | 2.72% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| DyDo GROUP HOLDINGS,INC. | 2.68% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| FRONTEO,Inc. | 2.66% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Shiseido Company,Limited | 2.66% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| ExaWizards Inc. | 2.65% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Net Protections Holdings,Inc. | 2.61% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Organo Corporation | 2.61% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kaizen Platform,Inc. | 2.58% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| istyle Inc. | 2.56% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| CanBas Co.,Ltd. | 2.54% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| PKSHA Technology Inc. | 2.53% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Furuya Metal Co.,ltd. | 2.52% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| UBE Corporation | 2.48% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Skymark Airlines Inc. | 2.47% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Green Monster Inc. | 2.39% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nissha Co.,Ltd. | 2.39% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| GAtechnologies Co.,Ltd. | 2.37% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Astroscale Holdings Inc. | 2.36% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Hamee Corp. | 2.35% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Perseus Proteomics Inc. | 2.33% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Sumitomo Pharma Co.,Ltd. | 2.33% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Tokyo Keiki INC. | 2.32% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| PLAID,Inc. | 2.30% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| RIBOMIC Inc. | 2.30% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Shoei Co.,ltd. | 2.30% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Sugimoto & Co.,ltd. | 2.27% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| JMACS Japan Co.,Ltd. | 2.26% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Sumitomo Forestry Co.,Ltd. | 2.23% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Syuppin Co.,Ltd. | 2.23% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| T&S Group Inc. | 2.23% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Edia Co.,Ltd. | 2.22% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Access Co.,ltd. | 2.21% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Marumae Co.,Ltd. | 2.21% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Kitagawa Seiki Co.,ltd. | 2.20% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Socionext Inc. | 2.20% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Def consulting,inc. | 2.17% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| TORICO Co.,Ltd. | 2.17% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Bengo4.com,Inc. | 2.15% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Square Enix Holdings Co.,ltd. | 2.15% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| TASUKI Holdings Inc. | 2.13% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Healios K.K. | 2.12% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Amazia,inc. | 2.09% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Plat'Home Co.,ltd. | 2.09% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Heartseed Inc. | 2.07% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nihon Dempa Kogyo Co.,ltd. | 2.05% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Yonex Co.,ltd. | 2.02% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| DIAMOND ELECTRIC HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. | 2.00% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Iino Kaiun Kaisha,ltd. | 2.00% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| DeNA Co.,Ltd. | 1.97% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Japan Electronic Materials Corporation | 1.94% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| SanBio Company Limited | 1.93% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Systems Engineering Consultants Co.,LTD. | 1.93% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| NPC Incorporated | 1.91% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Chiyoda Corporation | 1.89% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Environment Friendly Holdings Corp. | 1.89% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nippon Tungsten Co.,Ltd. | 1.88% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings,Incorporated | 1.88% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Kodama Chemical Industry Co.,ltd. JP3299000004 | 1.87% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Tsubaki Nakashima Co.,ltd. | 1.84% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Digital Media Professionals Inc. | 1.83% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nippon Building Fund Inc. | 1.83% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| ROUND ONE Corporation | 1.83% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Solasia Pharma K.K. | 1.83% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Toyo Engineering Corporation | 1.83% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Namura Shipbuilding Co.,Ltd. | 1.81% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| SRE Holdings Corporation | 1.80% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Sanken Electric Co.,Ltd. | 1.80% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Daido Metal Co.,ltd. | 1.79% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Micronics Japan Co.,ltd. | 1.79% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| Bitcoin Japan Corporation | 1.78% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| TSUDAKOMA Corp. | 1.78% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Taiyo Bussan Kaisha,ltd. | 1.78% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| The Japan Steel Works,Ltd. | 1.75% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Future Innovation Group,Inc. | 1.73% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Iwaki Co.,ltd. | 1.73% | 3 | August 10, 2026 |
| Microwave Chemical Co.Ltd. JP3860340003 | 1.73% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Sanyo Trading Co.,Ltd. JP3342500000 | 1.73% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Taiheiyo Cement Corporation | 1.73% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| GreenBee,Inc. | 1.70% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Shinden Hightex Corporation | 1.69% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Cybozu,Inc. | 1.68% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| TESEC Corporation | 1.68% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Area Quest Inc. | 1.67% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Ateam Holdings Co.,Ltd. | 1.67% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| giftee Group,Inc. | 1.67% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Union Tool CO. | 1.66% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| gumi Inc. | 1.66% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Kagome Co.,ltd. | 1.65% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nichicon Corporation | 1.65% | 3 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nikko Co.,ltd. | 1.65% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Furuno Electric Co.,ltd. | 1.64% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| VELTRA Corporation | 1.64% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| ANYCOLOR Inc. | 1.63% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Matsuya Co.,ltd. | 1.63% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Mipox Corporation | 1.63% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| BrightPath Biotherapeutics Co.,Ltd. | 1.61% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| SEIKOH GIKEN Co.,Ltd. | 1.61% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Niterra Co.,Ltd. | 1.59% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Realgate INC. | 1.59% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Tamagawa Holdings Co.,ltd. | 1.59% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| G-NEXT Inc. | 1.58% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Placo Co.,ltd. | 1.56% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| LIXIL Corporation | 1.55% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Nittetsu Mining Co.,Ltd. | 1.55% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| OSAKA Titanium technologies Co.,Ltd. | 1.55% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| PILLAR Corporation | 1.55% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Roland Corporation JP3983400007 | 1.55% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Carlit Co.,Ltd. | 1.54% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Cyberdyne,inc. | 1.54% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| JEOL Ltd. | 1.54% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Makino Milling Machine Co.,Ltd. | 1.54% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Eiken Chemical Co.,ltd. | 1.53% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| J.FRONT RETAILING Co.,Ltd. | 1.53% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Axelspace Holdings Corporation | 1.52% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| TIER IV,Inc. | 1.52% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| MIRARTH Real Estate Investment Corporation | 1.51% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nihon Dengi Co.,ltd. | 1.51% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Sanwayuka Industry Corporation | 1.51% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| i-mobile Co.,Ltd. | 1.51% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| INTER ACTION Corporation | 1.50% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| freee K.K. | 1.50% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Fruta Fruta INC. | 1.48% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| GENDA Inc. | 1.48% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Nippon Gear Co.,ltd. | 1.48% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Sharp Corporation | 1.48% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Taiyo Yuden Co.,ltd. | 1.48% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Valqua,ltd. | 1.48% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Yamada Holdings Co.,ltd. | 1.48% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Yorozu Corporation | 1.48% | 1 | August 12, 2026 |
| Yoshimura Food Holdings K.K. | 1.48% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Strike Group Co.,Ltd. | 1.47% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Financial Partners Group Co.,Ltd. | 1.45% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| GS Yuasa Corporation | 1.44% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Kao Corporation | 1.44% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| NexTone Inc. | 1.44% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Toyo Kanetsu K.K. | 1.44% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| GNI Group Ltd. | 1.42% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Shibaura Mechatronics Corporation | 1.42% | 2 | August 10, 2026 |
| Asaka Riken Co.,Ltd. | 1.41% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Institution for a Global Society Corporation | 1.41% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Okano Valve Mfg.co.ltd. | 1.41% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Watahan & Co.,Ltd. | 1.41% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| MITSUI-SOKO HOLDINGS Co.,Ltd. | 1.40% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Comture Corporation | 1.39% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Rasa Corporation | 1.39% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| GSI Creos Corporation | 1.38% | 1 | August 10, 2026 |
| Kotobuki Spirits Co.,Ltd. | 1.38% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
| Fujita Kanko INC. | 1.37% | 2 | August 12, 2026 |
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