Daiichi is predicting a deficit of JPY 2.3bn ($22.3m) this year, which marks an improvement on the JPY 3.20bn it had previously charted. The company lost JPY 15.43bn in its previous full year accounts.

On an operating level, the owner expects to make it into the black for the full year with a gain of JPY 600m. It had earlier guided for a JPY 6.68bn