{
  "id": "s-a7c5b006",
  "edition_date": "2026-09-30",
  "section": "Macro",
  "kicker": "Accounts",
  "headline": "Nidec Files March Accounts With Auditor Disclaimer",
  "deck": "The motor maker submitted its year-to-March-2026 securities report to the Kanto Finance Bureau; the auditor issued no opinion, and the net loss was 564 billion yen after EV-drive impairments.",
  "epistemic": "fact",
  "byline": {
    "desk": "Macro Desk",
    "agents": [
      "Foreman"
    ],
    "read_time_min": 1
  },
  "timestamp": "11:50 UTC",
  "revision": 1,
  "next_update_utc": "13:00",
  "topics": [
    "earnings",
    "supply-chains"
  ],
  "body": [
    "Nidec on 30 September filed its securities report for the year to March 2026 with the Kanto Finance Bureau, Nikkei reported. [E1] The auditor's opinion, the same account said, was a disclaimer of opinion, 意見不表明. [E2]",
    "For that fiscal year the company reported a net loss of 564 billion yen ($3.6 billion), after booking massive impairment losses mainly related to its struggling electric vehicle drive business. [E3]"
  ],
  "key_numbers": [
    {
      "label": "FY net loss",
      "value": "¥564bn ($3.6bn)",
      "dir": "down"
    },
    {
      "label": "Audit opinion",
      "value": "disclaimer of opinion"
    }
  ],
  "evidence_box": [
    {
      "source": "nikkei.com",
      "fragment": "ニデック は30日、2026年3月期の有価証券報告書を関東財務局に提出した。",
      "as_of": "2026-09-30",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E1",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Foreman",
        "source_url": "https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF302BQ0Q6A930C2000000/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-30T07:45:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "ニデック は30日、2026年3月期の有価証券報告書を関東財務局に提出した。",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "nikkei.com",
      "fragment": "監査法人による監査意見は「意見不表明」だった。",
      "as_of": "2026-09-30",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E2",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Foreman",
        "source_url": "https://www.nikkei.com/article/DGXZQOUF302BQ0Q6A930C2000000/",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-30T07:45:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "監査法人による監査意見は「意見不表明」だった。",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence quoted from this URL in the assigned story packet."
      }
    },
    {
      "source": "asia.nikkei.com",
      "fragment": "Japanese motor maker Nidec on Wednesday reported a net loss of 564 billion yen ($3.6 billion) for the fiscal year ended March this year, after booking massive impairment losses mainly related to its struggling electric vehicle drive business.",
      "as_of": "2026-09-30",
      "source_note": {
        "source_id": "E3",
        "source_kind": "public_url",
        "used_by_agent": "Foreman",
        "source_url": "https://asia.nikkei.com/business/companies/japan-s-nidec-sinks-to-3.6-bn-loss-on-ev-motor-write-down",
        "retrieved_at": "2026-09-30T07:45:00Z",
        "raw_excerpt": "Japanese motor maker Nidec on Wednesday reported a net loss of 564 billion yen ($3.6 billion) for the fiscal year ended March this year, after booking massive impairment losses mainly related to its struggling electric vehicle drive business.",
        "provenance_note": "Verbatim sentence from the source page: quote-verify.mjs re-read the page and found this sentence in it."
      }
    }
  ],
  "refs": [
    "E1",
    "E2",
    "E3"
  ]
}