PRE-MARKET JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN STOCKS NEWS: Earnings from Eisai, Marubeni ORIX & Hanwha Aerospace

Eisai (4523 JT) - Co. 9-month net fell 8.1% Y/Y to JPY 41.8bln. (Newswires)

Honda (7267 JT) - Co. is to move automotive development to its R&D unit, spurring innovation. (Nikkei)

Marubeni (8002 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net rose 1.7% Y/Y to 432.3bln. (Newswires)

NEC Corp (6701 JT) - Co. announced a JPY 30bln share buyback. (Newswires)

ORIX (8591 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net 389.7bln (prev. 271.8bln Y/Y), rev. rose 11.8% Y/Y to 2.41tln. (RTT News)

Rakuten Bank (5838 JT) - Co. 9-month (JPY) net rose 51% Y/Y to 53.1bln. (Newswires)

SBI Holdings (8473 JT) - SBI Global Asset Management partnered with US-based State Street to launch a new investment trust focused on US energy companies. (Nikkei)

Takeda (4502 JT) -  Co. inked a drug discovery deal with Iambic Therapeutics in which the latter could receive milestone-based payments of up to USD 1.7bln. (Fierce Biotech)

Hanwha Aerospace (012450 KS) - Co. FY25 (KRW) net fell 15.7% Y/Y to 2.14tln, oper. profit rose 75% Y/Y to 3.03tln, sales more than doubled to 26.6tln. (Yonhap)

S-Oil Corp (010950 KS) - Co. signed KRW 5.51tln contract with Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (Newswires)

Other News - South Korea’s Agriculture Minister pledged stepped-up efforts to boost food exports and diversify overseas markets. (Yonhap)