kabutan

Asterisk hits daily limit on GoMA facial recognition adoption at Nishitetsu Store

Tue Apr 21, 2026 2:55 pm JST Catalyst

Asterisk Inc. <6522> hit its daily price limit at 1,336 yen on Tuesday. Around 2:30 p.m., the company announced that its facial recognition platform, AsReader GoMA, has been adopted across all Nishitetsu Store locations, sparking strong buying momentum. Asterisk stated that this adoption marks a shift in its facial recognition business from one-off deployments to a hardware-based subscription service platform. The company plans to use the Nishitetsu Store rollout as a model case to accelerate sales to retail chains both in Japan and overseas. The impact on earnings for the fiscal year ending August 2,026 is currently being assessed. The company plans to leverage operational results at Nishitetsu Store as a model case to intensify sales efforts toward chain-operating companies both domestically and internationally. The impact on earnings for the fiscal year ending August 2,026 is currently under review.

Source: MINKABU PRESS

*Translated by generative AI. Click here for the original article.

Related Articles