For the year ended 31 March in Japan, the loss widened to Y754 million from a Y56 million profit, while revenue fell to Y10.99 billion from Y11.60 billion.
Operating profit turned to a Y408 million loss from a Y153 million profit, pretax swung to a Y446 million loss from Y185 million, and per-share earnings fell to minus Y83.50.
The figures were prepared under Japanese accounting standards, marking a broad deterioration across Nichidai's annual earnings compared with the previous fiscal year.
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