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Iwatsuka Confectionery (2221) · InitiativeSoftened

Expansion in North America and Asia and Collaboration with Want Want Holdings

First written in FY2016. 2 of 17 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseOtherFY2016 – FY2018-Q3OtherFY2020-Q3 – FY2023-Q2AdvancedFY20232016: 120162017: 220172018: 420182019: 220192020: 320202021: 220212022: 120222023: 120232024: 020242025: 020252026: 12026
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North American and Asian expansion through collaboration with Want Want GroupA theme 1 companies write about · 0 as a headwind · 1 as a tailwind

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  1. FY2026SoftenedAnnual report

    「IWATSUKA USA Inc., a non-consolidated subsidiary, exported and sold rice crackers, but has suspended operations from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to the present.」

    The company stated that IWATSUKA USA Inc. has suspended its rice-cracker export sales from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic to the present, indicating that activity at its U.S. base has stagnated.
  2. FY2023AdvancedAnnual report

    「The Want Want Group Vietnam plant began operations in March 2022. We will dispatch technical instructors from our company to provide technical support, strengthen collaboration with Want Want Group, and seek to expand sales channels in Asia.」

    In addition to our North America-focused overseas expansion policy, we are giving concrete form to technical support for Want Want Group’s Vietnam plant and expansion of sales channels in Asia.
  3. FY2023-Q2Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥4.288 billion in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥4.288 billion as dividends received from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED.
  4. FY2022-Q2Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥950 million in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥950 million in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED.
  5. FY2021-Q3Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥2.595 billion in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥2.595 billion as dividends received from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED.
  6. FY2021-Q2Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥2.198 billion in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥2.198 billion in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED.
  7. FY2020RestatedAnnual report

    「The company will rebuild IWATSUKA USA Inc. and promote its export business, while strengthening collaboration with the Want Want Group to communicate BEIKA to the world more extensively than before.」

    We continue to pursue our overseas business policy of rebuilding our North American base, promoting the export business, and strengthening collaboration with Want Want Group.
  8. FY2020-Q3Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥2.248 billion in share dividends from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥2.248 billion in dividends received from WANT WANT CHINA HOLDINGS LIMITED.
  9. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「We will strengthen collaboration with Want Want Group and expand our overseas business based at IWATSUKA USA Inc.」

    With regard to expansion in the North American market, we are giving concrete form to the expansion of our overseas business based at IWATSUKA USA Inc., established in November 2018.
  10. FY2019-Q3Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥1.768 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥1.768 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., an updated amount from the ¥1.411 billion reported for the previous quarter.
  11. FY2019-Q2Update to dividends receivedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥1.411 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥1.411 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited. as non-operating income.
  12. FY2019-Q1Timing shift in dividend recognitionAnnual report

    「In addition, because the share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., which were recorded in the first-quarter cumulative consolidated period in the previous fiscal year, are expected to be recognized in the second-quarter cumulative consolidated period due to a change in that company’s fiscal year-end,」

    The company stated that recognition of share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited. is expected to shift from the first quarter of the previous fiscal year to the second quarter of the current fiscal year due to a change in the investee’s fiscal year-end.
  13. FY2018RaisedAnnual report

    「We will strengthen collaboration with Want Want Group while taking on the North American market.」

    The company has explicitly stated a policy of moving from the information-gathering stage for North America and Asia to taking on the North American market based on collaboration with Want Want Group. Dividends received for the current fiscal year were ¥1.450 billion from Want Want China Holdings Limited.
  14. FY2018-Q3Increase in dividends from an investeeAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥1.421 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥1.421 billion in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited. The amount reported this time increased from ¥783 million reported through the previous quarter.
  15. FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥783 million in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We continued to record ¥783 million in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited.
  16. FY2018-Q1Record of dividends from an investeeAnnual report

    「Regarding ordinary profit, we recorded ¥783 million in share dividends from Want Want China Holdings Limited., in which we hold shares, as dividend income under non-operating income.」

    We recorded ¥783 million in share dividends as dividend income from Want Want China Holdings Limited., an investee related to Want Want Group.
  17. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「We will continue gathering information for business expansion in North America and Asia, while gathering information and strengthening collaboration with a view to a jointly invested business with Want Want Group.」

    We are considering expansion in North America and Asia and have joint investment with Want Want Group in view, but have not provided a specific investment timing or scale.
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