Health Promotion Partnerships with Local Governments and Companies

「During the current interim consolidated accounting period, we concluded agreements with Kikuyo Town, Kumamoto Prefecture; the Yokosuka City Board of Education, Kanagawa Prefecture; the General Incorporated Association for the Promotion of Lifelong Healthy Society; and Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture, concerning the health promotion of local residents, improvements in the physical fitness of children and students, disaster preparedness and related matters, thereby strengthening cooperation with municipalities. In addition, as cooperation between the sports club business and the BtoG business progressed, contracts for community care-prevention classes, school swimming lessons and other services expanded. In particular, the number of outsourced school swimming lessons increased 68.4% year on year in response to rising social demand. In the public-private partnership business for public facilities and other assets (PPP), we newly began managing and operating 9 facilities in Higashiyamato City, Tokyo; Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture; Nago City, Okinawa Prefecture; and Fuchu City, Hiroshima Prefecture.」

「In our health promotion business for local communities and municipalities, demand for outsourced school swimming lessons increased in response to needs arising from aging pools, efforts to reduce teachers' workloads and the growing number of extremely hot days. During the current consolidated fiscal year, we also concluded agreements with 9 municipalities concerning the health promotion of local residents and the use of our facilities in the event of a disaster, thereby strengthening cooperation.」

「Swimming lessons were conducted in 44 municipalities and 79 schools, approximately 1.6 times the level in the same period of the previous year. As of the end of the current interim consolidated accounting period, we had concluded partnership agreements with 28 municipalities concerning health promotion, disaster preparedness and related matters.」

「In October, we also concluded a partnership agreement with Kikuyo Town, Kikuchi County, Kumamoto Prefecture, concerning support for disaster victims, among other initiatives. We are strengthening cooperation with municipalities so that our facilities can be effectively used to support disaster victims in the event of a disaster. As of the end of the third quarter of the current consolidated accounting period, we had concluded partnership agreements with 20 municipalities, including agreements related to disaster preparedness.」

「In July, we entered into a memorandum of understanding with Obu City, Aichi Prefecture, and Toyota Systems Corporation concerning the "Obu City Sleep Improvement Demonstration Project for the Working Generation," and in September, we entered into a comprehensive partnership agreement with Zama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, concerning health promotion and related matters. To help address challenges surrounding school swimming lessons, we also supported swimming lessons in areas where schools near our sports clubs and regional revitalization entrepreneurial personnel have been dispatched. During the cumulative second quarter of the current consolidated fiscal year, swimming lessons were conducted in 25 municipalities and 50 schools, approximately 1.5 times the previous year's level.」

「We have dispatched specialists with expertise in health promotion and exercise instruction to 12 local governments, including Koshimizu Town, and are working to revitalize local communities by improving residents’ health and creating communities. In response to the growing importance of addressing issues surrounding school swimming lessons, we have fully expanded our contracted swimming lesson business since fiscal 2020 and conducted swimming lessons in 21 local governments during the first 3 months of the consolidated fiscal year.」

「In our business for local governments, we used the “Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur” program supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other programs to dispatch employees to 16 local governments, working to address local health issues and plan initiatives to revitalize communities at facilities serving as bases in the areas to which employees were dispatched.」

「In our business for local governments, we dispatched employees to 16 local governments through the “Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur” program supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other programs, working to address local health issues, promote the local governments to which employees were dispatched, and plan initiatives to support residents’ health at facilities serving as bases. We also conducted general preventive care classes and supported local preventive care activities for local governments near our sports clubs, helping mainly seniors continue to live in their own way in familiar communities.」

「We dispatched employees to 16 local governments through the “Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur” program supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other programs, working to address local health issues, plan initiatives at facilities serving as bases, and promote the local governments to which employees were dispatched. In particular, in response to the growing importance of addressing issues surrounding school swimming lessons, including rising maintenance costs due to aging pool facilities, the burden on teachers, and the need to secure a sufficient number of lessons despite weather conditions, we conducted swimming lessons in 20 local governments during the first 3 months of the consolidated fiscal year.」

「We dispatched employees to 18 local governments using the “Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur” program supported by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other programs. As demand increased for solutions to issues surrounding school swimming lessons, including rising maintenance costs due to aging pool facilities, the burden on teachers, and the need to secure a sufficient number of lessons despite weather conditions, we conducted swimming lessons in 13 local governments.」

「In the PPP business for public facilities and other sites, we began providing contracted management services for Sakai Municipal Ohama Gymnasium in April. In addition, in response to issues surrounding school swimming lessons, including rising maintenance costs due to aging pool facilities, the burden on teachers, and the need to secure a sufficient number of lessons despite weather conditions, we conducted swimming lessons in 13 local governments during the first 9 months of the consolidated fiscal year.」

「At the “Health and Productivity Management Conference 2021” held in September, we supported operations as the corporate secretariat of the conference’s executive committee, and approximately 500 companies participated. In our business for local governments, we collaborated with 11 local governments through the “Regional Revitalization Entrepreneur” program, working in particular to revitalize facilities owned by local governments, propose health promotion programs, and advance initiatives supporting children’s physical growth and development in order to address local health issues.」

「In our business for local governments, we also began dispatching employees to 7 local governments through the “business development-oriented external secondment program.” During the consolidated fiscal year, we planned to dispatch 20 people to local governments and will promote health in areas without our facilities, contributing to the realization of a healthy longevity society in Japan. In the PPP business for public facilities and other sites, we began providing contracted management services for Sakai Municipal Ohama Gymnasium, which opened in April.」

「In the health solutions business, we developed programs that can be delivered online as part of health promotion support for companies, health insurance societies and local governments, contributing to initiatives to maintain the health of corporate employees and local residents. We also accelerated efforts to expand health promotion through collaboration with various companies and local governments, including the launch of new online lesson services for members of Sumitomo Life’s health-enhancement insurance “Vitality,” collaboration with Sompo Holdings,Inc., the conclusion of an agreement with Warabi City, Saitama Prefecture, on implementing the “Warabi I키iki Kids Project,” and regional revitalization initiatives including support for community development in Koshimizu Town, Hokkaido. We also continued expanding our public-private partnership business for public facilities and other sites (PPP business), and began operating 4 additional facilities in Fukushima Prefecture’s Tamura City and Oita City during the consolidated fiscal year.」

「In the health solutions business, we have moved health promotion support for companies online, where it is being used to address insufficient exercise and communication among employees working from home. We also provide online lessons that members can join from home to members of “Vitality,” provided by Sumitomo Life Insurance Company, and have received high evaluations. For health promotion support for local governments, we held briefings on preventive care classes and other programs that can be conducted online and will begin providing support services without in-person contact. We are also expanding our public-private partnership business for public facilities and other sites (PPP business), and began operating 2 additional facilities in Fukushima Prefecture’s Tamura City and Oita City during the first six months of the consolidated fiscal year.」

「The business for companies and insurers, including health insurance societies, experienced numerous cancellations, while the business for local governments was suspended at their request.」

「In February, we supported the opening inside “Rulo Kōshi” of “Fitness & Community Korekarada,” a community venue for promoting the health of local residents, and “Korekarabo,” a hub for collecting health data and conducting research, in Kōshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture.」

「In December, we supported the opening of “AOR (Air Oriented Room),” a hypoxic training gym operated by Sakuranomiya Golf Club Co., Ltd. in Osaka, Osaka Prefecture.」

「In the health solutions business, we support the opening and operation of health-related facilities operated by local governments and private companies. In September, we supported the opening in Hoki, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, of “Mizokuchi TERRACE,” the second such facility there, using vacant space in a branch government office building and providing health promotion, community-building and employment functions.」

「In addition to supporting the opening and operation of health-related facilities operated by local governments and private companies, the number of projects for supporting the opening of a second facility in Hoki, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, has increased.」

「In the health solutions business, we support the opening and operation of health-related facilities operated by local governments and private companies. In October, we supported the opening of “Fitness & Spa Onraku (Ora)” inside a bathing facility in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, and also worked to support its operations after opening. In December, we agreed with Kumamoto University and Nippon Unisys Corporation to examine a business in partnership with Kōshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, aimed at improving the health of local residents and promoting regional development toward the realization of “Healthy City Kōshi,” advocated by Kōshi City.」

「In our support business for opening health-related facilities operated by local governments and private companies, following last fiscal year’s project in Hoki, Saihaku District, Tottori Prefecture, we supported the opening in October of “Fitness & Spa Onraku (Ora),” a facility that added a fitness center to a bathing facility formerly operated by a private company in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture. In December, we agreed with Kōshi City, Kumamoto Prefecture, Kumamoto University, and Nippon Unisys Corporation to examine a business aimed at improving the health of local residents and promoting regional development, with the goal of realizing “Healthy City Kōshi” advocated by Kōshi City.」

「In August, we held the “Health and Productivity Management Conference 2018” in Tokyo, for which we served as the executive committee secretariat. The sixth conference attracted more than 600 attendees and helped increase the interest and expectations of the health insurance society and corporate executives and staff who participated in health and productivity management. As a new initiative, we entered into a partnership agreement with Sumitomo Life Insurance Company and began providing, in September, a reward allowing policyholders of “Vitality,” a health-enhancement insurance product launched by the insurer, to use sports clubs at special discounted rates.」

「As new support for companies’ health and productivity management initiatives, we held the “Sleep Toughness Seminar” in May for those responsible for health and productivity management at companies. The seminar focused on improving employees’ ability to work through an approach based on high-quality sleep and was well received. In June, under the supervision of Kunio Okada (岡田 邦夫), Chairman of the NPO Health and Productivity Management Research Association, we launched in-house training to develop health and productivity management promoters who can learn the subject systematically.」

「To support corporate health promotion, and as one initiative to “extend the healthy life expectancy of the public” and actively promote health and productivity management, we held the “Health and Productivity Management Conference,” for which we have served as the executive committee secretariat in recent years, in Tokyo (September), Yokohama and Aichi (February), and Kobe (March). In November, we co-hosted the “Health and Productivity Management for Working Women” study session with Docomo Healthcare, Inc.」

「We will use our sports clubs as hubs that contribute to health promotion across local communities and work nationwide to support health promotion initiatives led by the national government, local governments, companies, health insurance societies and others.」

「In September, as part of efforts to “extend the healthy life expectancy of the public,” we supported the “Health and Productivity Management Conference 2017,” held in Tokyo, as the secretariat of the conference’s executive committee.」

「In May, as part of efforts to promote “Synapsology®,” a brain-activation program we developed, we entered into a business alliance with OHKI HEALTHCARE HOLDINGS CO.,LTD., an intermediary wholesaler specializing mainly in over-the-counter medicines. We aim to promote mutual development and contribute to society in response to the rapidly progressing super-aging society by conducting local health activities using “Synapsology®” at drugstores and pharmacies.」

「As one initiative to “extend the healthy life expectancy of the public,” we supported the “Health and Productivity Management Conference 2016,” held in Tokyo in September, and the “Yokohama Health and Productivity Management Conference,” held in Yokohama in November, as the secretariat of the conference’s executive committee.」

「As an initiative that could make a major contribution to “extending the healthy life expectancy of the public,” which is positioned as a growth strategy under the Japan Revitalization Strategy, we held the “Health and Productivity Management Conference,” sponsored by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, in Tokyo and Yokohama, and supported it as the secretariat of the conference’s executive committee.」

「We began rolling out “Karada Kawaru Navi,” an ICT-enabled health solutions service provided by food and exercise experts, to companies and health insurance societies nationwide in collaboration with Link and Communication Inc., which primarily provides dietary guidance online.」

「We will use our sports clubs as hubs that contribute to health promotion across local communities and work nationwide to support health promotion initiatives led by the national government, local governments, companies, health insurance societies and others.」