Appointment booking and search website business for private-pay medical services through a joint venture with EPARK
First written in FY2017-Q1. 4 of 9 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017-Q3. Latest entry: FY2019.
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- FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the equity-method affiliate 株式会社エンパワープレミアム operates a reservation and search website business focused on private-pay dental services.」
The reservation and search website business for private-pay services continues as a business of the equity-method affiliate エンパワープレミアム, rather than as a business of the Company's consolidated subsidiary. - FY2019-Q2ReframedAnnual report
「Since May 2018, we have positioned our investment in 株式会社エンパワープレミアム, which has jointly operated the web services business centered on internet reservation and search websites with the Hikari Tsushin Group, as an investment business and have supported the advancement of that business. … We will continue to provide support as part of our investment business.」
The positioning changed from operating and expanding its own web services business to supporting the business as an investment in エンパワープレミアム社. - FY2018-Q3AchievedAnnual report
「A merger in which 株式会社エンパワープレミアム was the surviving company and 株式会社イメージワン ゼロット was the absorbed company. As a result, the Company no longer had any consolidated subsidiaries, and 株式会社エンパワープレミアム became an equity-method affiliate of the Company, with an equity ownership ratio of 39.7%.」
The absorption merger of ゼロット社 and エンパワープレミアム社 was completed on 30 May 2018, and the post-merger company became an equity-method affiliate in which the Company holds a 39.7% interest. The disclosure does not state that the intended acceleration or expansion of the business was achieved. - FY2018-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「To accelerate the establishment of the web services business, which we regard as a new business, our group decided to merge 株式会社イメージワンゼロット, the consolidated subsidiary responsible for this business, with 株式会社エンパワープレミアム, which operates a reservation and search WEB services business for private-pay dental services. Upon completion of the merger, scheduled for 30 May 2018, the business areas will be integrated and various functions, centered on human resources, can be combined. This will strengthen our media capabilities, including portal websites, and our sales structure, with the aim of accelerating the business and expanding its scale.」
To accelerate the web services business, it decided to merge ゼロット社, responsible for private-pay medical services, with エンパワープレミアム社, responsible for private-pay dental services. Completion of the merger was scheduled for 30 May 2018, with the aim of integrating the medical and dental business areas and strengthening media capabilities and the sales structure. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the web services business segment, the second fiscal year of the consolidated subsidiary, which aims to become profitable within 3 years of its establishment, expenses were incurred ahead of revenue as we expanded sales activities targeting private-pay clinics while strengthening advertising and promotional activities to raise awareness of our proprietary portal websites.」
It is advancing the commercialization of the web services business by expanding sales activities targeting private-pay clinics and strengthening advertising and promotional activities to raise awareness of its portal websites. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「By the end of the fiscal year ending September 2017, the first year of operations, we released the 2 core portal websites, “Dr.TIMES” and “CLINIKE,” online and began full-scale sales activities.」
In the reservation and search website business for private-pay services, it released the second portal, CLINIKE, in addition to Dr.TIMES, and began full-scale sales activities. - FY2017-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Although the launch was delayed from the originally planned second quarter, the Company launched its own portal site, Dr.TIMES, the name of the website, in June of the third quarter.」
It launched the Dr.TIMES portal website as part of the reservation and search website business for private-pay medical services based on the joint venture with EPARK. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Following the establishment on 1 November 2016 of the consolidated subsidiary 株式会社イメージワン ゼロット, whose principal business is operating reservation and search websites for private-pay medical services, we added a new web services business segment from the first quarter of the fiscal year under review.」
The reservation and search website business for private-pay medical services based on the joint venture with EPARK continues to be operated through the consolidated subsidiary and the web services business segment. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「To operate a reservation and search website business for private-pay medical services, we entered into an agreement on the establishment of a joint venture on 24 October 2016, following a resolution by the Board of Directors on the same date, with EPARK Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hikari Tsushin Corporation that operates internet reservation systems for restaurants, beauty salons, medical services and other businesses under the “EPARK” brand and has relevant business expertise. The joint venture's details are as follows. 1. Name: 株式会社イメージワン ゼロット 2. Date established: 1 November 2016 5. Business: Operation of reservation and search websites for private-pay medical services, etc. 6. Capital: ¥200 million 7. Equity ownership: 株式会社イメージワン (the Company) 51%; EPARK Co., Ltd. 49%」
The company entered into a joint venture agreement with EPARK and established a joint venture with capital of ¥200 million, owned 51% by the Company and 49% by EPARK. It has given concrete form to the operation of a reservation and search website for private-pay medical services as a new business avenue.