Creating New Business Areas and Added Value by Leveraging Group Synergies
First written in FY2017. 16 of 20 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2027-H1.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 5 of 44 companies on the "Worse" side.
42 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2027-H1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is in the third year of its five-year medium-term management plan, with the basic policies of “promoting the use of Group assets developed to date,” “creating growth areas through the development of new businesses in response to changes in the market environment,” and “transforming the earnings structure” by stabilizing existing businesses and investing in growth businesses to transform the business portfolio. The Group aims to improve its growth potential and capital efficiency in order to contribute continuously to the creation and distribution of knowledge.」
The company continues to focus on leveraging group assets, creating growth areas through new businesses, and transforming the portfolio by stabilizing existing businesses and investing in growth businesses. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We are working to create new value that contributes to people's intellectual and cultural lives, based on the following key strategic themes: "Initiatives for a society that lives alongside learning (providing products and services that contribute to improving the quality of education, and developing businesses in recurrent education and adult education)"; "Contributing to regional revitalization (creating local communities and places for learning centered on libraries and bookstores)"; and "Creating new bookstore revenue models (expanding non-book products and services, and strengthening earnings through greater operating efficiency using ICT)."」
The three key strategic themes aimed at creating new value and business models, together with earnings enhancement through the expansion of non-book products and services and the use of ICT, remain in place. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「Accordingly, in pursuing the above strategic themes, we will advance business innovation toward our group vision of "becoming a corporate group that brings innovation to the creation and distribution of knowledge" by developing new businesses that provide knowledge and information useful for each individual's learning and business in content and systems that are easier to use than ever.」
In addition to the existing policy of leveraging group synergies, the company has clearly stated that it will develop new businesses offering knowledge and information in easy-to-use content and systems. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Under these circumstances, our greatest challenge is to further strengthen and accelerate initiatives, leveraging synergies among group companies, to create new value that contributes to people's intellectual and cultural lives by providing better access to knowledge through books, including digital content, and a safe, secure and comfortable reading environment.」
The policy of strengthening the creation of digital content, reading environments and new added value by leveraging synergies among Group companies continues. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The Company recognizes as its greatest challenge the further strengthening and promotion, by leveraging synergies among Group companies, of initiatives to create new added value contributing to consumers’ intellectual and cultural lives by creating better points of contact with knowledge through books, including digital content, and providing a safe, secure and comfortable reading environment.」
The policy of strengthening the creation of digital content, reading environments and new added value by leveraging synergies among Group companies continues. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is working to maximize the synergistic effects of its companies under these major strategic themes by sharing the expertise of Group companies and using the optimal brands for each market.」
The policy of promoting the major strategic themes through the sharing of expertise among Group companies, use of brands and maximization of synergies continues. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Company operates under the principal strategic themes of "initiatives toward a society that lives alongside learning," "contributing to regional revitalization," and "creating new bookstore revenue models."」
The framework of priority areas for creating new added value and business models continues as three major strategic themes. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Company recognizes as its greatest challenge the further strengthening and promotion of initiatives that leverage synergies among Group companies to create new added value contributing to consumers’ intellectual and cultural lives, by creating better points of contact with knowledge through books, including digital content, and providing a safe, secure and comfortable reading environment.」
The policy of leveraging synergies among Group companies to create digital content, reading environments and new added value continues, including as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Company recognizes as its greatest challenge, in building a foundation for sustainable growth, the creation of new business areas by leveraging synergies among Group companies, in order to further improve the efficiency of existing businesses through the sharing of expertise and streamlining of common operations, while creating new added value that contributes to consumers’ intellectual and cultural lives through the distribution of publishing content, including digital content.」
The sharing of expertise, streamlining of common operations, distribution of digital content, and creation of new business areas through Group synergies continue to be the greatest challenges. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing the following principal strategic themes: "initiatives toward a society that lives alongside learning" by providing content and systems required for higher and lifelong education; "contributing to regional revitalization" by using digital libraries and supporting the revitalization of local communities; and "creating new bookstore revenue models" by strengthening alliances with other industries and its ability to propose product assortments and events.」
The previous framework concerning Group synergies and the creation of new added value and business models continues as three main strategic themes. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing the following principal strategic themes: "initiatives toward a society that lives alongside learning" by providing content and systems required for higher and lifelong education; "contributing to regional revitalization" by using digital libraries and supporting the revitalization of local communities; and "creating new bookstore revenue models" by strengthening alliances with other industries and its ability to propose product assortments and events.」
The previous framework concerning Group synergies and the creation of new added value and business models continues as three strategic themes: “initiatives for a society where people live alongside learning,” “contributing to regional revitalization,” and “creating new bookstore profitability models.” - FY2020-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is pursuing the following principal strategic themes: "initiatives toward a society that lives alongside learning," "contributing to regional revitalization," and "creating new bookstore revenue models."」
The previous framework of creating added value through Group synergies, digital content, learning and regional revitalization has been reformulated around three main strategic themes. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to create new added value and new business models under the themes of promoting structural reform in book distribution, improving bookstore profitability, and creating learning businesses for the era of 100-year lifespans.」
The three priority themes for creating new added value and business models—reforming the book distribution structure, improving bookstore profitability, and learning businesses for the 100-year-life era—continue unchanged from the previous quarter. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to create new added value and new business models under the themes of promoting structural reform in book distribution, improving bookstore profitability, and creating learning businesses for the era of 100-year lifespans.」
The previous framework for creating new added value, including Group synergies, learning and regional revitalization, continues to be presented as the priority themes of reforming the book distribution structure, improving bookstore profitability, and learning businesses for the 100-year-life era. - FY2019-Q1ReframedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to create new added value and new business models under the themes of promoting structural reform in book distribution, improving bookstore profitability, and creating learning businesses for the era of 100-year lifespans.」
The previous framework of Group synergies, learning and regional revitalization, and content creation using books has been reformulated as three priority themes: reforming the book distribution structure, improving bookstore profitability, and learning businesses for the 100-year-life era. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Company recognizes as its greatest challenge, in building a foundation for sustainable growth, the creation of new business areas by leveraging synergies among Group companies, in order to further improve the efficiency of existing businesses through the sharing of expertise and streamlining of common operations, while creating new added value that contributes to consumers’ intellectual and cultural lives through the distribution of publishing content, including digital content.」
The sharing of expertise, streamlining of common operations, distribution of digital content, and creation of new added value and business areas through Group synergies continue to be identified as the greatest challenges for the full year. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to improve bookstore profitability, develop markets through learning and regional revitalisation, and create content using books, thereby creating new value and business models.」
The policy of creating new added value and business models through market development based on learning and regional revitalization, as well as content creation using books, continues in place. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to improve bookstore profitability, develop markets through learning and regional revitalisation, and create content using books, thereby creating new value and business models.」
The policy of creating new added value and business models through market development based on learning and regional revitalization, as well as content creation using books, continues in place. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group is working to improve bookstore profitability, develop markets through learning and regional revitalisation, and create content using books, thereby creating new value and business models.」
The policy of creating new added value and business models through content creation using books, learning initiatives and regional revitalization continues to be set out. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「The Group recognizes as its greatest challenge the creation of new business areas by leveraging synergies among Group companies, in order to further improve the efficiency of existing businesses through the sharing of expertise and streamlining of common operations, while creating new added value that contributes to consumers’ intellectual and cultural lives through the distribution of publishing content, including digital content.」
In addition to improving the efficiency of existing businesses, the Group identifies the creation of new business areas using the expertise and synergies of Group companies and the distribution of digital content as its greatest challenge.