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Data services business through licensing the underlying data

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ProgressHeldSoftenedWorseRestatedFY2017-Q3 – FY2018-Q3AdvancedFY2023-Q2 – FY20242016: 320162017: 320172018: 420182019: 420192020: 420202021: 420212022: 420222023: 120232024: 220242025: 120252026: 12026
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  1. FY2026RestatedAnnual report

    「While the core business shifted further toward the data and technology licensing business, which is intended to transition the business model from development- and operations-based revenue to technology licensing revenue, we continued to invest actively in research and development and data development, targeting approximately 25% of revenue.」

    The company continues shifting from development- and operations-based revenue toward technology licensing revenue and investing approximately 25% of revenue in research and development and data development.
  2. FY2025AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, レコチョク, NTT DOCOMO, LINEヤフー株式会社, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), 株式会社フジテレビジョン (service: FOD), 株式会社集英社, 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス, 株式会社CCCメディアハウス, 株式会社ハースト婦人画報社 and 株式会社講談社.」

    株式会社講談社 is newly listed as a user of the technology licenses, providing further detail on the expanding users of the data and technology licenses.
  3. FY2025-H1RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, レコチョク, NTT DOCOMO, LINEヤフー株式会社, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: Ameba News), 株式会社フジテレビジョン (service: FOD), 株式会社集英社, 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス, 株式会社CCCメディアハウス and 株式会社ハースト婦人画報社.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple partner companies. No new users are identified.
  4. FY2024AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, レコチョク, NTT DOCOMO, LINEヤフー株式会社, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: Ameba News), 株式会社フジテレビジョン (service: FOD), 株式会社集英社, 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス, 株式会社CCCメディアハウス and 株式会社ハースト婦人画報社.」

    The company specifically lists licensees including LINEヤフー株式会社, Ameba News, 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス, 株式会社CCCメディアハウス and 株式会社ハースト婦人画報社.
  5. FY2024-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, レコチョク, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA), 株式会社フジテレビジョン (service: FOD), 株式会社集英社, 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス and 株式会社CCCメディアハウス.」

    In addition to the existing licensees, the company lists 株式会社世界文化ホールディングス and 株式会社CCCメディアハウス among the users of its technology licenses, providing further detail on the expanding user base.
  6. FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA), 資生堂ジャパン株式会社, 株式会社集英社, 株式会社プレミアム・プラットフォーム・ジャパン (service: Paravi) and 株式会社フジテレビジョン (service: FOD).」

    In addition to the previously listed licensees, the company states that technology licenses are used in the services of the companies operating Paravi and FOD, providing further detail on the expanding user base.
  7. FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA), 資生堂ジャパン株式会社 and 株式会社集英社.」

    The company reconfirms that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple partner companies that have been listed previously.
  8. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「During the fiscal year under review, we continued transforming our business structure to reduce dependence on revenue from development and operations and focus on businesses related to licensing data using proprietary technology assets. As a result, data licensing revenue has grown to approximately 70% of total revenue.」

    The shift to a business structure centered on data licensing progressed, with data licensing revenue growing to approximately 70% of total revenue.
  9. FY2022AdvancedAnnual report

    「January 2022: Began providing video data to "ひかりTV," operated by 株式会社NTTぷらら」

    The company states in its corporate history that it began providing video data to "ひかりTV" operated by 株式会社NTTぷらら, specifically expanding the users of its technology and data licenses.
  10. FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA), 資生堂ジャパン株式会社 and 株式会社集英社.」

    The company reconfirms that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple previously listed partner companies.
  11. FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA), 資生堂ジャパン株式会社 and 株式会社集英社.」

    In addition to the existing licensees, 株式会社集英社 is listed as a user of the technology licenses, providing further detail on the expanding licensee base.
  12. FY2021AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Rakuten Group,Inc., LINE MUSIC, HJホールディングス株式会社 (service: Hulu), CyberAgent,Inc. (service: ABEMA) and 資生堂ジャパン株式会社.」

    The annual report specifically lists licensees including Hulu, ABEMA and 資生堂ジャパン株式会社 as users of the technology licenses.
  13. FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten, LINE MUSIC and CyberAgent,Inc.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are used in the services of KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo, Rakuten, LINE MUSIC, CyberAgent,Inc. and others.
  14. FY2021-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten, LINE MUSIC and CyberAgent,Inc.」

    In addition to the licensees previously listed, the company newly states that the technology is used in CyberAgent,Inc.'s services. The launch timing is not specified.
  15. FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are being used in the services of multiple partner companies.
  16. FY2020AdvancedAnnual report

    「As a result, data licensing revenue has grown to more than 50% of total revenue.」

    The company states that data licensing revenue grew from "nearly 50%" in the previous fiscal year to "more than 50%" of total revenue.
  17. FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple partner companies.
  18. FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple partner companies.
  19. FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.」

    The company continues to state that technology licenses are used in the services of multiple partner companies.
  20. FY2019AdvancedAnnual report

    「During the fiscal year under review, we continued transforming our business structure to reduce dependence on revenue from development and operations and focus on businesses related to licensing data using proprietary technology assets. As a result, data licensing revenue has grown to nearly 50% of total revenue.」

    The shift to a business structure centered on the data licensing business continued, with the business's share of revenue growing to nearly 50%.
  21. FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are used in the services of partner companies with established user bases through technology licensing, including KDDI CORPORATION, NTT DOCOMO through レコチョク, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.」

    Technology licenses continue to be used in the services of partner companies including KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC.
  22. FY2019-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「As the core business shifted further toward the data and technology licensing business, net sales for the cumulative second-quarter period were ¥676.674 million, or 89.0% of the same period of the previous year, amid higher selling, general and administrative expenses, mainly research and development and recruitment costs, and the downsizing of the systems development business.」

    The company states that the shift of its core business toward the data and technology licensing business progressed further and that the systems development business contracted.
  23. FY2019-Q1AdvancedAnnual report

    「As a result of these business activities, the new data licensing business, which did not exist in the same quarter of the previous year, grew. However, selling, general and administrative expenses increased, mainly due to research and development costs, and the business serving telecommunications companies was reviewed. Accordingly, for the cumulative first-quarter period, net sales were ¥329.743 million (92.8% of the same period of the previous year), operating loss was ¥39.525 million (compared with an operating loss of ¥4.597 million in the same period of the previous year), ordinary loss was ¥39.657 million (compared with an ordinary loss of ¥4.655 million), and net loss for the quarter was ¥40.144 million (compared with a net loss for the quarter of ¥5.228 million).」

    The company states that the new data licensing business, which did not exist in the same period of the previous year, grew, reconfirming the expansion of the data licensing business.
  24. FY2018AdvancedAnnual report

    「During the fiscal year under review, we continued transforming our business structure to reduce dependence on revenue from development projects and focus on businesses related to licensing data using proprietary-developed properties (assets). As a result, revenue from the data licensing business grew to more than 40% of total revenue.」

    The shift to a business structure centered on data licensing progressed, with data licensing revenue growing to more than 40% of total revenue.
  25. FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「Under this business model, data is licensed to selected partner companies with established user bases. In addition to the existing KDDI CORPORATION, use in NTT DOCOMO's music services through our partner レコチョク, and provision to Yahoo Japan Corporation, Rakuten Corporation and LINE MUSIC Corporation, had begun by the end of the previous fiscal year, and the licensee base is steadily expanding.」

    The company reconfirms that data licensing to KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC began by the end of the previous fiscal year and that the licensee base is expanding.
  26. FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report

    「Under this business model, data is licensed to selected partner companies with established user bases. In addition to the existing KDDI CORPORATION, use in NTT DOCOMO's music services through our partner レコチョク, and provision to Yahoo Japan Corporation, Rakuten Corporation and LINE MUSIC Corporation, had begun by the end of the previous fiscal year, and the licensee base is steadily expanding.」

    The company reconfirms that data licensing to KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo, Rakuten and LINE MUSIC began by the end of the previous fiscal year and that the licensee base is expanding.
  27. FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「Under this business model, data is licensed to selected partner companies with established user bases. In addition to the existing KDDI CORPORATION, use in NTT DOCOMO's music services through our partner レコチョク, and provision to Yahoo Japan Corporation, Rakuten Corporation and LINE MUSIC Corporation, had begun by the end of the previous fiscal year, and the licensee base is steadily expanding.」

    The company states that provision to LINE MUSIC began in addition to KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo and Rakuten, but explains that all of these launches occurred by the end of the previous fiscal year.
  28. FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report

    「These services are licensed to selected partner companies with established user bases. In addition to the existing KDDI CORPORATION, use in NTT DOCOMO's music services through our partner レコチョク began in the previous fiscal year. Provision to Yahoo Japan Corporation began in the first quarter, and provision to Rakuten Corporation began from the second quarter, steadily expanding the licensee base.」

    The company reiterates its explanation of licensing to KDDI, NTT DOCOMO, Yahoo, Rakuten and others, but does not identify any new licensees in the third quarter.
  29. FY2017-Q2AdvancedAnnual report

    「These services are licensed to selected partner companies with established user bases. Use in NTT DOCOMO's music services through our partner レコチョク, in addition to the existing KDDI CORPORATION, began in the previous fiscal year. Provision to Yahoo Japan Corporation began during the cumulative first-quarter period, and provision to Rakuten Corporation began from the cumulative second-quarter period, steadily expanding the licensee base.」

    In addition to NTT DOCOMO, provision to Yahoo began during the cumulative first-quarter period and to Rakuten from the cumulative second-quarter period, concretely expanding the licensee base.
  30. FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report

    「In addition to providing conventional service functions such as search and recommendations, we launched the "Data Services" business in the previous fiscal year, a new business model involving the licensing of our proprietary underlying data, and it is getting off to a solid start.」

    The company has continued to explain that the data services business, which licenses the underlying data, was launched in the previous fiscal year and is getting off the ground.
  31. FY2016First statedAnnual report

    「In addition to providing conventional service functions such as search and recommendations, we launched the "Data Services" business during the fiscal year under review, a new business model involving the licensing of our proprietary underlying data, and it is getting off to a solid start.」

    We began licensing the underlying data during the fiscal year under review and positioned it as a revenue source alongside our conventional function-provision business.
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