Internet Market Regulatory and Technological Innovation Risks
First written in FY2018. 4 of 11 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-08-13.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 2 of 6 companies on the "Worse" side.
1 other company's latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- 2026-08-13MitigatedResults presentation
「AX/AI・セキュリティ推進室を新規設立。」
生成AIを含む技術革新・セキュリティリスクへの対応について、専門推進室の設立が実行段階として示された。 - FY2026Generative AI risks and the addition of a specialised oversight structureAnnual report
「The internet-related markets in which our group operates are experiencing active technological innovation, including the rapid emergence of AI technologies such as generative AI. Given the extremely rapid pace of this innovation, we believe it is necessary to promptly expand systems in response to technological advances and revise business strategies accordingly. In addition, effective 1 July 2026, we will establish the “AX/AI and Security Promotion Office” to create a structure for promoting the safe and effective use of the latest technologies in business and strengthening security governance in connection with such use.」
Generative AI was explicitly identified as a technological innovation risk, and the planned establishment of a specialised department responsible for addressing AI-related security, legal and ethical risks was disclosed. - FY2022Cloud-service outages and cyberattacks specifically identifiedAnnual report
「However, despite these measures, if systems go down due to various unforeseeable factors, such as excessive loads on the IT systems supporting each service, power outages, cloud-service outages or unauthorised access resulting from cyberattacks, this could affect the business and performance of our group.」
In addition to the conventional risks related to technological innovation and system operations, cloud-service outages and unauthorised access resulting from cyberattacks were listed as specific risks. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「However, unexpected technological innovation could result in system development costs. If we are unable to respond in a timely manner, the competitiveness of the services provided by our group could decline relative to competitors, which could affect the business and performance of our group.」
The risk of declining competitiveness due to delays in responding to technological innovation and the resulting development costs continues to be disclosed. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The number of applications through Rejob's smartphone app and the number of members of d Job, operated in partnership with 株式会社NTTドコモ, have been increasing steadily. To strengthen resilience against the emergence of new players and changes to search-engine algorithms, the company is promoting diversification of customer-acquisition channels.」
The rise of new players and changes to search-engine algorithms continue to be treated as external factors affecting customer acquisition, with diversification of customer-acquisition channels through apps, d Job and other services remaining the planned response. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The number of applications through Rejob's smartphone app and the number of members of d Job, operated in partnership with 株式会社NTTドコモ, have been increasing steadily. To strengthen resilience against the emergence of new players and changes to search-engine algorithms, the company is promoting diversification of customer-acquisition channels.」
New entrants and changes to search-engine algorithms continue to be treated as external factors affecting customer acquisition, with diversification of customer-acquisition channels remaining the planned response. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Applications through the Rejob smartphone app and membership of d Job, operated in partnership with NTT DOCOMO, Inc., both continued to increase steadily. The company is diversifying its customer acquisition channels to improve resilience to the emergence of new competitors and changes in search-engine algorithms.」
The rise of new entrants and changes to search-engine algorithms continue to be treated as external factors affecting customer acquisition, with diversification of customer-acquisition channels remaining the planned response. - FY2019-Q3Specific identification of search algorithm change riskAnnual report
「Applications through the Rejob smartphone app and membership of d Job, operated in partnership with NTT DOCOMO, Inc., both continued to increase steadily. The company is diversifying its customer acquisition channels to improve resilience to the emergence of new competitors and changes in search-engine algorithms.」
In addition to the conventional general risk of technological innovation, the rise of new entrants and changes to search-engine algorithms were identified as specific external factors affecting customer acquisition. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「However, if factors such as the introduction of new regulations concerning the development and use of the internet environment or technological innovation make it difficult to operate internet services in the future, this could affect the business and performance of our group.」
Against a backdrop of market expansion, with internet and smartphone penetration rates of 83.5% and 71.8%, respectively, the introduction of regulations and technological innovation were identified as risks that could make operations more difficult.