NEOJAPAN Inc.

Obtaining DX-Certified Operator and Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Status

A theme focused on obtaining external certifications as foundational investments for stable future growth: DX Certified Business Operator and Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization. It addresses the two distinct certifications, digital infrastructure development and health and productivity management, as an integrated initiative.

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FY2025 → FY2025

Reducing Environmental Impacts through TCFD Disclosures and Paperless Operations

An ongoing environmental initiative that integrates efforts to align with the TCFD recommendations and consider climate-related disclosures with measures to reduce environmental impacts, including CO2 emissions, through paperless operations.

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FY2023 →

Building an Order-Winning Base for Global Marketing Services

An initiative to build an order-winning base for marketing services for overseas companies and inbound demand through overseas partners, overseas trade shows, global talent and branding activities.

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Single reportable segment focused on software development and sales

The company continues to use a structure in which only the software development and sales business is reported as a reportable segment, while disclosure of other business segments is omitted because they are not material.

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FY2018-Q3 →

Strengthening Service and Sales Support for Distributors

An initiative to strengthen service delivery to distributors and enhance their sales activities and customer support through new product launches and improved user satisfaction.

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FY2018-Q1 →

Recognition of Impairment Loss on Software

A topic covering the recognition of impairment losses on software due to declines in profitability or recoverability. It covers impairment events specifically related to software, including amounts recognized in the prior year and amounts not recognized in the current fiscal year.

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FY2019-Q2 → FY2023

Growth of the Targeted Attack Protection Business

An ongoing initiative that positions protection against targeted attacks as a growth area in the enterprise security business and expands its rollout and market penetration in Japan, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The business platform related to targeted attack protection will be strengthened around TrendAI, Vision One and AI-enabled next-generation SOCs (Security Operations Centers).

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FY2016-Q2 →

Dependence on Outsourced Data Center and Server Providers

A theme involving reliance on external providers for data center and server operations, where an inability to provide services or termination of the business relationship due to disasters, unlawful acts, financial deterioration or other events affecting the outsourced provider, as well as higher relocation costs, could affect service delivery and business performance.

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グループウェア・業務効率化ソフトの市場評価首位

グループウェアやビジネスチャット、業務効率化・内製支援ソフト／サービスにおいて、市場シェアや顧客・パートナー満足度の首位評価を継続的に獲得するテーマ。

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Supporting sales partners and expanding sales through the establishment of the Nagoya Sales Office

A regional sales base development initiative to establish the Nagoya Sales Office, support sales activities for sales partners and distributors in the 4 Tokai prefectures, expand sales, and improve the efficiency of sales operations.

Growth in License and Other Merchandise Sales and Decline in Service Sales

FY2020-Q1 → FY2020-Q1

A theme in which sales of licenses and other merchandise expand while revenue from services declines, changing the sales mix by business. Total company sales also increase.

Promotion and Awareness of New Ways of Working and the Sharing Economy

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FY2016-Q3 →

An initiative to stimulate the market as a whole by proposing and disseminating information on new ways of working and the sharing economy through online conferences and industry association activities.

Using Enterprise Data and Improving Productivity with Neuron Enterprise Search

FY2020-Q3 → FY2021

Provision of the J-MOTTO Business Application Creation Tool

FY2021 →

An initiative to add and provide AppSuite, which enables users to create business applications, within the J-MOTTO groupware platform. Through expanded groupware functionality, it supports greater operational efficiency at companies and the use of applications for specific purposes.

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FY2021-Q1 → FY2021-Q3

Building technological expertise through contract and R&D work and launching innovative products

An ongoing initiative that uses research and development and technically challenging contract development to build up technological expertise, then applies the results to launch innovative products and services and increase profitability.

Growth in ChatLuck Cloud Users

FY2018 →

Ongoing efforts to expand the number of users of the cloud version of the business chat service ChatLuck, including users who use it alongside desknet's NEO, and drive growth in cloud-version revenue.

Launch of desknet's NEO Version 7.0

FY2020-Q2 →

Launch of the desknet's NEO V5.0 web conferencing function

FY2023-Q1 → FY2023-Q1

An initiative to add a web conferencing function to version 5.0 of the groupware product desknet's NEO and begin offering it. A time-dependent product development theme concerning the addition of a conferencing function to a specific product and the release of a new version.

External recognition for telework promotion and business improvement

FY2019-Q2 → FY2019

A theme covering business improvements under telework, such as going paperless, reviewing workflows, and using chat tools, that are evaluated and recognized by external organizations.

Expansion of ChatLuck deployments for local governments

FY2022-Q1 → FY2022-Q1

Theme of expanding large-scale new license deployments of the business chat product ChatLuck, mainly among local governments, and growing license revenue.

Cooperation with Invest Johor to Establish a Southeast Asian Centre of Excellence

FY2021-Q1 →

Municipal rollout of a COVID-19 vaccine delivery and quantity management system

FY2026-H1 →

A theme focused on developing and providing municipalities with a COVID-19 vaccine delivery and quantity management system, and rolling out implementation templates to other municipalities for cloud usage fees only.

Preparation for Adoption of the Accounting Standard for Fair Value Measurement

FY2022 → FY2022

Contested

Companies in these themes point in more than one direction. The same force lifts one filer and costs another, and the split is the reading.

A theme involving the application of the Fair Value Measurement Accounting Standards, etc., and their continued use as new accounting policies. Although there is no impact on profit or loss, it addresses the application of standards governing fair value measurement and accounting disclosures.

Concentrated in Information and Communications・ Services and Others・ Retail・ Trading Companies and Wholesalelast written FY2023-Q4

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helps 3 · hurts 6 · flat 2142

FY2020 →

Response to COVID-19 and Transformation of Work Styles

A theme concerning the implementation of infection-prevention measures in response to the spread of COVID-19, and the establishment of sales and work arrangements using online meetings and other tools.

Concentrated in Information & Communications・ Services and Other; Construction & Materials; Raw Materials & Chemicalslast written FY2025

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helps 518 · hurts 217 · flat 49

FY2020 → FY2025

Company-wide risk management framework based on audits and internal controls

An ongoing governance framework that operates and strengthens company-wide risk management and internal controls through the audit division, Internal Control Committee, Audit and Supervisory Committee, internal regulations, whistleblowing system and other mechanisms.

Concentrated in Information & communications・ services and other; Retail; Electrical equipment and precision instrumentsshrinking against other themes

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FY2015 →

Strengthening the recruitment and development of advanced technical and IT specialists

An ongoing theme focused on strengthening the Group’s technology and talent base by enhancing the technical capabilities required for business development, while recruiting highly specialized and global talent, visualizing skills, and developing managers.

Concentrated in Information & Communications・ Services and Other; Electrical Appliances & Precision Instruments; Construction & Materialsgrowing faster than other themes

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Stable, Continuous Shareholder Returns and Dividend Increase Policy

Broad

Themes almost every covered company sits in, where the direction is unanimous. The company list is the value here, not the direction — these are the ones worth scanning for who is missing.

The policy is to strengthen shareholder returns by maintaining stable and consistent dividends as the basic principle, while increasing dividends in line with earnings growth and improving the total payout ratio.

Concentrated in Information & communications/services and other・ Trading companies/wholesale・ Construction/materialsgrowing faster than other themes

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Ensuring Fairness in the Nomination, Compensation and Development of Officers through a Nomination and Compensation Committee

A governance initiative that establishes a voluntary nomination and compensation committee to enhance the fairness, transparency and objectivity of procedures concerning the nomination, compensation and development of directors and other officers.

Concentrated in Information & communications・ services and other; Retail; Electrical equipment and precision instrumentsmoving with the rest

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Intensifying competition from competitors and new entrants

The risk that intensifying competition from existing competitors and new entrants will place the service at a relative disadvantage and adversely affect business performance. This also covers changes in the competitive environment, including the mechanization and automation of advertising through generative AI.

Concentrated in Information & Communications and Services・ Electrical Appliances and Precision Instruments・ Retailshrinking against other themes

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