Addressing the Aging of Social Infrastructure
First written in FY2018-Q1. 14 of 29 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2022-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-11-11.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 2 of 20 companies on the "Worse" side.
14 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- 2026-11-11AdvancedResults
「こうした水害は、社会インフラの機能を維持し、災害に備えることの重要性を改めて示すものとなりました。」
水害を背景に、社会インフラの機能維持と老朽化対策の重要性を具体的に示している。 - FY2027-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In September this year, flooding caused by heavy rains associated with typhoons and seasonal weather fronts occurred in various areas, affecting residents’ lives and regional economic activity. These floods once again demonstrated the importance of maintaining the functions of social infrastructure and preparing for disasters.」
The Company documented the actual occurrence of flood damage and once again described the importance of developing sewer pipelines and stormwater storage facilities and addressing aging infrastructure. - 2026-08-07RestatedResults
「当社グループを取り巻く事業環境では、防災・減災、国土強靱化及び老朽化した社会インフラの更新・長寿命化への対応が喫緊の課題となっております。」
防災・減災、国土強靱化、社会インフラの更新・長寿命化を引き続き重要課題として再確認している。 - FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Substantial demand for renewal, earthquake resistance and maintenance is expected to continue to arise over the next 20 to 30 years.」
The company has translated its response to aging social infrastructure into long-term growth in demand for renewal, earthquake resistance and maintenance, with an integrated service structure spanning pipeline diagnosis, renewal, rehabilitation and maintenance as its growth platform. - 2026-06-02AdvancedGeneral Meeting of Shareholders
「特に下水道分野においては、施設および管路の老朽化の進行に加え、点検・調査業務における人手不足が顕在化しており、従来の目視点検に加え、ドローンやデジタル技術の活用による効率化・高度化の必要性が明確に示されました。」
社会インフラ老朽化への対応を、ドローン・デジタル技術による点検・調査の効率化・高度化へ具体化した。 - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the sewerage sector, demand for renewal and resilience-strengthening has become apparent from the perspective of ensuring redundancy to maintain functionality during disasters.」
Regarding the aging and resilience of social infrastructure, the company states that demand for renewal and resilience-strengthening aimed at maintaining functionality during disasters has become apparent. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「In the sewerage infrastructure business, as infrastructure continues to age, the company is strengthening its response to the repair, rehabilitation and renewal of Hume pipes it has supplied. For renewals, it intends to propose next-generation social infrastructure using 100-year Hume pipes. It is also strengthening a structure that provides one-stop services from inspections through repairs and renewals.」
The company has translated its response to aging social infrastructure into repairs, rehabilitation and renewals of Hume pipes, 100-year Hume pipes, and a one-stop service structure covering inspections through renewals. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The revised National Resilience Basic Act was enacted last year to ensure the continued and stable promotion of national resilience measures even after the five-year acceleration measures, and the formulation of implementation plans was made a statutory requirement. Accordingly, the environment surrounding domestic public works is expected to remain generally firm.」
Regarding aging social infrastructure and disaster response, the company describes the enactment of the revised National Resilience Basic Act and the statutory requirement to formulate implementation plans. This indicates institutional progress toward continuing national resilience measures. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The company also received certification from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as an official supporter of basin-based flood control. Through its business activities, it will contribute to the training of young engineers and public awareness of basin-based flood control, which protects lives and livelihoods from increasingly severe and frequent floods [ESG Strategy].」
Regarding the resilience of social infrastructure and flood-control measures, the company received certification from the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism as an official supporter of basin-based flood control, and specified its contributions to training young engineers and promoting public awareness. - FY2023-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition to the "synthetic steel pipe Types 1, 2, 5 and 6," high-value-added products for disaster prevention and mitigation and national resilience measures, beginning to contribute to shipment results, shipments of EMC parapets, which enable measures against aging expressways and other infrastructure and rapid construction, have also progressed steadily.」
As part of its response to aging and strengthening the resilience of social infrastructure, the company reports that synthetic steel pipes have begun contributing to shipment results and that shipments of EMC wall parapets have progressed. - FY2023-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「As a high-value-added product for disaster prevention and mitigation and national resilience measures in response to increasingly severe and frequent weather disasters, the threat of major earthquakes, and aging social infrastructure, the storage pipes developed last year, the "synthetic steel pipe Types 1, 2, 5 and 6," have begun contributing to shipment results.」
The company states that its storage pipes have begun contributing to shipment results in response to aging social infrastructure and disasters, indicating progress in addressing these issues through its products. - FY2023-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「As a high-value-added product for disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and national resilience measures addressing increasingly severe and frequent weather disasters caused by climate change, impending large-scale earthquakes and aging social infrastructure, the company obtained Japan Sewage Works Association certification for its synthetic steel storage pipes, Types 1 and 2, which can accommodate sharp curves and great depths, and is promoting sales activities incorporating them into designs.」
Regarding responses to aging social infrastructure and disasters, the company has made concrete progress by obtaining Japan Sewage Works Association certification for its storage pipes and promoting sales activities that incorporate them into designs. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The sewerage-related business remained firm as a result of strengthened order-taking activities for high-value-added products aimed at disaster prevention and mitigation and national resilience measures.」
The company states that it strengthened order activity for high-value-added products related to addressing aging and strengthening the resilience of social infrastructure, and that the sewerage-related business remained firm. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「The sewerage-related business remained firm as the company focused on securing orders for high-value-added products associated with disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and national resilience.」
The company states that order activity for high-value-added products associated with disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and national resilience remained firm, indicating progress in businesses addressing the resilience and aging of social infrastructure. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Earthquake-resistance and pipeline rehabilitation projects associated with disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and national resilience exceeded the level in the same period of the previous year.」
The company states that pipeline rehabilitation projects related to addressing aging social infrastructure, as well as initiatives for earthquake resistance and national resilience, exceeded the level in the same period of the previous year. - FY2021RaisedAnnual report
「・Strengthen initiatives for disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and resilience in response to climate change and large-scale earthquakes ・Expand rehabilitation business initiatives addressing aging social infrastructure」
The company is not only continuing to address aging social infrastructure, but is also expanding the scope of its activities through the expansion of rehabilitation projects and stronger disaster prevention, disaster mitigation and national resilience measures. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2019DroppedAnnual reportThis annual securities report does not directly identify “aging social infrastructure” as a challenge facing Japan’s construction market.
- FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2019-Q1ReappearedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company explicitly identified aging social infrastructure, which was not directly mentioned in the previous year’s annual securities report, again as a challenge facing Japan’s construction market. - FY2018DroppedAnnual reportThis annual securities report contains no direct statement linking “aging social infrastructure” with labor shortages in Japan’s construction market.
- FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「We believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions to challenges including labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and the creation of a safe and secure social infrastructure.」
The Company reaffirmed its view that precast products and construction technologies can address social infrastructure challenges, including labor shortages in Japan’s construction market. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「On challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market, we believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and reaffirmed the potential for addressing it through precast products and construction technologies. - FY2018-Q1First statedAnnual report
「We believe that our precast concrete products and construction technologies can provide optimal solutions to challenges including aging social infrastructure and labor shortages in Japan’s construction market.」
The Company identified aging social infrastructure as a challenge alongside labor shortages in Japan’s construction market and described the potential for solutions through precast concrete products and construction technologies.