Strengthening Service and Product Development
First written in FY2023. 13 of 15 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024-Q2. Latest entry: FY2026.
12 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In product development, the company pursued stronger AI-powered learning support. In June 2025, it released the AI Glossary, Explanations and Questions function, which automates annotations and explanations for films, television dramas and anime and responds to user questions, and in October introduced a streak-freeze function to help users maintain their learning habits.」
Released AI vocabulary notes, explanations and questions, as well as the streak freeze feature, providing specific enhancements to the service’s functionality and usability. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「The company continues to add new content and improve functionality and quality to enhance usability. In October 2025, it released a streak-freeze function, which supports users in continuing their studies.」
Released the streak freeze feature in October 2025, adding a product feature that supports users in continuing their studies. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Since the AI English conversation feature, a major topic for the fiscal year, was released in August 2024, we have released a cumulative total of 46 English conversation scenarios, enabling users to casually practise English conversation with AI characters.」
Released the AI English conversation feature in August 2024 and provided a cumulative total of 46 scenarios. We have also released an AI English composition correction plan for schools. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to add new content, improve functionality to enhance usability, and raise quality. For the English conversation feature released in August 2024, we proceeded with adding English conversation lesson content.」
Released the English conversation feature in August 2024 and subsequently proceeded with adding lesson content. Specific functional enhancements to the service and product progressed. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「Capital expenditure and other investments during the fiscal year totaled ¥164.314 million, including software under development. The principal investments were software development and PCs provided on loan to officers and employees.」
Invested ¥164.314 million in software development and related areas, increasing the amount of software capitalised for “abceed” development. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The company is also working to improve functionality and quality to enhance usability, and has introduced an archive video function for live lectures in the Pro plan.」
Introduced an archive video feature for live lectures, providing specific improvements to the service’s usability and functionality. - FY2024-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「We continued to add new content, improve functionality to enhance usability, and raise quality. In particular, we released a cumulative total of 90 titles as of the end of the second quarter through the development of the “Movies and TV Shows” feature and content production, areas on which we had focused since the previous fiscal year. We also fully launched live lectures for Pro members, making live lectures such as TOEIC® preparation and pronunciation courses available.」
Continued adding new content, improving functionality and raising quality, releasing a cumulative total of 90 Movies and TV Shows titles and fully launching live lectures for Pro members. - FY2024-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company continued working to add new content, improve functionality and enhance quality to improve usability. In connection with developing the film and television drama function and producing content, areas on which it had focused since the previous fiscal year, it announced a partnership with Paramount Global Content Distribution in July 2023.」
The company reaffirmed its ongoing efforts to add new content, improve usability, and enhance functionality and quality. Specific partnership developments are covered in the content expansion thread. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「The company believes it is important to strengthen initiatives aimed at developing functions and improving usability in order to expand paid subscribers and the number of corporate customers, which are its main sources of revenue.」
This includes collaboration with publishers, acquiring licenses in new fields, and strengthening its in-house content development structure.