Addressing Labor Shortages Through a Diverse Workforce, Extended Retirement Age and Production Equipment Automation
First written in FY2021. 4 of 6 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2023. Latest entry: 2026-10-01.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2023: 3 of 20 companies on the "Worse" side.
17 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Total human capital investment: ¥400 million over 3 years • Progress broadly in line with plan (actual investment of ¥81 million versus the 2025 plan of ¥84 million)」
For human capital investment, the Company invested ¥81 million in fiscal 2025 against the planned ¥84 million, compared with the 3-year plan of ¥400 million. - FY2025RaisedAnnual report
「"Strengthening the development of core talent across the Company"」
The 25 Medium-Term Management Plan newly specifies strengthening the development of core talent across the Group as part of its growth strategy and translates this into concrete plans, including total human capital investment of ¥400 million over 3 years. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The Group is a company primarily engaged in technology development. It has adopted a policy of planned hiring focused mainly on engineers. To ensure diversity, it conducts fair recruitment regardless of gender, nationality or age, including mid-career hires. After joining the Company, employees receive training by level and field, and the Group actively develops personnel through performance evaluation interviews and other measures.」
Specifies planned hiring focused on engineers, diversity-conscious recruitment, training by level and field, and personnel development through performance evaluation interviews. - FY2021First statedAnnual report
「To secure skilled personnel, the Group is creating a workplace environment in which people from diverse backgrounds can work comfortably and developing systems such as an extended mandatory retirement age. The Group has also long focused on automating production equipment to reduce the risk associated with labor shortages.」
For the first time, specifically describes creating an environment in which people from diverse backgrounds can work comfortably, developing systems such as an extended mandatory retirement age, and automating production equipment as measures to secure personnel.