Strengthening Corporate Governance and Internal Controls
First written in FY2016. 4 of 7 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: 2026-05-29.
- 2026-05-29AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「To strengthen the management structure and further enhance corporate governance in order to achieve sustainable growth and improve corporate value over the medium to long term, the Company will establish the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for a representative director.」
The Company proposed an amendment to the Articles of Incorporation to establish the CEO position for a representative director and to designate in advance a director as the person authorized to convene and chair meetings of the Board of Directors. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Following the 76th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders held on 27 June 2025, we changed from a company with a Board of Corporate Auditors to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee. We adopted this structure because we believe that the change will accelerate and streamline management decision-making and business execution, strengthen the Board of Directors’ oversight function by making Audit and Supervisory Committee members, who are responsible for auditing directors’ execution of duties, voting members of the Board, further strengthen and enhance the corporate governance structure, and help increase corporate value.」
We changed from a company with a Board of Corporate Auditors to a company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee and established a structure consisting of 11 directors, including 7 outside directors and 4 Audit and Supervisory Committee members. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The Board of Directors consists of 9 directors, including representative director and president Miyaji Shigeki (宮地茂樹), who serves as chair, senior managing director Hideshima Shinya (秀島信也), managing director Kimura Toshinao (木村利直), managing director Shimomura Koji (下村康司), managing director Okajima Toru (岡嶋徹), managing director Kasahara Makoto (笠原信), outside director Takei Yoichi (武井洋一), outside director Saito Satoshi (齊藤聡), and outside director Noda Atsuko (野田篤子), including 3 outside directors.」
The filing describes a structure of 9 directors, including 3 outside directors, as well as the activities of the Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors. - FY2020RestatedAnnual report
「Based on our basic management policy of continuing to develop alongside society by pursuing corporate activities that take social responsibilities into account, developing technologies that meet user needs, and helping create a better global environment, we consider it an important challenge to strengthen oversight of prompt and appropriate decision-making and business execution, ensure compliance, and enhance management transparency in order to achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term, and will work to strengthen corporate governance.」
We continue our governance policy of emphasizing sustainable growth, enhancement of corporate value, decision-making and oversight functions, compliance, and transparency. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「We have established a voluntary Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee. The committee’s regulations stipulate that a majority of its members must be outside directors. It consists of 4 directors, including 3 outside directors: outside director Takei Yoichi (武井洋一), who serves as chair, outside director Saito Satoshi (齊藤聡), outside director Hideshima Shinya (秀島信也), and representative director and president Miyaji Shigeki (宮地茂樹).」
In addition to the existing Board of Directors, Board of Corporate Auditors and internal audit functions, we have established a Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee with a majority of outside directors. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「To achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term, we consider it an important challenge to strengthen oversight of prompt and appropriate decision-making and business execution, ensure compliance, and enhance management transparency, and will work to strengthen corporate governance.」
The full-year filing also describes the control structure involving outside directors, corporate auditors, the Internal Audit Office, the Compliance Committee and the Risk Management Committee. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「To achieve sustainable growth and enhance corporate value over the medium to long term, we consider it an important challenge to strengthen oversight of prompt and appropriate decision-making and business execution, ensure compliance, and enhance management transparency, and will work to strengthen corporate governance.」
The filing describes the oversight and control structure involving outside directors, corporate auditors, the Internal Audit Office, the Compliance Committee and the Risk Management Committee.