Strengthening Oversight through Outside Officers, Committees and Internal Audit
First written in FY2016. 9 of 10 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2017. Latest entry: FY2026.
43 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「The Audit Headquarters has been established as an organization reporting directly to the president. A staff of 71 (as of 31 March 2026), primarily comprising personnel familiar with the various areas of the Company's operations, conducts audits of the Company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans, and provides advice and guidance on improvements regarding audit findings.」
The president's direct Audit Headquarters is operated with 71 staff, up from 66 in the previous fiscal year. Advice and guidance on post-audit improvements is also specified. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「The Audit Headquarters has been established as an organization reporting directly to the president. A staff of 66 (as of 31 March 2025), primarily comprising personnel familiar with the various areas of the Company's operations, conducts operational audits of the Company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans, and provides advice and guidance on improvements regarding audit findings.」
The president's direct Audit Headquarters is operated with 66 staff, up from 62 in the previous fiscal year. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The Audit Headquarters has been established as an organization reporting directly to the president. A staff of 62 (as of 31 March 2024), primarily comprising personnel familiar with the various areas of the Company's operations, conducts audits of the Company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans.」
The president's direct Audit Headquarters is operated with 62 staff, with audits including those of domestic and overseas affiliates ongoing. Staff numbers increased from 57 in the previous fiscal year. - FY2023AdvancedAnnual report
「The Audit Headquarters has been established as an organization reporting directly to the president. A staff of 57 (as of 31 March 2023), primarily comprising personnel familiar with the various areas of the Company's operations, conducts regular audits of the Company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans.」
The president's direct Audit Headquarters is operated with 57 staff, with regular audits, including audits of domestic and overseas affiliates, and improvement guidance ongoing. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「As an organization reporting directly to the president, 56 staff members (as of 31 March 2022), primarily familiar with the various areas of the Company's operations, conduct regular operational audits of the Company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans.」
The president's direct internal audit function is operated with 56 staff, with regular audits, remote audits, document-based reviews and improvement guidance for domestic and overseas affiliates ongoing. - FY2021AdvancedAnnual report
「As an organization reporting directly to the president, 54 staff members with expertise in various areas of company operations, as of 31 March 2021, conduct regular operational audits of the company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans. Audits are conducted through on-site and remote audits, document-based investigations and other methods.」
The president's direct internal audit function is operated with 54 staff, combining on-site audits with remote audits and document-based reviews, and audits of domestic and overseas affiliates are ongoing. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「As an organization reporting directly to the president, 61 staff members with expertise in various areas of company operations, as of 31 March 2020, conduct regular operational audits of the company's divisions and domestic and overseas affiliates based on audit plans.」
The company operates an internal audit organization reporting directly to the president with 61 members, continuing operational audits and improvement guidance covering domestic and overseas affiliates. The number of outside directors also increased to 3. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「In June of this year, we strengthened the former Audit Department into an Audit Headquarters, an independent internal audit organization reporting directly to the president, with approximately 60 members.」
The internal audit function was strengthened into an Audit Headquarters reporting directly to the president, and conducts audits, including of domestic and overseas affiliates, as an organization of approximately 60 people. - FY2017AdvancedAnnual report
「From the current fiscal year, we added personnel familiar with technology, quality, production, purchasing, overseas sales and other fields to the internal audit function, creating a framework capable of conducting global audits across a broader range of operations, and are working to improve operations overall.」
The company added specialists in technology, quality, production, purchasing and overseas sales to the internal audit function, broadening the scope of global audits. The oversight framework, including outside officers, and committee operations have also continued. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have adopted the current structure because we believe that effective corporate governance can be achieved by establishing, among other measures, a Nomination and Compensation Advisory Committee as an advisory body to the Board of Directors, with highly independent outside officers among its members.」
The company describes its framework comprising outside directors and outside Audit & Supervisory Board members, advisory committees, the Corporate Governance Committee and the internal audit function.