Risk to achieving business plans due to difficulty securing and developing human resources
First written in FY2020. 3 of 5 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 16 of 64 companies on the "Worse" side.
61 other companies' latest entry also says "Restated".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「However, the environment surrounding the labor market is undergoing dramatic changes, including a shrinking working-age population resulting from the declining birthrate and aging population and increasingly diverse work styles. A shortage of personnel who will lead the Group's future management could significantly affect each company's ability to achieve its business plans and will certainly be a major risk for the Group.」
The company continues to explicitly identify the risk that a shortage of human resources caused by a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles could affect the achievement of business plans. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「However, the environment surrounding the labor market is undergoing dramatic changes, including a shrinking working-age population resulting from the declining birthrate and aging population and increasingly diverse work styles. A shortage of personnel who will lead the Group's future management could significantly affect each company's ability to achieve its business plans and will certainly be a major risk for the Group.」
Regarding difficulty securing and developing human resources, the company explicitly described the dramatic changes in the labor market environment and the significant impact on business plans, strengthening its characterization of the risk. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「As the labor market environment changes because of the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles, competition to secure human resources is intensifying and recruitment is becoming more difficult. If the company is unable to secure and develop human resources, this could affect future consolidated results and the achievement of its business plans.」
The company has reaffirmed the possibility that difficulty securing and developing human resources due to the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles could affect results and business plans. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「As the labor market environment changes because of the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles, competition to secure human resources is intensifying and recruitment is becoming more difficult. If the company is unable to secure and develop human resources, this could affect future consolidated results and the achievement of its business plans.」
The company has reaffirmed the possibility that difficulty securing and developing human resources due to the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles could affect business plans. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「As the labor market environment changes because of the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and increasingly diverse work styles, competition to secure human resources is intensifying and recruitment is becoming more difficult. If the company is unable to secure and develop human resources, this could affect future consolidated results and the achievement of its business plans.」
Against a backdrop of operating with a small number of highly capable employees, the company explicitly identified difficulty securing and developing human resources due to the declining birthrate and aging population, a shrinking working-age population and other factors as a risk to consolidated results and the achievement of business plans for the first time.