Responding to local needs and strengthening the operating structure of overseas subsidiaries
First written in FY2022. 5 of 8 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2021: 4 of 24 companies on the "Worse" side.
18 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In the overseas business, the company increased personnel and responded quickly to requests from business partners, resulting in sales of ¥12,266 million, up 26.3% from the previous fiscal year, and operating profit of ¥1,582 million, up 54.2%, both exceeding the results for the previous fiscal year.」
The company cites increased personnel and rapid responses to business partners in the overseas business as factors behind higher revenue and profit in the character entertainment business. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the overseas business, orders increased as business partners added more prize game machines at their stores, resulting in sales of ¥5,950 million, up 31.4% year on year, and operating profit of ¥890 million, up 99.4% year on year, both exceeding the results for the same period of the previous year.」
In the overseas business, increased orders driven by the addition of prize game machines at business partners' stores contributed to higher revenue and profit in the character entertainment business. - FY2025RestatedAnnual report
「In the overseas subsidiaries business, we will increase staffing in planning and design so that we can offer Japan's "kawaii," increase the number of product proposals and pursue originality, thereby working to expand sales.」
The company reconfirms measures for its overseas subsidiaries to address local needs and strengthen their operating structures, including increasing personnel responsible for planning and design, increasing the number of proposals and pursuing originality. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「With respect to its overseas subsidiaries, the company will establish a structure capable of responding quickly to requests from business partners by increasing the number of employees in charge and introducing systems, and will expand sales channels and sales by increasing the number of proposed products and acquiring new characters.」
The company has made its policy more specific by newly stating that, in addition to increasing the number of employees in charge, it will introduce systems to accelerate responses by overseas subsidiaries, while expanding the number of proposed products, new characters and sales channels. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「In the overseas subsidiary business, the company will establish a structure capable of responding quickly to requests from business partners by increasing the number of employees in charge, expand the range of products featuring existing characters, acquire and propose new characters, and actively work toward commercializing figure products, which are also popular in overseas markets, in order to increase sales.」
The company reconfirms measures for its overseas subsidiaries, including increasing the number of employees in charge, expanding existing products, acquiring and proposing new characters, and commercializing figure products. - FY2022First statedAnnual report
「In the overseas subsidiary business, the company will accurately identify product needs in the United States and China, actively develop products featuring existing characters in line with those needs and acquire new characters, and expand products that will appeal to local customers in order to increase sales, while strengthening its operating structure in line with local market conditions.」
The company has set out, for the first time in a consolidated manner, measures for its overseas subsidiaries covering the identification of local needs in the United States and China, product planning for existing and new characters, expansion of planned products and strengthening of operating structures in line with market conditions.