Risk of securing capable personnel amid the decline in the working-age population
First written in FY2020. 3 of 7 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2023. Latest entry: FY2026.
Ohashi Technica moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2023, 1 year before the typical company in this theme (2024).
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 15 of 59 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Reframed".
- FY2026ReframedAnnual report
「As the automotive industry, in which the Group operates, undergoes transformation, failure to secure sufficient specialized personnel capable of creating new value and diverse personnel with varied perspectives could affect the Group's sustainable growth.」
In addition to the existing risks of a declining working-age population and recruitment difficulties, the risk of securing specialized and diverse personnel to respond to changes in the automotive industry was explicitly identified. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「In Japan, the declining birth rate and aging population, and overseas, changes in labor markets including labor shortages, create risks of higher labor costs, greater recruitment difficulty and higher recruitment costs.」
The scope was expanded from the risk of a declining working-age population in Japan to include overseas labor shortages, higher labor costs, greater recruitment difficulty and higher recruitment costs, as well as the need to secure specialized and diverse personnel. - FY2024-Q3MaterialisedAnnual report
「Segment profit was ¥272 million, up 17.3% year on year, despite higher purchase, raw material and energy prices and increased personnel-related costs, although sales increased.」
Increased personnel-related costs were reflected in results as a factor suppressing profit in the Americas segment, providing an example of the risks of securing personnel and rising recruitment costs. - FY2023ReframedAnnual report
「In Japan, declining birth rates and an aging population, and overseas, changes in labor markets including labor shortages, create risks of greater recruitment difficulty and higher recruitment costs.」
The scope of the risk was expanded from Japan's declining working-age population to include Japan's declining birth rate and aging population, overseas labor shortages, greater recruitment difficulty and higher recruitment costs. - FY2022RestatedAnnual report
「The Group is actively working to recruit personnel by strengthening relationships with universities and other schools, expanding its use of recruitment agencies, and broadening channels for recruitment information from companies in the same industries. In Japan, it is also using a reemployment system to expand opportunities for senior employees.」
The Group continues its personnel recruitment measures by expanding recruitment channels through schools, recruitment agencies and companies in the same industries, and using a reemployment system. - FY2021MitigatedAnnual report
「The Group is actively working to recruit personnel by strengthening relationships with universities and other schools, expanding its use of recruitment agencies, and broadening channels for recruitment information from companies in the same industries. In Japan, it is also using a reemployment system to expand opportunities for senior employees.」
具体策 for the risk of securing personnel include expanding recruitment channels through schools, recruitment agencies and companies in the same industries, and using a reemployment system. - FY2020First statedAnnual report
「In Japan, the further decline in the working-age population creates a risk that the Group will be unable to secure sufficient qualified personnel.」
A new risk was explicitly identified: the inability to secure sufficient personnel due to Japan's declining working-age population while operating trading, manufacturing and logistics functions in 6 countries worldwide.