Decline in the Number of Bookstores and Growing Attention to Bookstore Promotion Policies
First written in FY2024-Q2. 3 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026-H1.
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- FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「Through measures including this transaction, the company will further advance the growth strategy of creating sustainable bookstores, set out in its medium-term management plan, as its role in the bookstore industry under the "Project for the Promotion of Bookstores," established under the leadership of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in March 2024.」
The company states that it will link measures including the succession of 明文堂's business to its role in the bookstore industry under the bookstore support project and advance its growth strategy of creating sustainable bookstores. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「Our mission is to continue delivering books, cultural products, to customers, pass on the irreplaceable culture of reading to people, transform the bookstore industry, create bookstores that can operate sustainably, and seriously address the industry's business succession issues. By protecting bookstores in local communities, we will implement our plans to enhance corporate value over the medium to long term.」
Against the backdrop of the bookstore support project, the company has defined the preservation of reading culture, the creation of sustainable bookstores, and its response to the industry's business succession issues as its role and mission. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「The launch of the "Project for the Promotion of Bookstores," established under the leadership of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in March 2024, has made the company's role in the bookstore industry clearer.」
With the bookstore support project now underway, the company has set out its role and mission in the bookstore industry, including addressing the industry's business succession issues. - FY2024-Q2First statedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, as the decline in bookstores was covered by the media, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry announced in March this year that it would establish a project team to support bookstores.」
The company newly describes the industry environment in which the decline in bookstores has become a social issue and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has announced the establishment of a project team to support bookstores.