Decline in Domestic Sales of Pressure Induction-Heating Rice Cookers
First written in FY2016-Q3. 11 of 31 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-10-02.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2018: 10 of 21 companies on the "Worse" side.
6 other companies' latest entry also says "Mitigated".
- 2026-10-02MitigatedEarnings presentation
「Rice cooker sales increased from the previous year due to strong performance by the top-of-the-line pressure-induction-heating rice cooker, “炎舞炊き.”」
Strong sales of 炎舞炊き continued to drive higher domestic rice cooker sales. - FY2026-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「Rice cooker sales increased from the previous year as the top-of-the-line pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” performed well.」
Against the previous weakness in total domestic rice cooker sales due to struggles in the mainstream-priced segment and elsewhere, sales increased year on year in the first half, driven by strong performance from “炎舞炊き.” - FY2025-H1MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales exceeded the previous year's level, driven by strong performance from the premium “炎舞炊き” pressure IH rice cooker.」
Domestic rice cooker sales had previously been weak due to struggles in the mainstream-priced segment and certain other products, but exceeded the previous year's level on strong sales of “炎舞炊き.” - FY2024RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales exceeded the previous year's level as the top-of-the-line pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” performed well.」
Strong sales of “炎舞炊き” lifted domestic rice cooker sales above the previous year's level. Strong performance in the premium-price segment and divergent performance by product continued. - FY2024-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales exceeded the previous year's level, driven by strong performance from the premium “炎舞炊き” pressure IH rice cooker.」
Domestic rice cooker sales had previously fallen below the previous year's level due to weakness in mainstream-priced products and certain other products, but exceeded the previous year's level this quarter on strong sales of “炎舞炊き.” - FY2023WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level as both microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cookers struggled.」
As in the previous quarter, total domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level due to weak microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cooker sales. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level as both microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cookers struggled.」
Domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level due to weak sales of microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cookers, including some higher-value-added products that had previously performed well. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level as both microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cookers struggled.」
The previous fiscal period described divergent performance by microcomputer-controlled and IH rice cookers, but this quarter domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level due to weak microcomputer-controlled and pressure IH rice cooker sales. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, microcomputer-controlled rice cookers performed well, but IH rice cookers struggled, causing total sales to fall below the previous year's level.」
Microcomputer-controlled rice cookers performed well, but domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level due to weak IH rice cooker sales. The divergence in performance by product continued. - FY2022MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cooker sales performed well and exceeded the previous year's level.」
Rice cookers, including domestic pressure IH rice cookers, improved from the previous weakness in mainstream-priced products and the overall year-on-year decline to exceed the previous year's level for the full year. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, the premium “炎舞炊き” series of pressure IH rice cookers, designed to recreate the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, performed well, but overall results remained roughly in line with the previous year.」
Despite strong performance by the “炎舞炊き” series, total domestic rice cooker sales, including mainstream-priced products, remained roughly in line with the previous year, and the divergence in performance by product continued. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, the premium pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” series, which recreates the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, continued to perform well, but total sales remained roughly in line with the previous year.」
While “炎舞炊き” continued to perform well, total domestic rice cooker sales remained roughly in line with the previous year, and the divergence in performance by product continued. - FY2021-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, the premium pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” series, which recreates the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, performed well, but total sales fell below the previous year's level as mainstream-priced products struggled.」
Although the “炎舞炊き” series performed well, total domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level due to weak sales of mainstream-priced products, deteriorating from roughly the previous year's level in the preceding quarter. - FY2021-Q2MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, mainstream-priced rice cookers fell below the previous year's level, but the premium pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” series, which recreates the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, performed well, enabling total sales to remain roughly in line with the previous year.」
Mainstream-priced products fell below the previous year's level, but strong sales of the “炎舞炊き” series lifted total domestic rice cooker sales from below the previous year's level in the preceding quarter to roughly the same level as the previous year. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, the premium pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き” series, which recreates the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, performed well, but total sales fell below the previous year's level as mainstream-priced rice cookers struggled.」
Although “炎舞炊き” performed well, total domestic rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level as mainstream-priced products struggled, and the divergence in performance by product continued. - FY2020WorsenedAnnual report
「In Japan, the premium “炎舞炊き” series of pressure IH rice cookers, designed to recreate the flickering flames of a traditional cooking hearth, performed well, but overall rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level, partly due to market stagnation.」
Although some products, including “炎舞炊き,” performed well, total rice cooker sales, including other products, fell below the previous year's level, deteriorating from the recovery trend through the previous quarter. - FY2020-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「Pressure IH rice cookers had previously performed poorly due to market stagnation and other factors, but sales subsequently began to recover as total market shipment volumes increased, and total rice cooker sales exceeded the previous year's level.」
Domestic rice cookers, whose sales had previously been declining, exceeded the previous year's level overall due to higher shipment volumes across the market and the recovery in pressure IH rice cookers. - FY2020-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「However, other rice cookers saw lower sales overall, partly due to market stagnation, causing total rice cooker sales to remain sluggish.」
While sales of 3-cup pressure IH rice cookers and “STAN.” IH rice cookers increased, total sales remained sluggish due to lower sales of other rice cookers. - FY2020-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「However, other rice cookers saw lower sales overall, partly due to market stagnation, causing total rice cooker sales to fall slightly below the previous year's level.」
Although 3-cup models and the IH rice cookers in the “STAN.” line performed well, total rice cooker sales fell slightly below the previous year's level due to lower sales of other rice cookers. - FY2019-Q3MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, pressure IH rice cookers continued to perform well, and sales also benefited from the launch in the third quarter of new products, including small-capacity models in the “炎舞炊き” series, resulting in a significant increase in total rice cooker sales.」
Domestic rice cookers, which had previously been declining, saw a significant increase in total sales due to strong pressure IH rice cooker sales and the contribution of new products such as small-capacity “炎舞炊き” models. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cookers performed well as sales of the pressure IH rice cooker “炎舞炊き,” launched last year, remained strong, while sales of 3-cup pressure IH rice cookers also increased amid the trend toward more single- and small-person households.」
Domestic rice cookers, whose sales had previously continued to decline, continued to perform well, led by “炎舞炊き” and 3-cup pressure IH rice cookers. - FY2019-Q1MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, rice cookers performed well, led by pressure IH and IH rice cookers launched last year, while sales of 3-cup models also increased amid the trend toward more single- and small-person households.」
Domestic rice cookers, whose sales had previously continued to decline, performed well, led by pressure IH and IH rice cookers launched the previous year, while sales of 3-cup models also increased. - FY2018MitigatedAnnual report
「In Japan, shipment volumes for the rice cooker market as a whole declined amid continued market stagnation. However, pressure IH rice cookers performed well after a new product was launched in the third quarter and efforts were made to expand sales, while microcomputer-controlled rice cookers also exceeded the previous year's level, resulting in higher total rice cooker sales.」
Despite lower shipment volumes across the market, new pressure IH rice cookers and microcomputer-controlled rice cookers contributed to higher total domestic rice cooker sales. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「However, other rice cookers saw lower sales overall, partly due to continued market stagnation, resulting in total rice cooker sales falling slightly below the previous year's level.」
Sales of microcomputer-controlled rice cookers increased and pressure IH rice cookers were roughly in line with the previous year, but lower sales of other rice cookers caused the decline in total sales to continue. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, sales of microcomputer-controlled rice cookers with enhanced functionality following last year's model change increased, but other rice cookers fell below the previous year's level overall, partly due to market stagnation and inventory adjustments by retailers, resulting in lower total rice cooker sales.」
Sales of microcomputer-controlled rice cookers with enhanced functionality increased, but lower sales of other rice cookers caused the decline in total domestic rice cooker sales to continue. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Although microcomputer-controlled rice cookers secured sales roughly in line with the previous year, other rice cookers fell below the previous year's level overall, partly due to market stagnation and inventory adjustments by retailers amid a slowdown in inbound demand, resulting in lower total rice cooker sales.」
Microcomputer-controlled rice cookers were roughly in line with the previous year, but lower sales of other rice cookers caused the decline in total rice cooker sales to continue. - FY2017WorsenedAnnual report
「Other rice cookers performed poorly overall, affected by the stagnant market, inventory adjustments by retailers amid a slowdown in inbound demand from visitors to Japan, and new entries by competitors, resulting in lower total rice cooker sales.」
For rice cookers other than the 3-cup models, market stagnation, inventory adjustments amid slowing inbound demand, and new entries by competitors were added as factors, making the full-year decline in total sales clear. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, sales of 3-cup pressure IH rice cookers increased, but other rice cookers performed poorly, partly due to intensified competition with rival manufacturers, resulting in lower total rice cooker sales.」
Rice cookers other than the 3-cup models performed poorly due to intensified competition, and the decline in total domestic rice cooker sales continued. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In Japan, sales of 3-cup pressure IH rice cookers increased, but sales of other rice cookers generally fell below the previous year's level, partly due to intensified competition, resulting in lower overall rice cooker sales.」
Rice cookers other than the 3-cup pressure IH models fell below the previous year's level due to intensified competition, and the decline in total domestic rice cooker sales continued. - FY2016RestatedAnnual report
「However, partly due to lower sales of rice cookers for duty-free retailers and pressure IH rice cookers, total rice cooker sales fell below the previous year's level.」
The decline in pressure IH rice cooker sales was cited as a factor behind the year-on-year decline in total domestic rice cooker sales for the full year as well. - FY2016-Q3First statedAnnual report
「However, sales of pressure IH rice cookers and rice cookers for duty-free retailers declined, causing total domestic rice cooker sales to fall below the previous year's level.」
While sales of 3-cup models and others were strong, the decline in pressure IH rice cooker sales was identified for the first time as a factor behind the year-on-year decline in total domestic rice cooker sales.