Impact of labor shortages on business operations
First written in FY2023. 2 of 4 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2024. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 22 of 86 companies on the "Worse" side.
4 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「In addition, to support the development of each employee's capabilities, we will systematically organize the knowledge and skills required at each organizational level and in each specialized field, and provide planned education and training.」
The response to labor shortages has been made more specific, extending beyond the recruitment and advancement of diverse talent to include training by organizational level and specialized field, personnel rotations, team-based operations, multiskilling and ongoing base-pay increases. - 2026-05-15MitigatedManagement Planning
「人事ローテーションと適材適所配置の促進」
労働力不足への対応として、多様な人材の活用に加え、組織横断の人材配置、育成、チーム制、多能工化が示された。 - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「As countermeasures, we are promoting the recruitment and advancement of diverse talent, including women, older people, mid-career hires, people with disabilities and foreign nationals, by correcting pay disparities, providing opportunities for training and development to a broad range of employees, revising childcare and nursing-care leave programs, expanding the post-retirement rehiring program, and creating a more employee-friendly workplace.」
Countermeasures for the risk of labor shortages have been made more specific, evolving from the recruitment and development of diverse talent and improvements to the workplace environment to measures including revisions to childcare and nursing-care leave programs and expansion of the post-retirement rehiring program. - FY2023First statedAnnual report
「As the workforce ages, the number of employees reaching mandatory retirement is increasing, while the declining population is making it more difficult to recruit younger employees. As a result, labor shortages may have a significant impact on the operations of our group over the medium to long term. As countermeasures, we are promoting the recruitment and advancement of diverse talent, including women, older people, mid-career hires, people with disabilities and foreign nationals, by correcting pay disparities, providing opportunities for training and development to a broad range of employees, and creating a more employee-friendly workplace.」
For the first time, labor shortages resulting from an aging workforce, an increase in mandatory retirements and difficulty recruiting younger employees have been explicitly identified as a medium- to long-term business risk. The stated countermeasures are the recruitment, development and advancement of diverse talent and improvements to the workplace environment.