Business Restructuring for Performance Improvement and Sustainable Growth
First written in FY2016. 21 of 32 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-09-30.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2019: 12 of 76 companies on the "Worse" side.
42 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026RestatedAnnual report
「The Group has actively pursued business operations focused on business prioritization and differentiation from competitors, based on management resources cultivated over many years, while working to resolve issues demanded by society and create new value with the aim of achieving sustained improvement in performance and further contributing to society.」
The Group has reaffirmed its longstanding policy of strengthening existing businesses, developing new markets, and increasing value added, centered on business prioritization and differentiation from competitors. - 2026-06-04AdvancedGeneral Meetings of Shareholders
「In an era of rapid changes and high uncertainty in the business environment, our group is working diligently to differentiate and add value to its products by leveraging its proprietary technologies and information. At the same time, we will enhance the value of our group’s presence in related industries expected to achieve further growth and in new markets, thereby strengthening our businesses.」
The company explicitly identifies the differentiation and value enhancement of products using proprietary technologies and information, as well as business strengthening in related industries and new markets, as key initiatives for the fiscal year. - FY2026-H1RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, building materials, cosmetics, nursing-care food, apparel using specialty materials, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials and distinctive sweets, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
In addition to the longstanding focus on growth fields, differentiated products, new customer development, and industry-academia collaboration, the Group has explicitly identified "distinctive sweets" as a subject of industry-academia collaboration, thereby expanding its target areas. - FY2025-H1RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, building materials, cosmetics, nursing-care food, apparel using specialty materials, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group has expanded the target areas for differentiated product sales and new customer development by adding apparel using specialty materials to the existing fields. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, building materials, cosmetics, nursing-care food, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding business restructuring measures of expanding sales of differentiated products, developing new customers, pursuing industry-academia collaboration, and improving production and logistics systems. - FY2024-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, building materials, cosmetics, nursing-care food, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding policy concerning global growth markets, differentiated products, new customer development, industry-academia collaboration, and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2024-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, building materials, cosmetics, nursing-care food, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group has further expanded the market areas targeted for differentiated product sales by adding nursing-care food to the existing fields. - FY2023-Q3RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, building materials, cosmetics, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group has expanded the fields expected to see market expansion by adding building materials to the existing target areas. - FY2023-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, cosmetics, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding efforts to expand sales of differentiated products and develop new customers in global growth markets and in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, cosmetics, and other fields, while pursuing industry-academia collaboration and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2023-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, energy storage batteries, cosmetics, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group has expanded its target areas by adding energy storage batteries and cosmetics as fields expected to see market expansion, in addition to the existing fields of high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, and renewable energy. - FY2022-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding efforts to expand sales of differentiated products and develop new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, and other fields, while pursuing industry-academia collaboration and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2022-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding efforts to expand sales of differentiated products and develop new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, and renewable energy, while pursuing industry-academia collaboration and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2022-Q1RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, renewable energy, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group has expanded its target market areas by adding renewable energy to the existing fields of high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, and next-generation automobiles. - FY2021-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues to pursue expanded sales of differentiated products and new customer development in global growth markets and in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, and next-generation automobiles, as well as industry-academia collaboration and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2021-Q2RaisedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. Alongside relevant global growth markets, we have focused on expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, next-generation automobiles, and other fields expected to see market expansion, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
In addition to the longstanding focus on global growth markets, differentiated products, and new customer development, the Group has specifically identified high-speed 5G communications, semiconductors, and next-generation automobiles as fields expected to see market expansion, and has also identified acceleration of industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas as a priority. - FY2021-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. We have worked to expand sales through product differentiation and develop new customers, primarily in relevant global growth markets, while accelerating industry-academia collaboration in Japan and overseas, including in biomaterials, and further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding policy of expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in global growth markets, while improving production and logistics systems. For industry-academia collaboration, it has identified acceleration, including in biomaterials, as a priority. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. We have worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers, primarily in relevant global growth markets, while also further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths, swift management decisions, expanded sales of differentiated products and new customer development in global growth markets, and improvements to production and logistics systems. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. We have worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers, primarily in relevant global growth markets, while also further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues to implement expanded sales of differentiated products, new customer development, and improvements to production and logistics systems as business restructuring measures. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. We have worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers, primarily in relevant global growth markets, while also further improving production and logistics systems closely aligned with customers.」
The Group continues its longstanding business restructuring policy of expanding sales of differentiated products and developing new customers in global growth markets, while improving production and logistics systems. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, amid continuing cost pressures caused by rising raw material prices and other factors, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. While monitoring various changes and their impact in relevant global markets, we have worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers across a broad range of relevant markets, including the domestic market, growth markets in China and Asia, and the US and surrounding markets. We have also continued efforts to rationalize production and logistics.」
The Group continues to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths, swift management decisions, expanded sales of differentiated products and new customer development in global markets, and production and logistics rationalization. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, amid continuing cost pressures caused by rising raw material prices and other factors, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. While monitoring various changes and their impact in relevant global markets, we have worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers across a broad range of relevant markets, including the domestic market, growth markets in China and Asia, and the US and surrounding markets. We have also continued efforts to rationalize production and logistics.」
The Group continues its longstanding business restructuring policy of combining expanded sales of differentiated products, new customer development, and production and logistics rationalization. - FY2019-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. While monitoring various changes and their impact in the domestic market and overseas emerging markets, we have actively worked to expand sales of our uniquely differentiated products and develop new customers across a broad range of global markets, including the domestic market, growth markets in China and Asia, and the US and surrounding markets.」
The Group continues to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths, swift management decisions, expanded sales of differentiated products in domestic and overseas markets, and new customer development. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Group regards business prioritization and differentiation from competitors as important strategies. Taking a global perspective, we will continue to concentrate management resources on business areas and markets expected to grow in the future, while strengthening our businesses and expanding their scope through the effective and efficient use of research and development resources and a "swift response to change."」
The Group has reaffirmed its longstanding business restructuring policy of prioritizing businesses, differentiating from competitors, concentrating management resources on growth areas, and using research and development resources efficiently. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths, including a sales policy centered on differentiated products, and swift management decisions. We have worked to expand sales across a broad range of global markets, including the domestic market, emerging markets in China and Asia, and the US and surrounding markets, while also actively developing a deeper understanding of customer needs and cultivating new markets.」
The Group has reaffirmed its longstanding business restructuring policy of expanding sales of differentiated products in domestic and overseas markets, deepening its understanding of customer needs, and developing new markets. - FY2018-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Against this backdrop, the Group has continued to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths and swift management decisions. We have worked to develop and deepen the domestic market, while expanding sales of our uniquely differentiated products and developing new customers across a broad range of global markets, including emerging markets in Asia led by China and the US and surrounding markets.」
The Group continues to pursue business operations that capitalize on its strengths, swift management decisions, development of domestic and overseas markets, and expanded sales of differentiated products. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「To become a company capable of contributing to sustained improvement in performance and further contribution to society, we have actively pursued business operations focused on business prioritization and differentiation from competitors, seeking to resolve issues demanded by society and create new value.」
The Group has reaffirmed its longstanding policy of pursuing solutions to issues and sustained improvement in performance, centered on business prioritization and differentiation from competitors. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The Group regards business prioritization and differentiation from competitors as important strategies. We will continue to concentrate management resources on business areas and markets expected to grow in the future, while strengthening our businesses and expanding their scope through the effective and efficient use of research and development resources and a "swift response to change."」
Business prioritization, differentiation, concentration of management resources on growth areas, and efficient use of research and development resources continue to be identified as strategies. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「The Group regards business prioritization and differentiation from competitors as important strategies. We will continue to concentrate management resources on business areas and markets expected to grow in the future, while strengthening our businesses and expanding their scope through the effective and efficient use of research and development resources and a "swift response to change."」
Business prioritization, differentiation, concentration of management resources on growth areas, and efficient use of research and development resources continue to be identified as strategies. - FY2017-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The Group regards business prioritization and differentiation from competitors as important strategies. We will continue to concentrate management resources on business areas and markets expected to grow in the future, while strengthening our businesses and expanding their scope through the effective and efficient use of research and development resources and a "swift response to change."」
Business prioritization, differentiation, and concentration of management resources on growth areas continue to be identified as strategies. - FY2016First statedAnnual report
「We have been actively restructuring the Group's businesses to further clarify our focus on priority businesses and differentiation from competitors, with the aim of improving performance and achieving sustainable growth.」
Business prioritization, differentiation from competitors, and restructuring of the Group's businesses are identified as means of improving performance and achieving sustainable growth.