Reduction and review of power and other operating costs
First written in FY2017-Q1. 12 of 26 entries say "Restated". Latest entry: 2026-11-12.
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- FY2026Higher personnel expenses and lower repair costs alongside higher revenue and earningsAnnual report
「Operating revenue in the domestic logistics business increased 3.7% from the previous period to ¥21,484 million. Despite higher personnel expenses, segment profit increased 4.8% to ¥1,824 million, reflecting higher operating revenue and lower repair and other costs.」
In domestic logistics, personnel expenses increased, while segment profit grew on higher revenue and lower repair and other costs. Conventional cost reduction factors coexisted with factors driving higher expenses. - FY2026-H1Higher cargo-handling costs, personnel expenses and repair costs alongside higher revenue and profitAnnual report
「Although expenses such as cargo-handling costs, personnel expenses and repair costs increased because cargo arrivals were concentrated, segment profit also slightly exceeded the year-earlier period as operating revenue grew. As a result, operating revenue increased 3.1% year on year to ¥10,676 million, while segment profit increased 1.0% to ¥894 million.」
In domestic logistics, cargo-handling costs, personnel expenses and repair costs increased, while segment profit exceeded the year-earlier period because operating revenue grew. The expense mix differs from the previous pattern of profit improvement centered on lower repair costs. - FY2025Lower repair costs alongside higher personnel expensesAnnual report
「The domestic logistics business increased, partly because major repairs incurred in the previous period decreased, while the international logistics business declined, partly because the handling volume of overseas local subsidiaries, particularly their overseas warehouse businesses, fell sharply.」
In domestic logistics, lower major repairs lifted profit, while higher personnel expenses and the decline in overseas warehouse handling weighed on profit company-wide. - FY2024-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit slightly exceeded the year-earlier period, mainly because warehouse operations overseas remained firm and power costs decreased due to government subsidies for electricity costs and other factors.」
The company continues to cite the strength of overseas warehouse operations and lower power costs due to government subsidies for electricity costs and other factors as drivers of operating profit improvement. - FY2024-Q2Lower power costs due to government subsidiesAnnual report
「Operating profit slightly exceeded the year-earlier period, mainly because warehouse operations overseas remained firm and power costs decreased due to government subsidies for electricity costs. Ordinary profit and net income attributable to owners of the parent, however, fell below the year-earlier period.」
Power costs decreased due to government subsidies for electricity costs and other factors, and operating profit slightly exceeded the year-earlier period. The company identifies cost reduction factors, including government subsidies, that differ from conventional expense reductions and reviews. - FY2023RestatedAnnual report
「As a result, operating revenue in the domestic logistics business increased 7.7% from the previous period to ¥19,913 million, while segment costs increased 9.5% to ¥18,815 million, reflecting higher re-storage costs due to increased cargo handling, higher electricity costs resulting from rising resource prices, and repairs to the exterior walls of other warehouses.」
Higher costs from increased cargo volumes, rising resource prices and repairs continued, and segment profit in domestic logistics decreased 15.9% despite higher revenue. - FY2023-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Segment costs increased 9.5% year on year to ¥13,922 million, due to higher re-storage costs as cargo volumes increased, higher electricity costs resulting from rising resource prices, and higher depreciation on the new warehouse that began operations in 2021.」
Re-storage costs associated with increased cargo volumes, electricity costs resulting from higher resource prices, and depreciation on the new warehouse in operation continue to drive higher expenses. - FY2023-Q2Cost increase factors becoming apparentAnnual report
「Segment costs increased 10.9% year on year to ¥9,156 million, due to higher re-storage costs as cargo volumes increased, higher electricity costs resulting from rising resource prices, and higher depreciation on the new warehouse that began operations last year.」
In addition to profit improvement from conventional expense reductions and reviews, higher re-storage costs associated with increased cargo volumes, electricity costs resulting from higher resource prices, and depreciation on the new warehouse emerged as drivers of higher expenses. - FY2022-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit also exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting increased port transport operations and lower re-storage and cargo-handling equipment costs. As a result, operating revenue increased 1.5% year on year to ¥13,827 million, while segment profit increased 23.7% to ¥1,117 million.」
In addition to increased port transport operations, lower re-storage and cargo-handling equipment costs drove profit improvement, and segment profit in domestic logistics increased 23.7% year on year. - FY2022-Q2AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting increased port transport operations, lower re-storage costs resulting from a decrease in cargo-handling volume, and lower cargo-handling equipment costs. As a result, operating revenue decreased 0.6% year on year to ¥8,985 million, while segment profit increased 33.2% to ¥731 million.」
In domestic logistics, segment profit increased 33.2% year on year despite lower operating revenue, due to increased port transport operations and lower re-storage and cargo-handling equipment costs. - FY2022-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Segment profit exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting increased port transport operations and lower re-storage costs resulting from a decrease in cargo-handling volume, among other factors. As a result, operating revenue decreased 1.6% year on year to ¥4,497 million, while segment profit increased 40.4% to ¥394 million.」
In domestic logistics, lower re-storage costs and other factors drove profit improvement. While operating revenue decreased, segment profit increased 40.4% year on year. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit fell below the previous period. Although some expenses decreased because movement restrictions associated with the spread of COVID-19 reduced travel, the decline in cargo-handling volume had a significant impact, while re-storage costs also increased as cargo movement remained sluggish.」
Although travel expenses and other costs decreased because of movement restrictions, higher re-storage costs and other factors meant that the effect of cost improvement measures was insufficient to offset the decline in operating profit. - FY2021-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「In the international logistics business, operating revenue fell below the year-earlier period because the handling volume of import and export cargo decreased. Segment profit exceeded the year-earlier period, mainly because expenses at overseas subsidiaries decreased. As a result, operating revenue decreased 1.9% year on year to ¥730 million, while segment profit increased 155.1% to ¥6 million.」
Segment profit in the international logistics business increased from ¥2 million in the year-earlier period to ¥6 million, mainly because expenses at overseas subsidiaries decreased. The company discloses the effect of cost improvements as a specific performance result. - FY2020-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although operating profit benefited from contributions from a company made a consolidated subsidiary from the beginning of the period, a decrease in major repairs at commercial warehouses incurred in the previous period, and increased warehouse operations at overseas warehouses, it fell below the year-earlier period because various expenses, including re-storage and drayage costs, increased as cargo volumes rose.」
Although cost improvement factors such as the decrease in major repairs in the previous period continued, the company states that higher re-storage and drayage costs associated with increased cargo volumes weighed on operating profit. - FY2020-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit also exceeded the year-earlier period. Although expenses such as re-storage fees increased as cargo volumes rose, this was more than offset by contributions from a company made a consolidated subsidiary from the beginning of the period, a decrease in major repairs at commercial warehouses incurred in the previous period, and an increase in warehouse operations by overseas subsidiaries, among other factors.」
Despite higher expenses such as re-storage fees, the company continues to cite the decrease in major repairs at commercial warehouses incurred in the previous period as a driver of profit improvement. - FY2020-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Segment profit also exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting contributions from a company made a subsidiary from the beginning of the period, as well as a decrease in major repairs at commercial warehouses incurred in the previous period.」
The company continues to cite the decrease in major repairs at commercial warehouses incurred in the previous period as a driver of profit improvement in domestic logistics. - FY2019RestatedAnnual report
「Reconfiguration of existing facilities: expansion of facilities in the Kobe Port area, stepped-up efforts to reduce expenses, and consideration of rebuilding existing warehouses in the Kansai region and elsewhere.」
The company continues to position facility reconfiguration and efforts to reduce expenses as measures to rebuild existing facilities. - FY2018-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting lower initial costs for trust properties incurred in the previous period, as well as lower subcontracted handling and transportation costs. Ordinary profit and net income attributable to owners of the parent also exceeded the year-earlier period.」
In addition to the previously cited re-storage and repair costs, the company discloses lower subcontracted handling and transportation costs as specific drivers of profit improvement. - FY2018-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating profit exceeded the year-earlier period, reflecting lower initial costs for trust properties incurred in the previous period, as well as lower expenses such as re-storage and repair costs. Ordinary profit and net income attributable to owners of the parent also exceeded the year-earlier period.」
The company continues to disclose lower expenses, including re-storage and repair costs, as drivers of profit improvement. - FY2018-Q1AdvancedAnnual report
「Operating income exceeded the same period of the previous year despite a decline in cargo handling, due to lower re-storage and repair costs and the contribution of the rental business for trust-owned properties. Ordinary income and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent also exceeded the same period of the previous year.」
In addition to conventional cost-cutting, the company discloses lower re-storage and repair expenses as specific drivers of profit improvement. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「Power costs declined due to factors including lower crude oil prices, while personnel and other costs decreased as a result of organizational restructuring and other measures. In the international logistics business, sub-contracted freight costs and other expenses declined because shipping market conditions were sluggish.」
The company continues to disclose reductions in power costs, personnel expenses, sub-contracted freight costs, and other costs as factors contributing to improved earnings. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Segment profit also exceeded the same period of the previous year due to an increase in ordinary warehouse cargo stored and reductions in power and other costs. Segment profit exceeded the same period of the previous year due to lower costs resulting from reviews of expenses and other measures.」
The company continues to identify reductions in power and other costs in domestic logistics and lower costs resulting from reviews of expenses in international logistics as factors contributing to improved earnings. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Operating income exceeded the same period of the previous year despite sluggish movements of ordinary warehouse cargo, due to an increase in stored cargo from the same period of the previous year, reductions in power and other costs, and the contribution of the solar power generation and electricity sales business. Ordinary income and quarterly net income attributable to owners of the parent also exceeded the same period of the previous year.」
The company continues to identify reductions in power and other costs as measures contributing to improved earnings. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「Results exceeded the same period of the previous year, supported by an increase in ordinary warehouse cargo stored from the previous period, reductions in power and other costs, and the contribution of the solar power generation and electricity sales business.」
The company identifies reductions in power and other costs in domestic logistics and reviews of expenses in international logistics as factors contributing to higher earnings.