Risk of Delayed Response to Technological Innovation and Technological Obsolescence
First written in FY2017. 4 of 8 entries say "Reframed", first in FY2018. Latest entry: FY2026.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2026: 34 of 95 companies on the "Worse" side.
- FY2026MitigatedAnnual report
「To mitigate these risks as far as possible, our group conducts research and development on an ongoing basis and has established a framework that continually develops internal guidelines, establishes specialist organisations, and reviews business processes in order to use the latest technologies, including generative AI, effectively to reduce the production costs of our own content and create new value-added services.」
While recognising generative AI as a risk factor, it specifies measures involving its use to reduce production costs and create value-added services, together with internal guidelines, specialist organisations, and business process reviews. - 2026-05-15MitigatedEarnings
「In recent years, we have positioned initiatives such as promoting digital transformation, including the active adoption of generative AI, and efforts to achieve a decarbonized society as part of a sustainability strategy consistent with our Group management philosophy of being a company that supports safe living and enjoyable travel.」
The policy of actively adopting digital transformation, including generative AI, was explicitly stated, progressing from addressing technological innovation and generative AI risks to incorporating them into the business and sustainability strategies. - FY2025MitigatedAnnual report
「Our group also conducts research and development on an ongoing basis and has established a framework for adopting the latest technologies, including by introducing new information technologies and media on a trial basis and examining their potential for commercialisation within the group.」
For the risk of obsolescence resulting from technological innovation and generative AI, it expressly identifies ongoing research and development and consideration of commercialisation through trial adoption of new technologies and media as mitigation measures. - FY2024ReframedAnnual report
「*The impact of advances in generative AI, meaning artificial intelligence capable of generating a wide range of content such as images, text, audio, program code and structured data, on our content and information-related businesses is expected to grow significantly in the future. At the same time, because such technologies are also expected to reduce content production costs, we are monitoring developments closely and establishing a framework to use them effectively in our businesses while continually reviewing our business areas, business activities and operations in preparation for cases where their impact should be avoided or limited.」
Generative AI is expressly identified as a subject of technological innovation risk, and both its impact on the content and information-related businesses and its potential use in reducing production costs are described. - FY2022ReframedAnnual report
「In addition to enabling the provision of information and services tailored to the more precise needs of individual users by using big data on a scale vastly different from the past, the latest AI application technologies are also expected to replace many tasks currently performed by people across various areas of corporate production and sales activities.」
The explanation of technological innovation risk now includes AI application technologies, big data, responses to individual needs, and the replacement of business tasks as new elements of the technology environment. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「If the spread of new information technologies or the emergence of new information media, together with the resulting rapid changes in consumer and business needs, means that we are unable to generate sufficient returns commensurate with the resources invested in manufacturing and selling our existing products and services, this may have a material effect on our group's performance.」
The risk has been reframed from individual examples such as drones, AI and autonomous vehicles to the risk of failing to recover investments due to the emergence of information technologies and media and rapid changes in consumer and business needs. - FY2018ReframedAnnual report
「At the same time, technological innovation in the electronic business, including drones, AI and autonomous vehicles, is advancing rapidly, and the business environment is undergoing dramatic change. Depending on how we respond to such markets, our group's future performance may differ significantly.」
Drones, AI and autonomous vehicles are newly cited as examples of technological innovation, providing a more specific description of changes in the market environment surrounding the electronic business. - FY2017First statedAnnual report
「Technological innovation in this field is significant. Although our group is also pursuing research and development, if development is delayed or the technologies developed become obsolete, and we are unable to generate sufficient returns commensurate with the resources invested, this may affect our group's performance.」
Although technological innovation in the information distribution field is advancing rapidly and research and development is under way, insufficient recovery of investments due to development delays or technological obsolescence is identified as a risk.