Growing demand for innovation talent development and other training, and expansion of projects providing integrated human capital development across Asia

「Against this backdrop, securing and developing human resources have become important management issues for many companies, and the importance of investment in human capital has increased further.」

「Under these conditions, revenue in Japan increased during the current consolidated fiscal year due to orders for large projects.」

「The delivery of large customization and license projects that had been won led to a significant improvement in both net sales and operating results.」

「Japan・In February 2025, the integrated, practice-oriented “Value Creation Enablement” program aimed at transforming organizational culture began general sales.・In February 2025, sales began for the “People Enablement Program,” a challenge-supportive management training program required of all managers during periods of transformation.」

「Under the government’s “New Form of Capitalism,” a fundamental strengthening of investment in people has been positioned as a key strategy, and corporate investment in the importance of human capital continues. We believe that opportunities for inquiries to the Group will continue to expand, particularly in the Japanese market.」

「Under the government’s “New Form of Capitalism,” a fundamental strengthening of investment in people has been positioned as a key strategy, and corporate investment in the importance of human capital continues. We believe that opportunities for inquiries to the Group will continue to expand, particularly in the Japanese market.」

「However, as a trend in the training market, demand for training is on an expansionary trend, particularly in Japan, following the government’s announcement of a ¥1 trillion investment in reskilling support and the introduction of requirements for listed companies to disclose human capital information in connection with human capital management. In the United States, workforce reductions began, particularly in the IT sector, but employment data remained solid.」

「However, as a trend in the training market, demand for training is on an expansionary trend, particularly in Japan, following the government’s announcement of a ¥1 trillion investment in reskilling support and the introduction of requirements for listed companies to disclose human capital information in connection with human capital management. The U.S. market is also recovering, despite the impact of labor shortages and other factors.」

「However, as a trend in the training market, demand for training is on an expansionary trend, particularly in Japan, where listed companies are expected to disclose their investment in human capital development in connection with “human capital management.” The U.S. market is also recovering, despite the impact of labor shortages and other factors.」

「Japan・In July 2021, the company began offering content on the principles of behavior change in digital form for the Japanese market, including in an unlimited-learning library format. (59 titles in total)・In September 2021, as part of the above initiative, it began offering “Harvard-style Negotiation (Negotiating to Yes),” developed jointly with William Ury, a co-founder of Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation, through digital learning.」

「As a result, the company announced online training and assessment services for multiple customers in Japan and overseas.」

「Japan・In July 2021, the company began offering content on the principles of behavior change in digital form for the Japanese market, including in an unlimited-learning library format. (80 titles planned in total)・In September 2021, as part of the above initiative, it began offering “Harvard-style Negotiation (Negotiating to Yes),” developed jointly with William Ury, a co-founder of Harvard University’s Program on Negotiation, through digital learning.Overseas・In September 2021, digital content for BRV, one of the core training programs, was released on an online collaborative learning platform (LXP).」

「As a result of product development during the nine-month period of the current consolidated fiscal year, the company announced a digital content library for asynchronous learning in Japan in July 2021. It also plans to expand revenue opportunities, including by holding conferences in the leadership field.」

「・In October 2020, the company began offering its 3 core courses, which have the strongest reputation among its in-person training programs and were optimized for online delivery.・In November 2020, it released an online version of the “Value Creation Leadership Card Game,” which had been released in February 2020 and received highly favorable market reviews.」

「In October 2020, the company began offering its 3 core courses, which have the strongest reputation among its in-person training programs and were optimized for online delivery.」

「In August 2020, the company released “A-SPC (Aspac),” an online assessment for managers who coach sales team members.」

「Development results in Japan and the United States during the nine-month period of the current consolidated fiscal year are as follows.」

「During the current consolidated fiscal year, the company proactively began releasing and promoting a card game and research products. Although attendance in the fourth quarter had increased significantly, promotional activities at attendance-based experiential forums were temporarily suspended due to the novel coronavirus.」

「During the nine months ended the third quarter of the current fiscal year, we released a prototype and began rolling out promotional activities, but sales declined.」

「In the second quarter under review, we released a prototype and had already secured orders for it.」

「In Japan, inquiries for innovation leadership projects continued to trend upward, and the company is developing and standardizing new products in this area, but sales did not reach the level of the same period of the previous year.」

「The importance of human capital development is recognized worldwide, and demand for stronger leadership and sales capabilities remains solid. In Japan, demand and budgets for developing and training existing employees have continued to trend upward, driven by work-style reforms and the rise in the job-offers-to-applicants ratio.」

「Proposals and orders for new leadership development training, including workshops focused on creating new businesses and new projects for next-generation leadership training, remained solid, but no large project comparable to those in the previous consolidated fiscal year was won during the six months ended the second quarter of the current fiscal year.」

「Inquiries have continued to increase for training that reflects changes in the times, including innovation talent development. Continuing orders, including sales qualification programs and portal projects, also remained firm. As a result, revenue for the nine-month period of the current consolidated fiscal year exceeded the previous year, and the gross margin improved.」

「In Japan, sales increased, supported by large projects continuing from the previous fiscal year and value-creation leadership training, among other offerings. The company also secured orders from airlines and regional financial institutions.」

「Customers have responded favorably to new leadership training in the business innovation field, and orders, sales and prospective projects in this area have been increasing. We continue to develop proposals addressing social issues facing Japan, such as the “100-year life” era, while consistently pursuing new customer development, which has also led to an increase in orders from new customers.」

「New initiatives focused on Asia as a broad region are emerging, including the launch of training covering the wider APAC region.」

「Inquiries have increased for training that reflects changes in the times, including innovation talent development. Projects are also getting underway in the services sector and elsewhere to provide integrated human capital development extending beyond Japan across Asia.」