Creating New Earnings Pillars through New Businesses

「Under another key priority, "expanding the life-ending support business," the Company began selling a new product for older people living alone, "Funerals Without a Chief Mourner." This is a new service combining funeral services with legal services provided by administrative scriveners and judicial scriveners.」

「Drawing on the consultation capabilities of end-of-life counselors at the contact center operated by the company, it joined an external senior living support service as a partner company in April and jointly developed funeral insurance with an external company in May, including consultations on end-of-life planning. Since November, the funeral insurance has been sold by 3 Group funeral companies.」

「The life-ending support business operates an end-of-life planning web platform through Life Forward Co., Ltd. In April, it expanded its service menu and began providing memorial service ceremonies, inheritance, advance planning and personal-effects organization services. Funeral company and cemetery referral services have expanded from the Tokyo metropolitan area to the Kansai region, with nationwide expansion planned during fiscal 2022.」

「Life Forward Co., Ltd., the core company of the life-ending support business, expanded its service menu from April and newly began providing memorial service ceremonies, inheritance, advance planning and the organization of personal effects. In addition, drawing on the consultation capabilities of end-of-life counselors at its contact center, it joined an external senior living support service as a partner company in April and jointly developed funeral insurance with an external company in May, including consultations on end-of-life planning.」

「We established Life Forward Co., Ltd. on 1 April 2020 and launched a website in July to support end-of-life planning through highly transparent information. We initially began by providing funeral and cemetery referrals in the Tokyo metropolitan area and promoted partnerships with service providers for this purpose.」

「We established Life Forward Co., Ltd. on 1 April 2020 and launched a website in July to support end-of-life planning through highly transparent information. We initially began by providing funeral and cemetery referrals in the Tokyo metropolitan area and promoted partnerships with service providers for this purpose.」

「The Company established ライフフォワード株式会社 on 1 April 2020 to provide platform services supporting seniors' lives, centered on the life-ending stage before and after funerals. It began operations in July 2020, initially providing funeral and cemetery referral services.」

「As part of expanding the life-ending support business, we decided to provide a platform service aimed at supporting senior living, centered on the life-ending stage before and after funerals. As announced on 20 February 2020, we established Life Forward Co., Ltd. on 1 April to operate a portal site for life-ending services. Services are scheduled to begin in July.」

「In addition, regarding new businesses, the Company opened its third rehabilitation-focused day-care facility, ポシブル甲東園, in November 2019.」

「In addition, regarding new businesses, the Company prepared to open its third rehabilitation-focused day-care facility, ポシブル甲東園, and opened it in November 2019.」

「Strengthening the earnings power of new businesses」

「Third, as part of its full-scale efforts to create new businesses, the Company opened its second rehabilitation-focused day-care facility, ポシブル池田, in the nursing-care business in July 2018. In the food-service business, it opened its third ramen restaurant, うまい麺には福来たる　天五店, in Kita Ward, Osaka, in December 2018.」

「Third, as part of its full-scale efforts to create new businesses, the Company opened its second rehabilitation-focused day-care facility, ポシブル池田, in the nursing-care business in July 2018.」

「In addition, as part of its full-scale efforts to create new businesses, one of its key priorities, the Company opened its second rehabilitation-focused day-care facility, ポシブル池田, in the nursing-care business in July 2018.」

「④ Full-scale efforts to create new businesses To reduce risk in the Group's business portfolio and achieve stable, sustained growth over the medium to long term, the Group will continue to pursue new businesses and ensure the steady development of businesses it has launched.」

「In addition, as part of its new business initiatives, the Company opened ポシブル箕面牧落 in Minoh, Osaka, in January 2018 as its first rehabilitation-focused day-care facility.」

「Regarding its efforts in new businesses, the Company plans to open a facility in February 2018 with support and guidance from ポシブル医科学株式会社, headquartered in Higashiosaka, Osaka, a member of the JR West Group that operates rehabilitation-focused day-care services and other nursing-care businesses.」

「Under the Medium-Term Management Plan for fiscal 2016–fiscal 2018, we will work to achieve six priority objectives: ① strengthening the structure and establishing systems to improve service quality, ② proactively expanding the operating area of the funeral business, ③ growing the life-ending support business, ④ making a full-scale effort to create new businesses, ⑤ completing the development of our operating foundation, and ⑥ strengthening risk management.」

「As part of its efforts to create new businesses, the Group opened ramen restaurants operated by エクセル・サポート・サービス㈱ in Nishi Ward, Osaka, in October 2016 and in Yodogawa Ward, Osaka, in December 2016, marking the start of diversification into the Group's culinary and food-service businesses.」

「In addition, as part of its efforts to create new businesses, the Group opened a ramen restaurant in Nishi Ward, Osaka, in October 2016, operated by エクセル・サポート・サービス㈱, marking the start of diversification into the Group's culinary and food-service businesses.」

「To reduce risk in the Group's business portfolio and achieve stable, sustained growth over the medium to long term, we will pursue new businesses that can become additional earnings pillars.」