Kajima Corporation achieved revenue of ¥3.0672 trillion in the fiscal year ended March, and Kiryu Masafumi (桐生雅文) became its new president in June. As development projects are canceled or postponed one after another amid soaring material and labor costs, the company has indicated a policy of improving productivity through the use of digital technologies and AI.
Kajima Corporation's revenue exceeded ¥3 trillion for the first time in the industry in its results for the fiscal year ended March. Kiryu Masafumi (桐生雅文) became the new president in June, and management indicated that it would promote productivity improvements through the use of digital technologies and AI while reaffirming the company's engineering strengths.
After taking office, Kiryu Masafumi (桐生雅文) moved to gain a clear understanding of conditions across the company and emphasized the strengths of its engineering division. He said that production sites are based on cooperation between people, and that strengthening organizational capabilities grounded in on-site experience is important. As material and labor costs continue to rise, the company identified the need to control costs through measures such as design improvements and a review of the multilayered subcontracting structure.
To address labor shortages, the company indicated a policy of promoting workplace reforms for women, accepting foreign workers, and using digital technologies and AI to localize and enable remote operation of work processes. The use of physical AI, combining AI with machines, was also identified as a challenge for the future, and the company indicated that digitizing work outside the field sites would improve the efficiency of its human resources.
Regarding the founding family's departure from the board of directors at the shareholders' meeting, Kiryu Masafumi (桐生雅文) said that the essence of the company's management policy would not change. He emphasized the company's commitment to contributing to society while preserving its DNA as a company that sells technology.