カタログハウス formally announced its withdrawal from the Rakuten marketplace. It explained that reported efforts to support the deployment and promote the domestic production of attack drones are inconsistent with its corporate philosophy.
カタログハウス, which operates a mail-order catalog business and the e-commerce site “通販生活,” announced on 18 August its policy of withdrawing from the Rakuten marketplace. In its announcement, the company said that reports that Rakuten Group is supporting the deployment and promoting the domestic production of attack drones are incompatible with its corporate philosophy.
The company’s “通販生活” store on the Rakuten marketplace is currently under renovation, and purchases are unavailable. The site displays a renovation notice and information on how to contact the company.
カタログハウス has actively expressed its commitment to Japan’s Constitution Article 9 and its opposition to nuclear power. It cited consistency with these positions as the reason for its withdrawal policy.
As related information, the company has continued to communicate its corporate philosophy prominently in the past, and attention is focused on its future developments.