In order to create an employment environment where women can play an active role, and to recruit and train female employees who will be responsible for the management of the company in the future, we will formulate the following action plan.

1. Period of plan

April 1, 2025 - March 31, 2028 (3 years)

2. Challenges facing our company

  • 1.The percentage of female career-track employees as well as the percentage of women in managerial positions is low.
  • 2.There are few female applicants for technology-related career-track positions.

3. Targets, initiatives, implementation period

Target 1

Raise the percentage of female career-track employees to at least 10%.
(Reinforcement of recruitment activities and proactive conversion to career-track positions)

Target 1: Initiatives

April 2025 -

  • 1.We will provide more opportunities for direct dialogue and interaction between female applicants and female employees at various seminars for job applicants (e.g., company information sessions, internships).
  • 2.We will continue to introduce female employees and their activities within the company through recruitment pamphlets and a special recruitment website (homepage).
  • 3.We will implement various measures and systems proposed to the company by the female members of the "Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement Project" launched and implemented within the company in FY2024.

Target 2

To proactively support skill development and career advancement for female employees, plan and conduct various types of education and training without limiting the target audience (employment categories).

Target 2: Initiatives

April 2025 -

  • 1.We will provide all employees with opportunities for education and taking on new challenges through the systematic implementation of education and training programs, and support employees' individual skill development and enhancement to further improve labor productivity.
  • 2.We will introduce a "Self Career Check" for all employees (all employment categories), conduct career development training and career consulting interviews for employees of all ages, and support individual employees' career autonomy (forging their own future independently).

Target 3

Raise the annual paid leave utilization rate to at least 80% for all employees (all employment categories).

Target 3: Initiatives

April 2025 -

  • 1.We will regularly monitor the use of annual paid leave by each department and workplace unit, and encourage employees with low utilization rates to actively take paid leave.
  • 2.We will foster a corporate culture that respects diversity through internal educational activities and training to ensure that all employees, regardless of gender, can balance life events such as childbirth and childcare with their professional lives and continue to work.
  • 3.We will revise, abolish, or newly establish various systems related to "working styles" in accordance with proposals by the female members of the "Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement Project" launched and implemented within the company in FY2024, and develop an employment environment that further contributes to balancing work and family life of employees.

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Publishing Information on Female Success

1. Providing opportunities in employees’ working lives

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Published information FY Percentage
Percentage of women workers employed FY2023 26.6%
Percentage of women workers in the workforce FY2023 Career-track employees: 5.6%
General employees: 100.0%
Percentage of women workers in management positions FY2023 1.3%
Gender difference in wages
(Women's wages as a percentage of men's wages)
FY2023 All workers: 67.2%
Regular employees: 68.3%
Non-regular employees: 63.7%
2. Developing an environment that contributes to balancing work and family life

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Published information FY Value
Gender difference in average years of service FY2023 Male employees: 14.1 years
Female employees: 14.9 years
Average overtime hours per worker per month FY2023 12.0 hours
Percentage of employees utilizing paid leave FY2023 72.2%