Message from the President

I have been appointed President since August 2024. I have held various positions within Takara Printing, including IT-related and sales divisions, and I feel even more humbled by my new appointment as president.

Takara Printing is currently the core of the TAKARA & CO. group in terms of sales and profits, and I recognize that the development of the company will have a significant impact on the entire group. As a pioneer in disclosure and IR, Takara Printing will continue to value the deep knowledge of disclosure that it has cultivated over the past 70 years and its approach of being close to its business partners, as it has in the past, and will continue to grow even further.

In the current environment, disclosure rules and the investment environment are changing on a daily basis with the electronic provision of convocation notices, revisions to quarterly disclosure, simultaneous disclosure of financial results and other information in Japanese and English, and the launch of the new NISA. We have already responded to the electronic provision of convocation notices and quarterly disclosure, but we are now in the process of providing IR support for the expansion of the investor base under the new NISA, sustainability information disclosure, and simultaneous disclosure of financial results in Japanese and English. We have made preparations for these issues, and we are determined to respond to them and capture market share. To achieve this, we at Takara Printing need to increase the added value of the services we offer, provide high-quality disclosure and IR services, and build a model that enables us to achieve sustainable growth together with our clients. In addition, we intend to further promote new contracts with IPO companies and aggressively approach companies that have not yet done business with us in order to attract more clients.

In addition to these activities in our existing businesses, we would like to focus on creating new businesses that will open the way to the future. From April 2024, for the first time since the company's founding, the Company began running TV commercials with the aim of raising its name recognition. This initiative is part of our corporate branding business and is a measure that will lead to new business. In the area of generative AI, which is rapidly gaining popularity in daily business operations, we have already established a new in-house research function to accelerate the implementation of commercial products and business efficiency, in addition to selling products through a business alliance with ExaWizards, Inc. We will continue to work to provide new value to our customers in response to the changing times, while continuing to dig deeper into our existing business.

We would like to ask for your continued support and encouragement as we, Takara Printing, face new challenges.

SHIRAI Kota, President and Representative Director
Takara Printing, Co., Ltd.