Financial Highlights

Annual Data
Quarterly Data
ESG Data

Consolidated Income Statement

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Net Sales	MJPY	13,850	14,778	15,161	14,466	14,387
Gross Profit	MJPY	5,463	5,723	5,572	5,007	5,101
Operating Profit	MJPY	822	848	386	-483	-237
Operating Margin	%	5.9	5.7	2.5	-3.3	-1.7
Ordinary Profit	MJPY	931	941	494	-366	-122
Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent	MJPY	676	875	375	-1,036	-105

Consolidated Balance Sheet

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Total Assets	MJPY	14,441	15,732	15,944	14,545	13,621
Net Assets	MJPY	8,531	9,233	9,654	8,401	7,787
Total Liabilities	MJPY	5,910	6,498	6,290	6,144	5,834
Current Assets	MJPY	12,598	13,433	13,391	12,263	11,462
Non-current Assets	MJPY	1,842	2,299	2,553	2,281	2,159
Equity Ratio	%	59	58.7	59.6	57	56.5

Sales by Segment

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
IT	MJPY	6,106	6,654	6,361	6,203	5,997
Music	MJPY	1,762	1,957	1,843	1,921	2,052
Design	MJPY	1,054	1,057	1,013	747	686
Nature	MJPY	1,806	1,821	1,685	1,643	1,788
Aviation / Railways	MJPY	356	830	1,403	1,375	1,256
Mobile Service	MJPY	2,084	1,699	1,821	1,660	1,671
Others	MJPY	860	929	1,578	1,651	1,651
Corporate and Elimination	MJPY	-182	-172	-545	-737	-718

Sales by Business

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Publishing / E-Publishing	MJPY	7,509	8,032	8,134	7,571	7,611
Internet media	MJPY	1,561	1,899	1,781	1,925	1,879
Target media	MJPY	989	1,210	1,285	1,135	1,116
Solution	MJPY	1,172	1,176	1,259	1,265	1,189
Platform	MJPY	2,617	2,460	2,700	2,569	2,589
Corporate and Elimination	MJPY	-	-	-	-	-

Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Cash Flow from Operating Activities	MJPY	1,330	58	-58	-513	897
Cash Flow from Investing Activities	MJPY	482	-369	-70	-265	-276
Cash Flow from Financing Activities	MJPY	20	-259	-204	-290	-935
Free Cash Flow	MJPY	1,812	-311	-129	-778	620
Cash and Cash Equivalents at end of term	MJPY	6,884	6,316	5,983	4,914	4,600

Dividend Data

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Dividends Per Share	JPY	4	6.5	5	4	4
Payout Ratio	%	19.7	24.8	44.9	-	-

Per Share Data

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Net Income Per Share	JPY	20.31	26.19	11.15	-30.64	-3.26
Net Assets Per Share	JPY	254.99	275.81	280.98	244.94	261.54

Other Key Data (Employees)

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Number of Employees		577	647	689	675	652

Other Key Data（ROE/ROA）/ROA）

		FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
ROE	%	8.2	9.9	4	-11.7	-1.3
ROA	%	6.8	6.2	3.1	-2.4	-0.9

Consolidated Income Statement (quarterly)

		FY2022 4Q	FY2023 1Q	FY2023 2Q	FY2023 3Q	FY2023 4Q	FY2024 1Q	FY2024 2Q	FY2024 3Q	FY2024 4Q
Net Sales	MJPY	3,728	3,283	3,755	3,958	3,469	3,166	3,685	3,921	3,612
Gross Profit	MJPY	1,354	1,182	1,179	1,443	1,202	1,151	1,235	1,502	1,211
Operating Profit	MJPY	11	-192	-177	89	-203	-184	-85	193	-160
Operating Margin	%	0.3	-5.9	-4.7	2.3	-5.9	-5.8	-2.3	4.9	-4.4
Ordinary Profit	MJPY	32	-166	-166	120	-153	-161	-81	242	-122
Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent	MJPY	55	-182	-188	-51	-613	-174	-91	211	-50

Consolidated Income Statement (cumulative total)

		FY2022 4Q	FY2023 1Q	FY2023 2Q	FY2023 3Q	FY2023 4Q	FY2024 1Q	FY2024 2Q	FY2024 3Q	FY2024 4Q
Net Sales	MJPY	15,161	3,283	7,038	10,996	14,466	3,166	6,852	10,774	14,387
Gross Profit	MJPY	5,572	1,182	2,362	3,805	5,007	1,151	2,387	3,889	5,101
Operating Profit	MJPY	386	-192	-370	-280	-483	-184	-270	-77	-237
Operating Margin	%	2.5	-5.9	-5.3	-2.5	-3.3	-5.8	-3.9	-0.7	-1.7
Ordinary Profit	MJPY	494	-166	-333	-213	-366	-161	-243	0	-122
Profit Attributable to Owners of Parent	MJPY	375	-182	-371	-423	-1,036	-174	-266	-54	-105

Consolidated Balance Sheet

		FY2022 4Q	FY2023 1Q	FY2023 2Q	FY2023 3Q	FY2023 4Q	FY2024 1Q	FY2024 2Q	FY2024 3Q	FY2024 4Q
Total Assets	MJPY	15,944	14,933	15,584	15,727	14,545	13,693	14,246	14,286	13,621
Net Assets	MJPY	9,654	9,306	9,116	9,060	8,401	8,090	8,080	7,612	7,787
Total Liabilities	MJPY	6,290	5,626	6,467	6,667	6,144	5,603	6,165	6,674	5,834
Current Assets	MJPY	13,391	12,383	12,901	13,171	12,263	11,467	12,028	12,064	11,462
Non-current Assets	MJPY	2,553	2,549	2,682	2,555	2,281	2,225	2,217	2,221	2,159
Equity Ratio	%	59.6	61.3	57.6	56.7	57	58.3	56	52.6	56.5

Sales by Segment

		FY2022 4Q	FY2023 1Q	FY2023 2Q	FY2023 3Q	FY2023 4Q	FY2024 1Q	FY2024 2Q	FY2024 3Q	FY2024 4Q
IT	MJPY	6,361	1,359	2,885	4,670	6,203	1,278	2,782	4,453	5,997
Music	MJPY	1,843	496	950	1,441	1,921	488	949	1,476	2,052
Design	MJPY	1,013	160	379	575	747	143	351	519	686
Nature	MJPY	1,685	326	894	1,367	1,643	359	924	1,479	1,788
Aviation / Railways	MJPY	1,403	324	655	1,013	1,375	265	583	923	1,256
Mobile Service	MJPY	1,821	397	835	1,273	1,660	416	839	1,268	1,671
Others	MJPY	1,578	393	801	1,198	1,651	385	786	1,187	1,651
Corporate and Elimination	MJPY	-545	-175	-363	-543	-737	-171	-365	-533	-718

Sales by Business

		FY2022 4Q	FY2023 1Q	FY2023 2Q	FY2023 3Q	FY2023 4Q	FY2024 1Q	FY2024 2Q	FY2024 3Q	FY2024 4Q
Publishing / E-Publishing	MJPY	8,134	1,708	3,745	5,922	7,571	1,587	3,594	5,826	7,611
Internet media	MJPY	1,781	427	863	1,395	1,925	479	937	1,421	1,879
Target media	MJPY	1,285	209	489	808	1,135	195	463	750	1,116
Solution	MJPY	1,259	318	658	923	1,265	253	562	827	1,189
Platform	MJPY	2,700	619	1,281	1,946	2,569	650	1,294	1,948	2,589

GHG Scope 1, 2

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
GHG Scope 1	t-CO₂	-	-	-	22	23
GHG Scope 2	t-CO₂	166	115	64	64	67
Electricity usage	kWh	364,132	251,011	140,911	140,045	145,805

Scope 3

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Category 1 Purchased Goods & Services	t-CO₂	-	-	-	21,420	21,584
Category 2 Capital Goods	t-CO₂	-	-	-	1,273	929
Category 3 Energy related Activities	t-CO₂	-	-	-	13	13
Category 4 Upstream Trans & Dist	t-CO₂	-	-	-	58	53
Category 5 Waste in Operations	t-CO₂	-	-	-	1	1
Category 6 Business Travel	t-CO₂	-	-	-	105	126
Category 7 Commuting	t-CO₂	-	-	-	75	88
Category 9 Downstream Trans & Dist	t-CO₂	-	-	-	971	875
Category 12 End-of-Life Treatment	t-CO₂	-	-	-	122	106

Products to enhance Sustainability

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Print-on-Demand Publishing Ratio	%	-	-	0.7	0.8	1.3
E-Publishing Ratio	%	-	-	11.6	12.5	12.8
FSC-certified paper Products	titles	-	-	4	27	15
SDGs-themed Books or Services	titles	3	5	5	8	10

Society (Employment)

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Employees	persons	567	577	647	689	675
New Graduated Hired	persons / year	-	-	6	7	7
Mid-Career Workers Hired	persons / year	-	-	48	50	34
Average years of Service	persons / year	-	-	12	12	12

Society (Diversity)

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Female Director Ratio	%	-	-	6.3	6.3	6.3
Female Manager Ratio	%	-	-	20.3	20.1	21.9
Female Employees Ratio	%	-	-	40.8	40.8	40.6
Male Employees Childcare Leave Taken Ratio	%	-	-	0	25	12.5
Paid Leave Taken Ratio	%	-	-	43.6	44.8	46.8
Coming into Office Rate	%	-	-	21	27.9	28.9

Society (Equity & Inclusion)

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Non-Japanese Employees	persons	-	-	6	6	6
Employees with Disablities	persons	-	-	3	3	5
Gender Pay Gap	%	-	-	78.7	78.4	82.2

Governance (Board members)

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Board of Directors	persons	-	6	6	6	6
Audit & Supervisory Board Members	persons	-	3	3	3	3
Independent Outside Director Ratio	%	-	33.3	33.3	33.3	33.3
Independent Outside Auditor Ratio	%	-	66.6	66.6	66.6	66.6

Governance (Compensation)

		FY2019	FY2020	FY2021	FY2022	FY2023
Directors' Compensation	MJPY	-	129	136	128	121
Auditors' Compensation	MJPY	-	22	23	23	23
Nomination Committee Meetings	times	-	2	5	2	5
Compensation Committee Meetings	times	-	2	3	4	2