Corporate Governance

Our vision is "A world safe for exchanging digital information," and to achieve this, we have established core values known as "3CiT," which stands for Customer, Change, Collaboration, Innovation, and Trustworthiness. We strive to embed these values in our company culture.

In terms of corporate governance, we aim to fulfill our corporate responsibilities to stakeholders, including shareholders, customers, business partners, and employees, under the core values of "3CiT," and to enhance long-term corporate value.

• Customer: Supporting our customers' success is our top priority. We do the right thing and resolve issues as quickly as possible.
• Change: We view change as an opportunity. We are agile, constantly testing new ideas, and quickly pivoting to achieve better results. This enables us to respond swiftly to changes in the business environment surrounding our group.
• Collaboration: We eliminate silos and enable success by showing respect and empathy to everyone and working together. We emphasize cooperation with internal and external stakeholders and aim to create value together.
• Innovation: We anticipate the future. Without fear of failure, we push the limits of what is possible to create new value. Ensuring management transparency and soundness, as well as maintaining the reliability of disclosures, are crucial elements supporting innovation.
• Trustworthiness: We maintain high ethical standards and transparency, striving to be a company trusted by all stakeholders. We recognize compliance as a critical issue for ensuring social trust and are committed to addressing it.

To achieve the objectives of corporate governance, we believe it is essential to adopt the most appropriate governance structure considering various management environments such as our corporate culture, industry, business type, business scale, and the quality and quantity of available human resources. Therefore, we have adopted the structure of a company with an Audit & Supervisory Board.

As of the date of submission of this Corporate Governance Report, our Board of Directors consists of six members, a relatively small number, including two external directors, to strengthen the supervisory function and ensure proper operation of the Board.　

With regard to business execution, executive officers and employees (Executives) of the Group, who are appointed so that the Company’s policies determined by the Board of Directors are appropriately reflected in the actual business operations in each customer segment, business areas spanning dozens of countries around the world, and in each business function, take responsibility for the execution of their respective business operations. For important matters related to the Group’s management policies and strategies, the results of regular budget review processes and discussions by executive members are referred to in the decisions of the Board of Directors.