Hakuten Corporation
2173・Growth Market・Services
Governance
The company transitioned to a Company with an Audit and Supervisory Committee in June 2022. The Board of Directors consists of 8 members in total: 5 directors (including 2 outside directors) plus 3 audit and supervisory committee members (including 2 outside directors). A voluntary nomination and compensation committee has been established to ensure independence and fairness. The Board of Directors meets 13 times a year.
Risk Management
The company has established a Risk Committee as an advisory body to the Representative Director, building a structure overseen by the Board of Directors. It has developed an Information Management Regulation, a Crisis Management Regulation, a Compliance Regulation, and a Whistleblower Protection Regulation, with the Internal Audit Department periodically auditing each department. Regarding sustainability risks, the company plans to build a reporting process centered on a Sustainability Committee going forward. In August 2025, it formulated a Sustainable Procurement Policy and conducted a questionnaire survey of 28 major business partners.
Shareholder Returns
The company pays dividends twice a year. For FY2025 (ending December 2025), the ordinary dividend was ¥26 plus a special dividend of ¥4, totaling ¥30 per share for the year. For FY2026 (ending December 2026), an interim dividend of ¥13 and a year-end dividend of ¥14 are planned, totaling ¥27 for the year (a decrease of ¥3 from the previous period). No mention of share buybacks.
Dividend Policy
Dividends are paid twice a year (interim and year-end). The actual results for FY2025 (ending December 2025) were an interim dividend of ¥10 and a year-end dividend of ¥20 (comprising an ordinary dividend of ¥16 and a special dividend of ¥4), totaling ¥30 per share for the year. For FY2026 (ending December 2026), an interim dividend of ¥13 and a year-end dividend of ¥14 are planned, totaling ¥27 for the year, with no revision from the most recently announced forecast.
ESG
The company has identified five materiality issues centered around a Sustainability Committee (held four times a year). Regarding climate change response, it discloses total Scope 1+2 emissions of 127.7t-CO2 (FY2025, ending December 2025) and targets carbon neutrality by 2030. It obtained ISO 20121 certification in January 2025, and won an EcoVadis Bronze medal in July of the same year. In terms of human capital, it achieved a 21.7% ratio of female managers and a 100% male childcare leave uptake rate.
Last updated: March 30, 2026