Japan Data Science Consortium Co. Ltd.
4418・Growth Market・Information & Communication
Japan Data Science Consortium Co. Ltd.
4418・Growth Market・Information & Communication
Governance
Company with a Board of Corporate Auditors. The Board of Directors consists of 5 members (2 outside directors, 40% outside ratio) and meets once a month (18 meetings held during the fiscal year under review). The Board of Corporate Auditors consists of 3 outside corporate auditors (all outside). Neither a Nomination Committee nor a Compensation Committee has been established. A Compliance and Risk Management Committee has been established, and internal control and compliance systems have been put in place.
Risk Management
The Company has established a Compliance and Risk Management Committee chaired by the President and Representative Director, which meets quarterly to deliberate on response policies for material management risks and report to the Board of Directors. The Company has also put in place an internal whistleblowing system and works to detect and prevent risks at an early stage through collaboration with outside experts (attorneys, certified public accountants, tax accountants, and labor and social security attorneys). Separately, misconduct by a former employee has been discovered at the consolidated subsidiary Mail Customer Center Co., Ltd., and the Company is developing and implementing recurrence prevention measures such as segregation of duties, rotation of personnel in charge, and strengthening of internal controls.
Shareholder Returns
The company has continued to pay no dividends since its founding. It prioritizes strengthening retained earnings to fund business expansion, and the possibility and timing of future dividend payments remain undetermined at this time. Under the Articles of Incorporation, share buybacks may be conducted by resolution of the Board of Directors, but no record of actual implementation is disclosed.
Dividend Policy
The company has not paid dividends since its founding, including in the fiscal year under review, prioritizing the strengthening of its financial base and the buildup of retained earnings to fund business expansion. For the time being, the policy is to build up retained earnings so as to enable flexible and effective investment, and the possibility and timing of future dividend payments remain undetermined at this time. If dividends are paid, the basic policy will be a single annual payment in the form of a year-end dividend, with the Board of Directors serving as the decision-making body.
ESG
The company is developing sustainability initiatives centered on human capital development and improvement of the internal work environment. Its policy is to secure diverse talent regardless of gender, nationality, or age, and it appointed one female executive officer in July 2023. It conducts engagement surveys and has established a system under which the company bears the cost of employees' self-development activities, such as book purchases and obtaining certifications. Numerical targets for indicators such as the proportion of management positions have not been set, citing the company's small organizational size. There is no quantitative disclosure regarding climate change.
Last updated: September 24, 2025