Open name business succession platform "relay" (operated by Light Right Inc., headquartered in Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, CEO Ryuta Saito, hereinafter "relay"), which connects people who want to transfer their business with those who want to inherit it through "empathy," is pleased to announce the launch of a special page dedicated to recruiting successors for Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Overview and Background

Koga City, Fukuoka Prefecture, located in northern Kyushu, is a highly convenient town close to Fukuoka City, Kyushu's largest city, while also being blessed with abundant natural resources such as the sea and mountains. It is also a "city of food and manufacturing" boasting the second-highest shipment value of manufactured goods (food manufacturing industry) in Fukuoka Prefecture, and its community-rooted industries have been passed down to this day.

On the other hand, like the rest of the country, the problem of "lack of successors" is becoming increasingly serious for SMEs and individual stores in Koga City. The loss of small businesses rooted in the community not only leads to the decline of the regional economy but also has a significant impact on the culture, technology, and community that have been passed down in the region for many years.

To address these issues, relay and Koga City will work together to promote third-party business succession involving relocation and settlement.

As the first initiative, "relay the local Koga City" has been launched, featuring business succession cases in Koga City seeking successors. In the future, Koga City will provide relay with information on businesses experiencing a lack of successors that consult with the city, and relay will recruit successors through open name (real name disclosure).

About "relay the local Koga City"

This special page aims for speedy matching and a high contract rate by conducting business succession matching through open name, where company names and corporate information have traditionally been kept confidential. Furthermore, the aspirations that business owners have poured into their businesses will be turned into stories, and passionate successor candidates who respond to these will be widely recruited.

Through this initiative, we aim to ensure the survival of key regional industries through business succession in Koga City and contribute to the creation of a sustainable local community.

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About the Municipalities x relay Collaboration Program

relay continues to evolve as a model that balances solving social issues with sustainable growth, and together with municipalities, financial institutions, and support organizations, we will expand the option of business succession to society.

Municipalities interested in business succession support or collaboration with relay are encouraged to contact us.

Details of Municipal Collaboration Program

About Open Name Business Succession "relay"

Open name business succession "relay" conducts business succession matching, where company names and corporate information have traditionally been kept confidential, through open name. It also turns the aspirations that business owners have poured into their businesses into stories and publishes them. By widely recruiting passionate successor candidates who respond to these, it offers a new form of business succession based on empathy. Since the service began in 2020, it has published approximately 890 successor recruitment cases and generated approximately 180 matches, achieving the No. 1 business negotiation and contract rate for five consecutive years (2020-2024 fiscal years) among domestic business matching platforms.

*Deloitte Tohmatsu Mic Economic Research Institute, Inc. "Current Status and Outlook of the Domestic Business Matching Platform Market [2025 Edition]" (mic-r.co.jp) (Published November 2025)

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Company Profile

Company Name

Light Right Inc.

Representative

Ryuta Saito, Representative Director

Location

TOKIWA30 Building 2F, 4-7-28 Tachibana-dori Higashi, Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture

Business Description

Development and operation of open name business succession "relay"

Date of Establishment

January 6, 2020

Official Website

https://light-right.jp/

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