Dip Corporation (hereinafter "the Company"), in collaboration with Shibuya Mirai Design (hereinafter "Shibuya Mirai Design"), and with the support of Shibuya Ward and the cooperation of the National Police Agency's Anonymous and Fluid Crime Group Countermeasures Headquarters, will launch the "Shibuya Yami-Baito Zero Project" (hereinafter "the Project") on April 2, 2026. The Project aims to prevent involvement in recruitment for criminal roles (commonly known as "yami-baito") conducted via social media.
Furthermore, QuizKnock, an intellectual entertainment group operated by baton Co., Ltd., will participate as a special partner in this Project, working to enhance practical crime prevention literacy among high school students nationwide, starting from Shibuya.
Overview of the "Shibuya Yami-Baito Zero Project"
The Project aims to eliminate the involvement of young people in "yami-baito" and realize a society where all job seekers can work safely and authentically.
・Purpose:
We will work to improve "practical crime prevention literacy" to protect high school students from increasingly sophisticated recruitment tactics and prevent them from unknowingly participating in crimes.
・Background for starting in "Shibuya":
① High contact risk
A recent survey conducted by the Company revealed the serious reality that one in four high school students in Tokyo has encountered information suspected to be 'yami-baito.'
② Collaboration with "Shibuya Good Manners Project"
The Project's policy of strengthening young people's ability to discern information aligns with the "Shibuya Good Manners Project" (※1) promoted by Shibuya Mirai Design, which aims to create a safe and secure city and solve social issues. Therefore, it was agreed to undertake this as part of the same project through public-private collaboration.
（※1）https://shibuya-good-manner.com/
③ Dissemination power and affinity
Shibuya is a hub for trend dissemination and the city most closely associated with the Company, which operates the professional dance team "dip BATTLES" and possesses various communication channels there.
・Main activities:
① Collaboration with "QuizKnock"
Creation of an educational video in a multiple-choice quiz format to learn how to identify "yami-baito" from actual job titles that might appear.
② Information dissemination from Shibuya
Building a crime prevention network across the entire city of Shibuya in cooperation with partner companies.
③ Data collaboration with the Metropolitan Police Department
Receiving data on the latest crime trends and arrest figures from the National Police Agency's Anonymous and Fluid Crime Group Countermeasures Headquarters to update educational content based on actual conditions.
④ Special classes in educational settings
Deployment of outreach classes utilizing this video nationwide, in cooperation with educational institutions in Shibuya Ward, such as Tokyo Metropolitan Daiichi Commercial High School.
・Participating organizations:
Organizers: Dip Corporation, Shibuya Mirai Design
Sponsor: Shibuya Ward
Cooperation: National Police Agency's Anonymous and Fluid Crime Group Countermeasures Headquarters
Special Partner (Content Cooperation): QuizKnock
Partners: Tokyu Corporation, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., Shibuya Ekimae Area Management Association
Background of the Project's launch:
"They know the word but can't identify it." Practical awareness to break the crisis of over 10,000 arrests annually.
In recent years, "yami-baito" recruitment tactics via social media have become increasingly sophisticated, leading to a rapid increase in young people arrested as perpetrators. Spring is the riskiest time, especially for high school students who are looking for their first part-time job as they advance to higher grades or new schools.
In 2023, the Company conducted a "Yami-Baito Discrimination Survey" targeting high school students and promptly raised the alarm based on the fact that 80% of high school students could not identify "yami-baito" (※2). Subsequently, while public awareness of the term increased due to daily news reports, the number of arrests continued to be severe, exceeding 10,000 annually for two consecutive years, with 10,105 arrests in 2024 and 5,064 in the first half of 2025 (※3).
Furthermore, a recent survey conducted by the Company in January 2026 showed that while 90% of high school students recognized the term "yami-baito," 70% still could not identify whether something was a "yami-baito."
Notably, the contact rate by region was particularly high in Tokyo, where approximately one in four high school students (25.0%) reported having encountered suspicious job offers suspected to be 'yami-baito.' This figure is 1.9 times higher than Aichi and 1.6 times higher than Osaka, indicating an extremely high risk in urban areas.
To overcome the current situation where young people know the term but cannot identify the sophisticated tactics of "yami-baito," and to prevent young people from unknowingly participating in crimes as they start new lives, this Project was launched to practically enhance crime prevention awareness and discernment abilities.
Moving forward, the Company will continue to promote both the provision of a healthy environment for part-time job searching and awareness activities to protect young people, aiming to realize a society where everyone can experience the joy of working.
（※2）According to our company's research
（※3）Quoted from "National Police Agency Crime Situation Statistics"
City-wide awareness activities through industry-government-academia collaboration starting from Shibuya
This Project will use Shibuya, Tokyo, where the risk was most pronounced in the latest survey, as the starting point for information dissemination. Shibuya is one of the areas where the largest number of high school students in Tokyo gather, and it is also one of the cities most closely associated with the Company, which owns the "Shibuya Scramble Square dip Vision" and bases its professional dance team "dip BATTLES" there.
For this launch, the Project's policy of "strengthening young people's ability to discern information" aligned with the "Shibuya Good Manners Project," promoted by Shibuya Mirai Design to create a safe and secure city and solve social issues. As a result, it was decided to undertake this as part of the same project through public-private collaboration. In addition, information sharing with the National Police Agency's Anonymous and Fluid Crime Group Countermeasures Headquarters will commence. More accurate awareness activities will be developed based on actual data, such as the latest crime trends and arrest figures held by the police.
Against this background, the Project, co-hosted by the Company and Shibuya Mirai Design, with the sponsorship of Shibuya Ward and the cooperation of the Metropolitan Police Department, and with the endorsement and cooperation of Tokyu Corporation, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Corporation, Mitsui Fudosan Co., Ltd., and the Shibuya Ekimae Area Management Association, will build a city-wide crime prevention network through integrated public-private efforts.
Experiential awareness videos and outreach classes by special partner "QuizKnock"
To enable young people to learn enjoyably and personally, we collaborated with "QuizKnock," an intellectual entertainment group that enjoys overwhelming support from young people. We created a video where Mr. Takushi Izawa and others clearly explain the risks of sweet words like "high income," "white-collar job," and "same-day payment" hidden in actual recruitment texts, using a multiple-choice quiz format.
As the first phase of awareness activities utilizing this video, outreach classes will be conducted in cooperation with educational institutions in Shibuya Ward, including Tokyo Metropolitan Daiichi Commercial High School. This will serve as a model case, and the awareness campaign is planned to expand to high schools nationwide in the future.
・Cast: Takushi Izawa, Hironori Tsurusaki, To Mon, Yoshiaki Yamamoto
・Public channel: Dip Corporation Official YouTube Channel "Shigoto Real"
・URL: https://youtu.be/lNiKTLMJ7JA
Comment from Ken Hasebe, Mayor of Shibuya Ward
In recent years, incidents of young people being drawn into "yami-baito" via social media have occurred nationwide, and prevention is an urgent issue. Especially in Shibuya, where many young people gather, it is crucial to provide correct knowledge and foster the ability to make their own judgments. I expect this Project to further deepen cooperation among administration, businesses, and educational institutions, becoming a concrete step towards "Yami-Baito Zero."
Comment from Hideki Koizumi, Representative Director of Shibuya Mirai Design
The "yami-baito" problem is a social issue with complex backgrounds, including a lack of discernment regarding information and insufficient understanding of work. With the launch of the "Shibuya Yami-Baito Zero Project," we will develop practical awareness activities through industry-government-academia collaboration, utilizing Dip Corporation's expertise, Shibuya Mirai Design's network, and cooperation with educational institutions. We aim to implement initiatives that "reach, convey, and stop" from Shibuya, a hub for information dissemination, to realize a society where young people can work with peace of mind.
Comment from Hideki Tomita, President & CEO of Dip Corporation
"Working for workers" is Dip's mission. Work is central to many people's lives, and if work brings happiness, overall life satisfaction increases.
However, in recent years, "yami-baito," which lures people with sweet words and unknowingly involves them in crimes, has become a serious social problem. As operators of "Baitoru" and "Spot Baitoru," we believe we have a social responsibility to create an environment where young people can safely and securely choose jobs, and to continue issuing warnings and providing correct information.
As a company that upholds the corporate philosophy of being an entity that improves society through user-first services that support workers, we will vigorously promote awareness activities to protect job seekers from the threat of "yami-baito" and pass on a healthy labor market to the next generation.
About Shibuya Mirai Design General Incorporated Association
Shibuya Mirai Design is a public-private-academic-citizen collaboration organization that, based on diversity and inclusion, gathers ideas and talents from diverse people who live, work, study, and visit Shibuya, and designs solutions and possibilities for social issues through open innovation. By presenting new possibilities for urban life from Shibuya to the world, it aims to contribute to the sustainable development of not only Shibuya Ward but also society as a whole.
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About Our Company
With the vision of being a "Labor force solution company" that solves various challenges in the labor market and realizes a society where everyone can feel the joy and happiness of working, we operate human resource service businesses and DX businesses. Under our corporate philosophy, "We, Dip, will be an entity that improves society with dreams, ideas, and passion," we will contribute to the realization of a sustainable society through our business activities.
Company Name: Dip Corporation
Representative: Hideki Tomita (President & CEO)
Head Office: Roppongi Grand Tower 31F, 3-2-1 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo
Phone: 03-5114-1177 (main)
Established: March 1997
Capital: 1,085 million yen (as of end of February 2025)
Number of Employees: 2,780 (full-time employees as of April 1, 2025) *Excluding contract, part-time, and temporary staff
Business Activities: Operation of human resource services such as "Baitoru," "Spot Baitoru," "Baitoru NEXT," "Baitoru PRO," "Hatarako Net," and nursing/care industry job change support services "Nurse de Hatarako," "Kaigo de Hatarako"; development and provision of DX service "Cobot"; and others.
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Sales: 56.3 billion yen (fiscal year ending February 2025)
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