【AI Videos Transform into 'Family Smiles'】"JACC" to Host 'Mother's Day Charity AI Contest' Inviting Single-Mother Families to "Osaka Yakiniku Futago" Based on Entry Count, Starting April 10!

FTG Company (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Makoto Morikawa), which operates 131 restaurants domestically and internationally, including "Osaka Yakiniku Futago," will host the 'Mother's Day AI Contest' starting April 10, 2026 (Friday), through its "Japan AI Creative Contest (JACC)" platform, with the "Japan Association for Single Mother Support" as its charity partner.

This contest is a participatory charity project that widely solicits "thank you videos for mothers" created using generative AI. Depending on the number of entries, single-mother families who are striving daily will be invited to dine at "Osaka Yakiniku Futago" or receive a yakiniku set delivered to their homes. Through a new platform for expression utilizing technology, we aim to provide warm family time for parents and children in single-parent households.

## Background of the Event: Social Issues Addressed and Warm Applications of AI

Creating a Chain of Compassion by Combining "Exciting Technology" with "Warm Dining Experiences"

FTG Company operates with the VISION of "creating exciting people and an exciting society." Through its restaurant businesses, including "Osaka Yakiniku Futago," it has provided spaces where people can gather around the table and converse with smiles.

However, looking at modern Japanese society, there are many single-mother families who struggle daily with work and childcare alone, finding it difficult to have mental, economic, and temporal余裕 (leisure/space). Even on "Mother's Day," when families would normally express gratitude to each other, there is a serious social issue of "experience disparity," where it is difficult to have opportunities to celebrate by dining out, and "solitary dining," where parents and children cannot comfortably share a meal.

To address this issue, our company is taking a unique approach that goes beyond the framework of the restaurant business, through "Japan AI Creative Contest (JACC)," a new expression platform that we operate.

In recent years, AI is often discussed in the context of business efficiency, but we have redefined AI as a "warm tool to give shape to gratitude for those close to us and create someone's smile." Leveraging insights from previously held and highly successful events like the "#AINyannyanNyanChampionship on Cat Day," we aim to build an ecosystem where anyone, professional or amateur, can participate in social contribution through AI creative work.

In this project, the number of entries for "Mom's Thank You Videos"—humorous videos created by creators and families using AI—directly translates into real-world support for single-mother families, such as "invitations to Yakiniku lunch at Futago." FTG Company aims to create a chain of compassion by transforming the "digital excitement" of cutting-edge AI creative work into the "analog, warm family time" of yakiniku, hoping to bring smiles to as many parents and children as possible this Mother's Day. This is the motivation behind hosting this charity contest.