Onward Holdings Certified as a "Welfare Promotion Corporation" in Hataraku Yell 2026

Onward Holdings Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and President: Michinobu Homoto) has been certified as a "Welfare Promotion Corporation" in Hataraku Yell 2026, in recognition of its utilization of welfare benefits linked to its management and human resource strategies.

■ What is Hataraku Yell?
Hataraku Yell is a private award and certification system that aims to deepen understanding of the importance and effectiveness of welfare benefits, promote their wider adoption and utilization in the workplace, and provide useful information for job seekers (new graduates and mid-career professionals) in their job selection process, by commending and certifying corporations that are committed to enhancing and utilizing welfare benefits.
Official HP: https://fukurikosei-hyosyo.com/

■ Reviewer's Comments
The evaluation axis with the highest score for your corporation was the "response to management issues" axis. Human resource strategy is linked to management strategy, and welfare benefits are utilized for the development of human resources necessary to achieve that strategy. Therefore, accurately grasping human resources and labor issues in promoting human resource strategy is of utmost importance.
Your corporation has extracted many issues, and at the same time, it excels in appropriately implementing welfare solutions that resolve these issues through the utilization of welfare benefits.
We expect you to further strengthen the matching of management strategy, human resource strategy, and welfare solutions in the future.

■ Our Main Initiatives
・My Golden Week System
To promote the acquisition of holidays, we have established a system that encourages employees to take 10 consecutive days off.
・Introduction of "Cradle," a service that supports D&I promotion
We provide seminars on DEI and healthcare by doctors and specialists, as well as healthcare support for employees and their spouses. We have also started supporting infertility treatment.

■ About "Working Style Design"
This is our company's work style reform project, where employees voluntarily work to change their work styles with the aim of increasing productivity by improving work efficiency and achieving work-life balance. Started in August 2019, it currently includes weekly meetings (commonly known as "Kaeru Kaigi") where teams that usually work together discuss "what we should do to create better work styles," and the creation of an environment to support diverse work styles.

・Other press releases related to our "Working Style Design" to date
July 2021: Announced initiatives and results of Onward's work style reform project "Working Style Design"
August 2021: Held a dialogue event for "Working Style Design" reform, with approximately 180 participants
March 2022: Established a "Guidebook" to publicize systems and leave related to childbirth and childcare
August 2022: [Onward's Work Style Reform Project "Working Style Design" FY2021 Numerical Data Released]
May 2023: [Onward's Work Style Reform Project "Working Style Design" FY2021 Numerical Data Released]
December 2023: Certified as "Best Workplace," the highest rank, in "D&I AWARD 2023"
February 2024: Revised HR system to strengthen human capital investment
August 2024: Average length of service increased by approximately 4 years due to successful creation of a comfortable working environment
December 2024: Certified as "Best Workplace," the highest rank, in "D&I AWARD 2024" for the second consecutive year
January 2025: Received the "Award Grand Prize" in "Mynavi Tenshoku BEST VALUE AWARD"
May 2025: Received the "Excellence Award" in "Career Ownership Management AWARD 2025"
October 2025: Female managers ratio exceeded 30%, turnover rate decreased by approximately 50%
December 2025: Certified as "Best Workplace," the highest rank, in "D&I AWARD 2025" for the third consecutive year
February 2026: Onward Kashiyama Co., Ltd. registered as a Tokyo "Barrier-Free Mind" Support Company
February 2026: Received the "Career Support Excellence Award" in "Mynavi Tenshoku BEST VALUE AWARD 2026"

■ Overview of Onward Holdings Co., Ltd.
Founded in 1927 as "Kashiyama Shoten." Currently, we promote businesses in three areas: "Fashion," "Wellness," and "Corporate Design," and also operate businesses in three regions overseas: "Europe," "America," and "Asia."
Under our mission statement, "Enriching and coloring people and the planet," we continue to move forward as a "lifestyle culture creation company" that contributes to creating "enriched and colorful" lives in coexistence with the earth, by utilizing the diverse individualities of our employees.
Established: September 4, 1947
Representative: Michinobu Homoto, Representative Director and President
Headquarters: Onwa... 3-10-5 Nihonbashi, Chuo-ku, Tokyo 103-8239