[Breaking News] The 4th Anger Management Business Leadership Award Ceremony Held! Three Winning Companies Announced

The Japan Anger Management Association (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Toru Matsushima), operated by Revic Global Inc. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and Representative Director: Osamu Kashiwagi), established the "Anger Management Business Leadership Award" in 2023. This award system aims to expand the number of companies and organizations that use "Anger Management" as a common language, respect each other's human rights, and promote a workplace free from harassment and discrimination.

On Thursday, June 4, 2026, the 4th Anger Management Business Leadership Award ceremony was held, and three winning companies and organizations were announced.

What is the Anger Management Business Leadership Award?

The Japan Anger Management Association aims to realize a healthy work environment free from all forms of harassment and discrimination, where all employees embrace diversity and respect each other's human rights.

The Anger Management Business Leadership Award is an award system that recognizes companies and organizations with outstanding initiatives towards this goal, based on five perspectives.

At today's ceremony, the Anger Management Business Leadership Award was presented to excellent companies and organizations based on the following five perspectives:

Vision and Policy: The company's management philosophy, management vision, and medium-term plans include a vision and policy regarding employee human rights respect, establishment of diversity, and prevention of harassment.

Human Rights Respect: There is an environment where all employees and officers working in the company, regardless of nationality, age, gender, or position, can respect each other's values and reflect them in corporate management.

Organizational Culture: There is a culture where employees engage in corporate activities with passion, respect each other, and can work enthusiastically.

Education: An educational system is in place to promote appropriate "behavioral change" in the workplace, and training and learning opportunities are continuously set and implemented.

Systems and Institutions: As measures to realize the management philosophy and management vision, internal systems, institutions, and regulations are in place.

About the Anger Management Business Leadership Award

From Shunsuke Ando, Founder of the Association:

The Japan Anger Management Association has been working to solve social issues under the philosophy of "Break the chain of anger."

Solving various problems triggered by the emotion of "anger" is a very important issue for "companies and organizations" where people gather.

Connecting people using "Anger Management" as a common language.

Aiming for a workplace where people respect each other's human rights and there is no harassment or discrimination.

We aim for a world filled with such companies.

The Anger Management Business Leadership Award recognizes companies that, based on a correct understanding of harassment, foster a corporate culture and climate as part of management where all employees embrace diversity and can speak to each other with respect.

This is the first corporate award system established by the association.

We hope that these initiatives will continue together with our association in the future.

Profile of Shunsuke Ando >

From Toru Matsushima, Representative Director of the Association:

The Anger Management Business Leadership Award is not simply an award that evaluates initiatives for preventing harassment.

In modern organizations, the way people interact with each other is changing significantly due to generational gaps, diversification of values, and changes in communication. More than ever, the ability to engage in dialogue while respecting others, accept differences, and choose constructive actions is required, not just establishing systems and rules.

Anger Management is not about suppressing anger; it is psychological training to understand one's own emotions and make better choices. We believe that when this way of thinking permeates an organization, psychological safety increases, leading to an environment where each individual can safely demonstrate their abilities.

Through this award, we hope that the circle of creating workplaces where people respect each other and can handle emotions constructively will spread further throughout society.

Profile of Toru Matsushima >

List of Winning Companies and Organizations

The winners of the 4th Anger Management Business Leadership Award are as follows:

[Anger Management Business Leadership Award Grand Prize]

Enshu Railway Co., Ltd.

[Anger Management Business Leadership Award] (in Japanese syllabary order)

Suwa City Office

Minato City Board of Education

*Comments from each winning company/organization and the reasons for the award from our association will be introduced in the event report to be distributed at a later date.

About the Anger Management Business Leadership Award Logo

The symbol of this award is a kingfisher inspired by the initials "ABA" of "Angermanagement Business Leadership Award."

Kingfishers build nests on coasts and riverbanks and incubate eggs, and have been believed since ancient times to calm storms.

In the UK, it appears in mythology as the legendary bird "Halcyon," and is generally considered a symbol of calm, peace, and a harbinger of happiness.

The logo embodies the wish that this bird, using "Anger Management" as a common language, will create a peaceful place free from harassment.

Event Overview

Name: 4th Anger Management Business Leadership Award Ceremony

Date and Time: Thursday, June 4, 2026, 18:30 - 18:50 *Reception 18:50 - 20:30

What is Anger Management?

Anger Management is a psychological training program developed in the United States in the 1970s for dealing effectively with the emotion of anger.

By learning Anger Management, individuals can understand their own anger and build good relationships with those around them.

Initially developed as a correctional program for domestic violence, discrimination, and minor offenders, primarily in California, it is now widely adopted in educational institutions and corporations across the United States. It has been used for many years to improve educational and workplace environments and enhance learning and work performance.

In recent years, its importance has been recognized in Japan and around the world, and it is being introduced in public institutions, corporations, educational settings, and medical settings. In Japan, the Japan Anger Management Association was established in 2011 as the Japanese branch of the National Anger Management Association of the USA, the world's largest organization, and is working to spread Anger Management, which is also considered important by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

About the Japan Anger Management Association

The Japan Anger Management Association, under the philosophy of "Break the chain of anger," aims to realize a society where people do not take out their anger on others and anger does not chain-react, by increasing the number of people who can practice Anger Management.

[Corporate Profile]

Association Name: Japan Anger Management Association
Location: Sumitomo Fudosan Shiba Building 2nd Building 4th Floor, 1-5-9 Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0014
Representative Director: Toru Matsushima
Established: June 8, 2011
Business: Operation and certification of individual qualification courses on Anger Management, training and support for certified qualification course takers, implementation of Anger Management training and lectures for corporations
URL: https://www.angermanagement.co.jp/