Unifa's Representative Director and CEO Yasuyuki Toki Appointed as Representative Director of the Children DX Promotion Association
Yasuyuki Toki, CEO of Unifa, has been newly appointed as the Representative Director of the Children DX Promotion Association. He aims to accelerate the digital transformation of the childcare industry through public-private partnerships.
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- 📰 Published: April 1, 2026 at 20:00
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We are pleased to announce that Yasuyuki Toki, Representative Director and CEO of Unifa Inc. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director and CEO: Yasuyuki Toki; hereinafter "Unifa"), a company solving social issues related to childcare and child-rearing through the power of technology centered on Childcare AI™, has been newly appointed as the Representative Director of the Children DX Promotion Association. Moving forward, we will further accelerate the promotion of Children DX by collaborating more strongly with the relevant ministries and the members of the Children DX Promotion Association, who are promoting the development of an environment to support child-rearing across society as a whole.
1. Overview of the Children DX Promotion Association and Background of Unifa's Participation
According to the preliminary vital statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in March 2026, the number of births over the past year remained at only 706,118, a further decrease of 12,181 (1.7%) from the same period last year (718,299), indicating that Japan's declining birthrate is progressing at a faster pace than expected *1.
The Children and Families Agency has set the "realization of a child-centered society" as the basic philosophy of its policies for children, and is promoting policies from the perspective of children and youth across society. As specific initiatives, they are advancing the guarantee of children's upbringing through improving the "quality" of education and childcare, and securing human resources such as childcare workers. In addition, the nationwide rollout of "Children Data Linkage" is being promoted, which aims to identify children and families in need of support early on and actively reach out from the government and support organizations to connect them with assistance *2.
The Children DX Promotion Association is an organization with the mission of "gathering digital technology and promoting the development of an environment to support child-rearing across society as a whole." It aims to effectively promote a "child-centered society" from the perspective of utilizing technology in cooperation with administrative organs such as the Children and Families Agency.
Through its comprehensive ICT service "Lukumi," Unifa has supported the reduction of administrative workloads for childcare workers, the creation of comfortable working environments, and the securing and improving of the job satisfaction and "quality" of childcare. Taking the opportunity of this appointment as Representative Director, we will work in tandem with the various measures promoted by the Children and Families Agency to promote DX across the entire industry, going beyond individual companies, and will make every effort to achieve improvements in the "quality" of childcare and the social status of childcare workers.
*1: "Preliminary Vital Statistics (January 2026)" (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, March 2026)
*2: ...
1. Overview of the Children DX Promotion Association and Background of Unifa's Participation
According to the preliminary vital statistics released by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in March 2026, the number of births over the past year remained at only 706,118, a further decrease of 12,181 (1.7%) from the same period last year (718,299), indicating that Japan's declining birthrate is progressing at a faster pace than expected *1.
The Children and Families Agency has set the "realization of a child-centered society" as the basic philosophy of its policies for children, and is promoting policies from the perspective of children and youth across society. As specific initiatives, they are advancing the guarantee of children's upbringing through improving the "quality" of education and childcare, and securing human resources such as childcare workers. In addition, the nationwide rollout of "Children Data Linkage" is being promoted, which aims to identify children and families in need of support early on and actively reach out from the government and support organizations to connect them with assistance *2.
The Children DX Promotion Association is an organization with the mission of "gathering digital technology and promoting the development of an environment to support child-rearing across society as a whole." It aims to effectively promote a "child-centered society" from the perspective of utilizing technology in cooperation with administrative organs such as the Children and Families Agency.
Through its comprehensive ICT service "Lukumi," Unifa has supported the reduction of administrative workloads for childcare workers, the creation of comfortable working environments, and the securing and improving of the job satisfaction and "quality" of childcare. Taking the opportunity of this appointment as Representative Director, we will work in tandem with the various measures promoted by the Children and Families Agency to promote DX across the entire industry, going beyond individual companies, and will make every effort to achieve improvements in the "quality" of childcare and the social status of childcare workers.
*1: "Preliminary Vital Statistics (January 2026)" (Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, March 2026)
*2: ...