Corporate Governance System
Our basic policy is to secure the retained earnings needed for future business expansion and provide shareholders with return in the long term. As for dividends, our basic policy is to provide return to shareholders by paying dividends continuously and stably.
１．Dividends of surplus
As for dividends of surplus, the Articles of Incorporation stipulate that we may pay an interim dividend prescribed in Article 454, paragraph (5) of the Companies Act. However, to ensure we pay dividends that are appropriate for our business performance, our basic policy is to pay a year-end dividend once a year.
２．Return of profits and retained earnings
By balancing profit return and retained earnings, we will secure and develop capable human resources, improve awareness, strengthen sales and expand sales promotion, and enhance the existing business. At the same time, we will swiftly respond to investment opportunities related to future business development, and strive to improve business performance using return on equity (ROE) as an index.
We have made it our basic policy to prepare and operate a system, as set forth below, to ensure the appropriateness of our business in accordance with the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act.
Basic policy on internal control system
As a group that is engaged in medical care, we place the highest priority on the trust of medical facilities and personnel as well as patients. We have established the basic policy on information security for the information assets we handle from the viewpoint of confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Basic policy on information security
Understanding the importance of personal information protection, we have established a policy on protection of personal information. Officers and employees work together to protect personal information properly.
Regarding the collection, use, provision, and management method of personal information, we define effective measures such as education, training and auditing in the rules on personal information protection and execute them accordingly.
Basic policy on handling of specific personal information
The information system and communication infrastructure can be the major restraining factor in continuing business not only in the event of cyber security contingencies that intensify the threat, but also in the event of an increase in abnormal weather and large-scale catastrophic disasters. Hence, we make assumptions about the cause of occurrence, scale of impact and restoration. From the perspective of resilience and response capability, we identify issues and start considering corrective actions.
Moreover, to ensure employees’ safety, which is another major constraint in business continuation, we have established detailed rules for the operation of a safety confirmation system and disaster and crisis management in the event of a disaster.
To improve the effectiveness, we decided to verify them regularly.
We pay the utmost attention to the enhancement of the corporate value, and aim for a long-term and stable return of profits. Under the corporate philosophy, "patient-friendly medical treatment," we strive to provide timely information to all stakeholders in a transparent, fair and continuous manner in accordance with related laws and regulations including the Companies Act and the Financial Instruments and Exchange Act as well as the timely disclosure rules stipulated by the Tokyo Stock Exchange as our basic policy.
Basic policy on information disclosure
We define "compliance" to mean ethical and legal compliance.
We have established the Risk and Compliance Committee as a company-wide committee to promote compliance, and deliberate, discuss, make decisions on and exchange information on significant compliance matters.
In addition, by reporting the risks that have been studied by the Risk and Compliance Committee to the Board of Directors, we become aware of the possibility of the occurrence of the risks, and we try to avoid such occurrence and respond to the risks if they arise.
