The Benesse Group consists of approximately 30 operating companies that strive together as a group for long-term, stable growth as a whole. At the helm is Benesse Holdings, Inc., a holding company that promotes growth strategies and effectively allocates resources in the Benesse Group. Other vital companies include Benesse Corporation (education and lifestyle-related products and services), Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd. (senior/nursing care), and Berlitz International, Inc. (language and global leadership training).

The Benesse Group's business environment today is transforming rapidly, as seen in aging demographics, the march of globalization and advancements in IT communications network technologies, as well as in increasingly diverse values and needs. Our main business domains are education, senior/nursing care and others with strong parallels with public services. As such, we continuously strive to take up new challenges and to innovate, envisioning society in the very near future, while being fully aware that we are creating what it will look like a few short years from now.

Yet no matter how circumstances may change, there are certain things that never will. One of those is our corporate philosophy of "well-being" embodied in the name Benesse. Over the years the Benesse Group has consistently spread the message of providing the kind of high-quality services we would be happy to use ourselves and offer to our own families; supporting people in fulfilling their potential at every stage of life; and delivering services that help customers find even greater enjoyment in life the older they become. Going forward, we will continue to develop people-oriented business, gain more fans and loyal customers who will spread the word about Benesse to their communities, and become a company that is indispensable to society.