Shareholder Return Policy

Shareholder Return Policy

The Company considers the dividends are to be paid out in accordance with a progressive policy of maintaining or increasing the annual dividend each year, with a target payout ratio of 40%, taking into account the performance of each fiscal year and various indices.

Dividends Distribution (Past ten years)

  Dividend (Yen per share) Payout ratio
Interim Year-end Annual
FY2024 (Planned) 40.0 (Planned) 40.0 (Planned) 80.0 (Planned) 41.3%
FY2023 40.0 40.0 80.0 30.8%
FY2022 33.0 37.0 70.0 30.3%
FY2021 28.0 28.0 56.0 34.5%
FY2020 22.5 27.5 50.0 33.1%
FY2019 22.5 22.5 45.0 38.0%
FY2018 22.5 22.5 45.0 44.9%
FY2017 (Ordinary) 20.0
(Commemorative) 5.0
20.0 45.0 46.4%
FY2016 20.0 20.0 40.0 38.0%
FY2015 90.0 90.0 180.0 76.4%
  • The company conducted a stock split of common stocks at a ratio of 1:5 with an effective date of April 1, 2016.
  • Our group has applied International Financial Standards (IFRS) from the fiscal year ended March 31, 2014.