KADOKAWA announced on July 2 that 154 employees had applied for the early retirement program it had been recruiting for among employees aged 45 and over. The program is expected to reduce labor costs by approximately ¥1.7 billion annually (approximately ¥1.1 billion over the eight months from August in the fiscal year ending March 2027).
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Early retirement was open to employees aged 45 and over who belonged to specified job grades and had at least five years of continuous service. The company had not set a recruitment target.
The total amount of severance payments to applicants is expected to be approximately ¥5.4 billion and will be recorded as an extraordinary loss in the first-quarter financial results (April–June 2026) for the fiscal year ending March 2027.
For the fiscal year ending March 2027, the company plans to announce its consolidated earnings forecast by the time of the first-quarter results release, after carefully examining recent earnings trends and the latest outlook.
在 its full-year financial results for the fiscal year ended March 2026, the company reported a sharp decline in operating profit, down 51.3% from the previous year to ¥8.1 billion. The company stated that “establishing a lean structure and managing costs are essential,” and conducted the early retirement recruitment program.
