Yomiuri Group will retain 3 top management members while holding board and shareholder meetings

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, The Yomiuri Shimbun, Yomiuri Giants, Chuokoron-Shinsha, Inc. and Yomiuri Land, Co. held meetings of their management boards on Tuesday, during which they approved the preliminary draft financial results for the 2023 financial year and decided on nominations for management positions, among other things.

The decisions will be finalized during the general shareholder meetings and subsequent board meetings scheduled for June 11.

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings will retain its three most important representative directors: editor-in-chief Tsuneo Watanabe, chairman of the board Shoichi Oikawa and president Toshikazu Yamaguchi.

Takayuki Tanaka, senior managing director and chief administrative officer, who is also responsible for group businesses at The Yomiuri Shimbun, will serve as director in charge of Osaka operations at The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings.

Masaki Masuda, senior managing director and chief production officer, who is also responsible for technology at The Yomiuri Shimbun, will serve as director in charge of Seibu operations at The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings.

Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka will hold a board meeting on Thursday and Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu on Friday.

At these meetings, each of them will approve the draft earnings results. The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka will decide that Tanaka will serve as its representative director and president, and the Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu will decide that Masuda will serve as its representative director and president.

At The Yomiuri Shimbun, Riichiro Maeki, senior managing director and editor-in-chief, will assume the position of senior managing director in charge of editorial.

Kazuyuki Fujita, director and head of the Office of the President and responsible for compliance and corporate communications at The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, will be appointed as director and general manager for administration, also responsible for the group’s businesses and the Tsukiji project.

Koji Tanaka, who is the director of Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc., will take up the position of director responsible for real estate management on June 21.

In Yomiuri Giants, Toru Kunimatsu, representative director and president of The Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu, will be appointed representative director and president.

At Chuokoron-Shinsha, Junichi Abe will be reappointed as representative director and president.

In Yomiuri Land, Takeshi Mizoguchi will be reappointed as representative director and president.

Yomiuri Land starts his own company

Yomiuri Land decided to establish its own company on July 1 to work on the Tokyo Giants Town project, which it is developing together with The Yomiuri Shimbun and Yomiuri Giants.

At Tuesday’s meeting of the management board, a decision was made to approve the draft financial results.

Tokyo Giants Town Management Company will handle preparations for the opening of the stadium, aquarium and shopping facilities, and will manage the city once it opens. The planned company aims to create a lively atmosphere in the area by combining sports and entertainment attractions.

Seiji Hasegawa, who will take over as director of Yomiuri Land on June 11, is to be appointed the new president of the company.

Newly appointed directors:

(valid from June 11)

For each newly appointed person, their current position is given in brackets. In addition to titles, the main areas of responsibility are listed.

Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings

Osaka Operations Director: Takayuki Tanaka (Senior Managing Director, General Manager, Administrative Office, Group Companies, The Yomiuri Shimbun)

Seibu Chief Operating Officer: Masaki Masuda (Senior Managing Director, General Manager, Production Office, Technology, Yomiuri Shimbun)

Corporate Director, Head of the Office of the President, Compliance, Corporate Communications: Takanori Haraguchi (Senior Deputy General Manager, Office of Administration; Manager, Group Business Division, The Yomiuri Shimbun; Senior Deputy General Manager, Office of the President, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings)

Pension

Gaku Shibata, who will assume the position of director, vice president of Nippon Television Network Corp. on June 27. (Osaka Operations Director)

Toru Kunimatsu, who will take over as representative director, president of Yomiuri Giants (Seibu Operations Director) on June 11

Kazuyuki Fujita, who will take up the position of director, general director, Administrative Office, group enterprises, Tsukiji project, The Yomiuri Shimbun on June 11 (director, head of the president’s office, compliance, corporate communications)

Yomiuri Shimbun

Representative Director, President: Akitoshi Muraoka (Representative Director, President, Property Management)

Senior Managing Director, Editorial Office: Riichiro Maeki (Senior Managing Director, Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Office)

Director, General Manager, Administration Office, Group Companies, Tsukiji Project: Kazuyuki Fujita (Head of Compliance, Corporate Communications)

Director, General Manager, Cultural and Sports Project Office: Takashi Yamada (Corporate Director, General Manager, Cultural and Sports Project Office)

Director, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Media Office: Ryuichi Hori (Corporate Director, Chief Executive Officer, Digital Media Office)

Director, General Manager, Production Office, Technology: Ayumu Tsuda (Representative Director, President of Yomiuri Logistics Co.)

Corporate Director, Compliance, Corporate Communications: Takanori Haraguchi (Senior Deputy General Manager, Administrative Office; Manager, Group Business Unit, The Yomiuri Shimbun; Senior Deputy General Manager, Office of the President, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings)

Corporate Director, Senior Deputy General Manager, Digital Media Office: Kyoko Takita (Senior Deputy General Manager, Digital Media Office)

Editor-in-Chief: Taro Takihana (Senior Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Office)

Chief Executive Officer, Hokkaido Branch: Shinichi Murao (Deputy Editor-in-Chief, Editorial Office)

General Manager, Hokuriku Branch: Hidetoshi Watanabe (Deputy General Manager, Disclosure Office)

(valid from June 21)

Director of Property Management: Koji Tanaka (Director, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings, Inc.)

Pension

Masaki Masuda, who will assume the position of representative director, president of The Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu (senior managing director, general manager, production office, technology) on June 11

Takayuki Tanaka, who will assume the position of representative director, president of The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka (senior managing director, general manager, administrative office, group companies) on June 11

Pension

Takeshi Hirao, who will assume the position of director, editor-in-chief of The Yomiuri Shimbun Osaka on June 11 (general director, Hokkaido branch)

On loan from June 13

Representative Director, President of Yomiuri Logistics Co.: Masaaki Enta, who will also be responsible for logistics coordination, Production Office, The Yomiuri Shimbun (General Manager, Hokuriku Branch)

Yomiuri Giants

Representative Director, President: Toru Kunimatsu (Representative Director, President of The Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu)

Director, administration, liaison of the Central League, compliance; general manager of business headquarters; Manager, Legal Department: Harumi Hoshi (Director, Chief Executive Officer, Headquarters Administration; Chief Executive Officer, Headquarters Business, Liaison to Central League, Compliance)

Permanent Auditor: Kazuyuki Fujita (Director, Chief of Office of the President, Compliance, Corporate Communications, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings)

Pension

Tsukasa Imamura, who will become an advisor on June 11 and will assume the position of director and vice president of The Sapporo Television Broadcasting Co. on June 26. (representative director, president)

Takayuki Tanaka (Permanent Auditor)

Chuokoron-Shinsha

Managing director, editorial management; Chief Executive Officer, Magazines and Business Projects Office, Labor Relations: Tetsuo Miki (Managing Director, Chief Executive Officer, Publications Editorial Office, Labor Relations)

Director, General Manager, Sales Office: Hiromi Morimoto (Director, Sales Office)

Auditor: Kazuyuki Fujita (Director, Chief of Office of the President, Compliance, Corporate Communications, The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings)

Corporate Director, General Manager, Administrative Office, Technology: Yoshio Hanada (General Manager, Administrative Office, Technology)

Chief Executive Officer of the Publications Editorial Office: Kazunori Ota (Deputy Director of the Publications Editorial Office; Editor, Paperback Department)

Chief Executive Officer of the Production Office: Tomonari Morisue (Senior Deputy Director of the Production Office)

Chief Executive Officer, Fujinkoron Warehouse Office: Shoko Takizawa (Director, Chief Executive Officer, Warehouse and Business Project Office)

Pension

Mitsuo Noriwa (director, general manager, Production Office, publication planning; editor, Proofreading Department; manager, Digital Production Department)

Takayuki Tanaka (auditor)

Yomiuri land

Managing Director of General Affairs, Human Resources, Finance and Accounting, Group Enterprises: Shigeki Machida (Managing Director of General Affairs, Finance and Accounting, Group Enterprises, Employee Affairs, Project Promotion)

Director of Asset Management, Project Promotion: Masami Namai (Director of Asset Management, Companies on the Field)

Director of Corporate Planning, Synergy Strategy, PokéPark, Food Services: Hiromichi Okubo (Director of Corporate Planning, Synergy Strategy, Minamiyama Project, Food Services)

Director of Field Operations, Tokyo Giants Town, Deputy Synergy Strategy: Seiji Hasegawa (Representative Director, President, Yomiuri Nippon TV Cultural Center)

Director: Toru Kunimatsu (Representative Director, President of The Yomiuri Shimbun Seibu)

Permanent Auditor: Masahiro Imaizumi (Representative Director, President of Yomiuri Support & Service)

Executive Director, PokéPark, Deputy Entertainment Business: Toshio Sohara (Specially Designated Executive Director, Entertainment Companies)

Executive Director, Employee Affairs, Employee Satisfaction: Rika Yamai (General Manager, Human Resources)

Executive Director, Deputy for Public Sports; General Manager of Funabashi Horse Racing Division: Junichi Sagawa (General Manager of Funabashi Horse Racing Division)

Executive Director, Deputy for Public Sports; General Manager, Kawasaki Horse Racing Division: Toshiharu Okada (General Manager, Asset Management Division)

Pension

Tsukasa Imamura (director)

Hiroshi Nakamura, who will take up the position of public sports advisor (permanent auditor) on June 11