Health-Oriented Management

TAIYO YUDEN Group, through the pursuit of creating the workplace where the employees can work with a sound mind in a sound body, has been increasing the vitality and productivity of the company, in order to realize much higher corporate value.

TAIYO YUDEN Group: Health-Oriented Management Declaration

As one of the principles comprising our Management Philosophy, we uphold "Employee Well-being", to promote the physical and mental health of employees as the management issue with the purpose of letting every employee be able to work with vigor, satisfaction and fully demonstrate their unique characteristics and abilities in their respective workplaces. To reach this goal, we will establish an organizational system to support employees and raise their awareness toward health promotion, thereby helping them and their families to lead fulfilling lives.

Katsuya Sase
Representative Director,
President and Chief Executive Officer

Organization for promoting Health-Oriented Management

Under the control of Representative Director, President and Chief Executive Officer, our company is creating the principles for health promotion and focused policies mainly taking the lead by Officer in Charge as Health-Oriented Management Promotor and Health-Promotion Section as Department specialized in Health Promotion. The principles and policies are examined in Health-Promotion Committee held semiannually and they are shared in the company. Each site, collaborating with its Safety and Health Committee, is promoting specific efforts based on the characteristics of the site.

Increase more employees working with enthusiasm
～Improving Work Engagement～

One of the materialities of the Medium-term Management Plan 2025 defines "safety, health-oriented management, and work style reform" as key social issues. In particular, as part of efforts to promote health-oriented management, we endeavor to boost the energy and enthusiasm of employees, using work engagement as a key indicator.
In order to reduce the number of employees on long-term leave and those in poor health, we have established five health indicators, "Focus 5," and are implementing initiatives to help employees acquire healthy habits.

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Indicator of positive and satisfying mental condition related to the work of on individual employee
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Key Performance Indicator for specific process needed for achieving target
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Key Goal Indicator for evaluating ultimate target on regular quantity

Indicators and Targets for Health Promotion (TAIYO YUDEN)

We have set five indicators, "Focus 5," and are promoting measures to increase the number of employees who have acquired good lifestyle habits.

Definition		Target	FY2024
Diet	Ratio of employees with BMI 18.5 or more and less than 25	65.3%	64.4%
Non-smoking	Ratio of employees with no smoking habits	83.3%	83.4%
Exercise	Ratio of employees with exercise habits	28.7%	28.2%
Sleep	Ratio of employees able to take enough rest by sleeping	78.3%	60.4%
Stress	Ratio of employees not applied for "High stress"	86.3%	84.2%

Focus 5 and Health Date (FY2024)

The correlation between the Focus 5 indicators and data on health showed that the higher the number of applicable indicators, the less abnormalities during health examination and the less ill health during stress checks.

Number of applicable Health Examination Result and Focus 5

normality　abnormality

This is a graph of the number of Focus5 hits/pieces with and without abnormalities, ranging from 0 to 5. 0: 100% with abnormalities. 1: 89.9% with abnormalities, 10.1% with no abnormalities. 2: 79.2% with abnormalities, 20.8% with no abnormalities. 3: 67.9% with abnormalities, 32.1% with no abnormalities. 4: 49.6% with abnormalities, 50.4% with no abnormalities. 5: 37.6% with abnormalities, 62.4% with no abnormalities.

Number of applicable Physical examination results from stress checks and Focus 5

good condition　usual　bad condition

This is a graph of the number of Focus5 items/items that fall into the category of 0 to 5, with the percentage of people in good/average/poor health. 0: 100% in bad health. 1: 69.8% in bad health, 24.6% in average, 5.6% in good health. 2: 52.7% in bad health, 36.4% in average, 10.9% in good health. 3: 36.9% in bad health, 39.9% in average, 23.2% in good health. 4: 18% in bad health, 39.4% in average, 42.7% in good health. 5: 12.8% in bad health, 40% in average, 47.2% in good health.

Implemented measures (FY2024)

Indicator	Main measures	Implementation status, etc.
Meals	Regularly hold cafeteria committee meetings with cafeteria suppliers (registered dietitians, etc.), relevant departments, and employee representatives as a mechanism for continuous cafeteria reform. Implement menu improvements that contribute to employee health and lead to increased satisfaction. Distribute "salad packs" and "hearty soups" as events to promote awareness and improvement of eating habits. Also started measuring vegetable intake using the Veggie Meter at all sites in conjunction with health checkups.	Number of people who ate salad packs: About 1,600 Number of people who ate hearty soups: About 1,060 Number of people who used the Veggie Meter: About 1,700
Non-smoking	Implemented 24-hour smoking ban on premises since April 2021. Continued to thoroughly communicate rules and implement awareness activities such as displaying posters associated with World No Tobacco Day. The number of employees who try to quit smoking has increased since the "Quit Smoking Support” program was changed to "always accepting applications" in FY2023.	FY2024 Quit Smoking Support→Currently in progress
Exercise	Implemented "e-learning" to improve literacy related to exercise. Conducted a follow-up questionnaire after 3 months to confirm the establishment of exercise habits. Implemented "Walking Posture Measurement Sessions" that visualizes walking posture, focusing on "walking" as a theme that anyone can easily challenge. Implemented events using health apps, wearable devices, and body composition analyzers to provide opportunities to review and improve lifestyle habits (exercise, diet, etc.).	Number of e-learning participants: About 3,000 →90.9% responded "satisfied" →70% of employees who exercised less than once a week reported a change in awareness Number of participants in walking posture measurement sessions: About 210 →98.5% responded "satisfied" Percentage of respondents who thought of or were motivated to improve their eating habits and exercise habits: Eating habits: 71.7% Exercise habits: 91.3%
Sleep	Implemented "e-learning" to improve literacy related to sleep. Conducted a follow-up questionnaire after 3 months to confirm behavior change. Held "Sleep Seminars" addressing the respective sleep issues of new employees and shift workers. →Implemented a sleep video distribution for shift workers who were unable to participate on the day of the event and for day shift workers who are not well rested from sleep.	E-learning participants: About 2,900 →90.7% responded "satisfied" Number of participants in sleep seminars:New employees　About 80/Shift workers 620/Day shift workers 500 →Responded "satisfied": Shift workers About 30%/Day shift workers About 60%
Stress	Provided feedback on the stress check group analysis results to each department. Also, set criteria for high-risk departments and provided more detailed feedback to applicable departments while proposing workplace environment improvements. From FY2023, implemented stress checks for employees assigned overseas. As a follow-up, outsourced counseling is provided.	Provided feedback on stress check group analysis results to all departments →Recommended line care training for high-risk departments, to be implemented from FY2024 Stress check response rate for overseas assignees in FY2024: 87.8%
Others	Implemented women's seminars for female employees and their supervisors (regardless of gender). Implemented body composition & bone density measurement sessions.	Women's seminar →95% responded "satisfied" Body composition & bone density measurement sessions →97.7% responded "satisfied"

Item		FY2022	FY2023	FY2024
Work Engagement^*1		2.28	2.30	2.28
Higher is preferable	Regular Health Check Rate	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	Varied special health check Rate	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
	Rate of receiving detailed examinations after regular health check-ups	-	-	58.3%
	Control rate of hypertension patients receiving treatment	-	-	85.7%
	BMI suitable (18.5 or more and less than 25) Person Ratio	64.7%	63.1%	64.4%
	Nonsmoking Rate	83.3%	82.9%	83.4%
	Ratio for employees with Exercise habits	26.8%	27.9%	28.2%
	Ratio for employees able to take enough sleep	62.1%	60.5%	60.4%
	Ratio for employees able to have motivation for improving life habits^*2	78.9%	79.2%	77.2%
	Ratio for employees improving life habits^*2	32.1%	32.5%	33.6%
	Ratio for taking Stress Check	92.7%	90.1%	91.4%
Lower is preferable	High-stress person ratio by Stress Check	16.0%	15.5%	15.8%
	Ratio for employee's conscious of bad physical condition^*1	34.5%	32.8%	33.5%
	Presenteeism^*3	-	-	23.3%
	Ratio for absenteeism (Absence due to personal injury/illness)	0.9%	0.9%	1.3%

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Cited from Brief Survey Results of New Occupational Stress
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Cited from the results of the answer of Q21 in Specific Health Examination Questionnaire
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The Presenteeism is calculated based on SPQ (Single-Item Presenteeism Question) using the responses obtained through stress checks. Calculation formula: 100 minus the average of the responses.

Health Promotion Initiatives

Measures Against Lifestyle-related Diseases
～Collabo-health with Health Insurance Association～

Rising risk of lifestyle-related disease and health care costs is the major challenge that cannot be avoided. Our Health Insurance Association has lowered the target age for Specific Health Check and Specific Health Guidance from the statutory age of 40 or older to 35 or older in order to encourage people to take a greater interest in their own health before the age of 40 and to prevent lifestyle-related diseases at an early stage.

For implementing Specific Insurance Guidance, nursing-job person in Health Control Room of our company is closely involved. Also, as a whole company, by cooperating with interview implementation we are making efforts to keep environmental improvement where the targeted employees are able to participate inside the company. Having efforts as background, as for Specific Insurance Guidance, implementation ratio of our company is greatly exceeding 55.0% required by the country.

TAIYO YUDEN Health Insurance Activity (FY2023)

Target: TAIYO YUDEN employees aged 40 and over in Japan

1. Implementation rate of specific health checkups	99.6%
2. Implementation rate of specific health guidance	70.4%
3. Percentage of people eligible for specific health guidance	19.5%

Data source: 1,2.

Health Scoring Report for FY2023 (Results for FY2022) Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
(Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. Nippon Kenko Kaigi. Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry)

1,2,3.

Health Analysis Report 2023 Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd.
(Taiyo Yuden Health Insurance)

Measures Against Mental Health
～Follow-up After Implementing Stress Check

Our company is regarding the employees applied to "High Stress Person" and also not to hope to take interview guidance by doctor as "High Risk Person" to have them supported. For High Risk Person as target person for normal insurance guidance, nursing-job person in Health Control Room will make a contact. In the case of hoping to have insurance guidance, nursing-job person will make interview based on the situation and give guidance for counseling or a series of interview on a regular (irregular) basis. For High Risk Person making efforts to confirm work-site environment and current physical condition.

Smoking Countermeasures
～Promotion by Collaboration with Health Insurance Association～

According to strengthening laws for passive smoking and Health-Oriented Management Declaration of our company, we are promoting smoking countermeasures in cooperation with Health Insurance Association from 2019. Arranging environment maintenance team for smoking site, public awareness team for making employees informed or have awareness, and quit-smoking team for conducting follow-up for the persons hoping to quit smoking, and setting the first goal as "No smoking in the site all day", we have been promoting activities with domestic group companies.
We had made step-by-step promotion: Prohibiting cigarette sales from vending machine, enlightenment events in honor of World No-Tobacco Day, installing banners and displaying no-smoking poster, holding no-smoking seminar, distributing leaflets in the place of Regular Health Check, lending books related to no smoking, no-smoking support with incentive, and reached the goal of "No smoking in the site all day" from April, 2021 as planned.
At present, for Enforcement and continuous maintenance of rules, we are conducting regular site patrol and making result reporting to Safety and Health Committee and quit-smoking support. The smoking rate in FY2024 was 16.6%, while it was 23.4% in fiscal 2019.

Acquisition of Certification (TAIYO YUDEN)

White 500 for Outstanding Health and Productivity Management

We have been acknowledged for 5 consecutive years since 2021 by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry in its Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program for our strenuous efforts toward overcoming regional health-related challenges and promoting health-conscious activities led by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.

Sports Yell Company

We were certified as a Sports Yell Company for 5 consecutive years since 2021 by the Japan Sports Agency in recognition of our wide-ranging activities for encouraging employees to engage in exercise and sports.

Gunma Prefecture's Partner Company for Cancer Prevention and Control

In 2021, we were certified by the Gunma prefectural government for our efforts on cancer prevention and control, particularly for raising awareness in the workplace of the importance of undergoing cancer screening tests and incentivizing employees to do so, as well as for creating an environment to enable employees with cancer to continue working while receiving treatment.