I have been appointed as President and CEO of Obayashi Corporation in April 2025.

Since its foundation in 1892, the Obayashi Group has worked hard to create new value in every space through the pursuit of honest craftsmanship supported by superior technologies and the underlying spirit embodied in the Obayashi Three Pledges to quality, value, and efficiency. The Group has also sought to contribute to the realization of a sustainable society by devising creative solutions to various social challenges. As President and CEO, I will do my utmost to improve corporate value and ensure the Obayashi Group continues to operate as a company worthy of the trust of all its stakeholders.

We are expanding our business on a global scale, leveraging its craftsmanship backed by the technology and expertise gained in the construction business to incorporate the fields of real estate development, green energy, new businesses, and others into our business portfolio. Buoyed by continued resilience in the Japanese construction market, the Obayashi Group is currently focusing on strengthening its business foundation and accelerating company-wide transformation. As a direction of sustainable growth set in the Addendum to Obayashi Group Medium-Term Business Plan 2022, we aim to be a group centered on domestic construction business and other businesses generating performance equal to or greater than that of the domestic construction business. We will continue to strengthen the foundation of our construction business, primarily through improvements to productivity, and work steadily to implement growth strategies across our entire business portfolio. At the same time, we will establish a structure that will allow the Obayashi Group to respond appropriately to whatever changes may take place in the business environment.

To realize the sustainable society stated in the Obayashi Philosophy, the Obayashi Group has envisioned the ideals to which we should all aspire in the Obayashi Sustainability Vision 2050. In order to pursue sustainability of "the planet, society, and people," we will leverage the Group's technologies and overall capabilities and go beyond business frontiers to provide a variety of solutions to social challenges that impact the sustainability of the spaces, cities, and other environments where people gather.

I hope I can count on your continued loyal support as we continue to strive to develop as a company that is trusted by its customers, shareholders, investors, and other stakeholders.