Group Information

Corporate Information
Company nameDate established

As of March 31, 2023

Benesse Holdings, Inc.
January 28, 1955

Headquarters

3-7-17 Minamigata, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi,
Okayama 700-0807, Japan

Representative

Hitoshi Kobayashi
Representative Director and President, CEO(As of June 24, 2023)

Employees (Consolidated)

16,637

Capital13,817 million yen

Fiscal year-end

March 31

Consolidated subsidiaries
Name of company

Benesse Corporation

As of March 31, 2023

Common stock(Millions of yen)
3,000

Ratio ofshareholding (%)

Description of main business

100.0

Shinkenzemi correspondence courses for preschool, elementary, junior andsenior high school students, Shinken Simulated Exams, magazines

642

61.9

Education business focused on education through individual tuition

Benesse i-Career, Co., Ltd.

261

51.0

Provision of career-development and career educational support services touniversity students and adults

UP Inc.

100

100.0

Operation of schools providing educational guidance including preparation forentrance examinations, primary instructional science laboratories, and English
conversation instruction

Classi Corp.

10067.3

Development and operation of educational platform

Shinken-AD Co., Ltd.

65

100.0

Advertising services and creation of university information magazines

Plandit Co., Ltd.

40100.0

Planning and editing of study materials

EDUCOM Corporation

33100.0*1

Developing school management support systems

Benesse BE studio Inc.

10100.0

Operation of English schools and international preschools

Learn-S Co., Ltd.

10100.0

Planning, editing, production and sales of study materials

Tokyo Educational Institute Co., Ltd.

10100.0

Operation of Tetsuryokukai, a prep school which helps prepare students hoping
to enter elite universities

Benesse Corporation China

125,000 Thousands of RMB

100.0

Sale of correspondence course materials for pre-schoolersBenesse Style Care Co., Ltd.

100

100.0

Operation of nursing care business, childcare and afterschool care business

Benesse Senior Support Co., Ltd.

100

100.0*1

Nursing home-search service, operation of consultation services for nursing
care, hosting seminars on nursing care

Benesse Palette Co., Ltd.

100

80.0*1

Delivery of prepared food for the elderly

Heart Medical Care Co., Ltd.

80

100.0

Providing recruitment services for medical, nursing, and welfare business

Benesse MCM Corp.

80

100.0*272,700 Million INR

100.0*2

Operation of prep schools in Indonesia

Benesse InfoShell Co., Ltd.*3150

100.0

Information system maintenance and operation business, information
processing service business

Benesse Business-mate, Inc.

50

100.0*4

Cleaning, mail services, OA, general affairs and accounting agencies

Naoshima Cultural Village Co., Ltd.

20100.0

Operation and management of hotels

20100.0

Logistics and data processing of tests and teaching materials for schools

3,600 Thousands of HKD

100.0

Sale and procurement of educational equipment, toys and other items

PT. Benesse Indonesia

Benesse Base-Com, Inc.
Benesse Hong Kong Co., Ltd.

Embodiment of Benesse (Well-Being)and Manifestation of LifelongGrowth Potential
Benesse Art Site Naoshima is the collective name for the art-related activities we conduct in cooperation

Tokyo Individualized Educational Institute, Inc.

1Special Feature: Benesse Art Site Naoshima

with the Fukutake Foundation on the islands of Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima in the Seto Inland Sea.
Through Benesse Art Site Naoshima, we demonstrate how nature, art, and people can co-exist harmoniously
and provide places where visitors can encounter the embodiment of Benesse (Well-being),
which is our corporate philosophy, and a manifestation of the concept of lifelong growth potential.
Since launching the project 30 years ago, we have been conducting a string of related activities.
In this special feature we introduce some of these activities and our ideas reflected in them.

Medical and nursing care recruitment and dispatch service business

Plus 14 other subsidiaries.
*1
*2
*3
*4

Indirect stock holding through a subsidiary
Including an indirect stock holding of 0.1% through a subsidiary
Benesse InfoShell Co., Ltd. was merged into Benesse Corporation on July 1, 2023
Including an indirect stock holding of 2.0% through a subsidiary

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Pumpkin, Yayoi Kusama ©YAYOI KUSAMA

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Special Feature: Benesse Art Site Naoshima

Communicating the Significanceof Sustainable Growth since
the Pre-SDGs Era
Special places where nature, art and people
co-exist in harmony
Benesse Art Site Naoshima was started in the 1980s, long before the term “SDGs”
was coined. We started the activities in order to bring art to the Seto Inland Sea
area, with a focus on Naoshima and Teshima in Kagawa Prefecture and Inujima
in Okayama Prefecture and based on a policy of taking as much time as wasneeded and not trying to rush the process. Specifically, we aim to make artistic
and architectural works an integral part of the local landscape and culture to turnthe islands into special places. Through the artistic activities, we have beencommunicating the true meaning of affluence and sustainability. We hope that
visitors to the area will start thinking about the meaning of well-being and how itapplies to their own lives through contact with the local nature, people, and art.

Revitalizing local communities and solving local
problems through art
Naoshima, Teshima, and Inujima each have a long history and are blessed with
abundant nature, including virgin Japanese landscapes. On these islands, you
may find answers to questions like: “Can people exist in areas with no history ornature?” and “What does well-being mean?” Although designated Japan’s firstnational park, the area also supported the country’s modernization and higheconomic growth of the postwar period, which left a negative legacy, including
various environmental problems. Through the artistic activities, we arecontributing to solving these problems and ensuring that the local nature,history, culture, and various other indigenous charms of the islands are passed onto the next generation.

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Top: Teshima Art Museum Photo: Kenichi Suzuki
Bottom: Inujima Seirensho Art Museum Photo: Daichi Ano

Photo: Shintaro Miyawaki

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Special Feature: Benesse Art Site Naoshima

Use What Exists to Create What Is to Be

Creating unprecedentedly new value for sustainability and growth
The concept of Benesse Art Site Naoshima is “Use what exists to create what is to be.” In line with this concept, artistic
works were created and installed on the islands. Creating unprecedentedly new value by making use of the local nature,
history, culture, and others fosters sustainability and growth. In the following we introduce some of the works born out of
the idea of sustainability.

Photo: Noboru Morikawa

Teshima
Art Museum

Harmony between rice terraces, art, and architectureThis museum, which is shaped like a water droplet, stands on the slopeof a small hill in the Karato area, which is characterized by extensive
rice terraces. The open section of the roof allows wind, sounds, andlight to enter from the surrounding area as a means of embodying thelimitless fusion of art, architecture, and nature. Moreover, for local
revitalization, the neighboring rice terraces have been restored toprovide opportunities for local people and visitors to the island to makeexchanges through events, such as a harvest festival where they canenjoy the rice terrace scenery along with local food.

Photo: Daichi Ano

Inujima Seirensho
Art Museum

Regional development from the perspectives of the environment, heritage, architecture, and art
The art museum was built on the site of an old copper refinery. The remains of the factory, which was built with karami bricks madefrom copper slag (a by-product of copper smelting), were preserved and incorporated into the design along with the chimney. The
museum moreover utilizes natural energy, such as solar and geothermal heat, and operates an advanced water treatment system thatuses plant life to purify water. With even its grounds planted with trees suited to the local climate, the museum represents a recycling
society-oriented project implemented from the perspectives of the environment, heritage, architecture, and art.

The Naoshima Plan “The Water”

Highlighting the nature and history of Honmura,
Naoshima
An old house was renovated to take advantage of the island’swind patterns and the groundwater network that lies beneath thelocal village. A basin filled with well water was installed to create
an atmosphere of wind and water for visitors to enjoy. Thisproject was intended to highlight the importance of design andthe richness and beauty of nature.
The Naoshima Plan:
We have been implementing this project with architect Hiroshi Sambuichi
since 2011. Under the project, the architect presented the Cockpit for Windand Water in 2013, and Naoshima Hall (multipurpose facility) and Matabe (aprivate residence) in 2015. Following the presentation of The Naoshima Plan
“The Water” in 2019, he also presented The Naoshima Plan “Ju” in 2022.
SAMBUICHI ARCHITECTS

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