Company ProfileA Leading Japanese Think Tank:
From Policy Recommendations to Real-World Solutions
As a company that resolves societal
issues, we take an active role in tackling
this challenge. We will fulfill this role andhelp create a desirable future world byboth utilizing our research strengths as athink tank and undertaking the real-world
implementation of solutions ourselves.
This is how we will lead change, cocreating new value with our clients andpartners spanning a broad network acrossJapan’s leading fields.
Through our work, we aim to achieveboth societal value of greater impact aswell as sustainable growth of our people
and businesses.

We, the Mitsubishi Research Institute,
have helped clients and society at large
overcome pressing issues through ourresearch and consulting services over awide range of fields such as energy,environment, health care, and ICT. Since
our founding in 1970 as a venturecommemorating the centenary of the
Mitsubishi Group, the past 50 years havepresented society with unprecedentedchange, and many issues have taken on acomplex, tangled relationship. The world
has been left with the challenge ofensuring a prosperous and sustainable
future for subsequent generations.

Company Outline
Head Office10-3, Nagatacho 2-Chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8141
Japan
Contact: www.mri.co.jp/en-info/

Other Offices in Japan

Kansai Office (Osaka)
Chubu Office (Nagoya)
Hanoi Representative Office (Hanoi, Viet Nam)
Contact: vietnam-office@ml.mri.co.jp

Offices Overseas

Middle East Regional Office (Dubai, United Arab Emirates)
Contact: middleeast-office@ml.mri.co.jp

Representative Directors

Kenji Yabuta, President
Yasuteru Hirai, Executive Vice-President

Capital Stock

6,336 million yen

Stock Exchange Listing

Tokyo Stock Exchange (Prime Market), Code: 3636

Number of Employees

4,428 (consolidated), 1,150 (non-consolidated)
As of September 30, 2023

Major Shareholders

Mitsubishi Corporation
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation

Guiding Principles
Our Mission
What we strive toaccomplish

To resolve societal issues and co-create asustainable, abundant future

Our Vision
How we intend to do it

Mitsubishi Research Institute Group
Envisioning the future, leading change
Think Tank and Consulting Services

Our Commitments

Building on pastachievements

What our professionals
are dedicated toDevotion to Growth
Collective Knowledge

Transformation
A Clear StanceTaking on Challenges
Reality

1. Devotion to Growth : Continually honing our value to society and our customers
2. Collective Knowledge : Acting as a hub between diverse branches of knowledge: Using scientific insights to discern the proper path toward the ideal future
3. A Clear Stance
4. Taking on Challenges : Transforming the world in new ways
: Devotion to feasible recommendations and their implementation
5. Reality

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Our Value Creation Process

At a Glance
undertaking the actual design of policy
and solutions, as well as the real-world
implementation of these provenmeasures.
This process is at the core of ourbusiness allowing us to work alongsideclients and society at large to achieve
the common goal of resolving societal
issues and thus transforming society.

We operate under a unique value chain
for resolving societal issues, our Value
Creation Process (VCP), offering
services along all four of its stages. We
develop policy recommendations basedon independent research as well as offer
analysis to support programs andbusinesses that better society. We go
beyond the typical think tank realm by

Net Sales by Business Segment(Mitsubishi Research Institute Group)
IT Services(71.6 billion yen)

59 %Net Sales by Type of Client(Think Tank and Consulting Services Segment)

Think Tank andConsulting Services

GeneralIndustry(50.4 billion yen)

41 %
122.1
billion yen

21 %Finance andCredit Cards
6%

50.4

billion yenGovernment
and Public Sector

73 %Resolve Societal Issues&Transform Society

Societal Issues

As of September 2023

1.
Research &Recommendations

3.
Design &Testing2.
Analysis &Conceptualization

4.
Implementation

916 Researchers with Expertise Across Wide Range of Fields*(Think Tank & Consulting Services Segment)

Natural Sciences
Research andrecommendations into
the ideal future society
and solutions for societal
issues, in light of broader
trendsAnalysis of the issues facing
customers and society;conceptualizing policy andbusinesses to resolve
those issues

Design and testing forpolicies, businesses,and strategies

Implementation ofmeasures and services asbusiness owner andoperator to resolve
societal issues and bringabout a better future

685 (69%)

Architecture, Civil Engineering, UrbanEngineering 

96Energy, Nuclear Power, Physics 92

Chemistry, Biology, Agriculture, Forestry,Geology 98

Environmental Engineering, EnvironmentalStudies 74

Information, Systems Science 71- Think Tank Function:
Independent research pioneering major societal trends

Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace 62- Societal and Public Innovation:
Services for the public and private sectors based on our knowledge of policy

Administration Engineering, ManagementEngineering37

Mathematical Engineering, Mathematics 28

Resources, Materials, Metals 27

Others 51

Our Main Business Fields- Digital Innovation:
Digital transformation services for the private sector based on management
perspectives- Financial System Innovation:
Services for the financial sector based on our experience with financial systems
3Social Sciences

Electricity, Electronics, Telecommunications  49

* As of September 2023

4305 (31%)

Law, Political Science, Public Policy 83

Economics 68

Management, Commerce 62

Sociology, Education 52

Others 40

International Services

In Asia, each country is at a different stage of growth andfeatures unique societal issues. We tackle each issue by
carefully crafting the ideal team among experts from avariety backgrounds and in collaboration with both the Hanoi
Office and international partners. We strive to help
countries to resolve their societal issues, as well as bolster
competitiveness of Japanese corporations in the region.

For Businesses• Introduction of Japanese technologies, • Mapping out of international businessservices, and methodologies abroad

strategies through analysis, forecast, andfeasibility studies of international markets

For Governments• Assistance in designing the measuresthat will meet societal needs• Assistance in attracting Japanese corporations
and investment

In the Middle East, reforms are under way to shift from anindustrial structure dependent on the export of oil resources
to a sustainable economy and society. In particular, withgrowing concerns over energy security and global
momentum for decarbonization, speed is picking up in thedevelopment of environmental infrastructure and theintroduction of decarbonization-related technologies. We offer
support in policy planning and bilateral cooperation to thegovernments of the oil-producing countries in the Gulf
region. We also help Japanese corporations invested in theregion develop international business strategies.

Project Sectors
 Infrastructure and Transport Energy and Environment

 Industry
 Others

 Assistance developing high-speed railway
 Assistance developing energy saving policy Assistance developing industrial policy Healthcare market-entry strategy

 Feasibility study on EU-Japan technicalcooperation in railway

 International collaboration on automated driving
 High-speed railway study
 Circular economy-based eco-design study International collaboration on automateddriving

 Infrastructure materials market research Assistance in developing underground High-speed railway study Eco-city development
 Energy saving policies
 Study on clean Air quality monitoring management
 Consulting on solid waste management
 Study on ICT sector collaboration
 Assistance creating SME development policy
 Consulting on management of Qatar Friendshipstorage of CO2

 Foreigner acceptance policy study

development mechanism Assistance developing

middle-class marketing

East AsiaEuropeFund

North America
Middle East High-speed railway study Energy eﬃciency study Consulting on Great Egyptian Museum
 Agriculture business study

South Asia
Head Oﬃce

AfricaMiddle East Regional Oﬃce

 Clean development mechanism
 Electricity market study
 Automotive battery recycling market

MRIA International, Inc.

research

 Fishery product export survey
 Assistance in facilitating PPP Triangle

Hanoi Oﬃce

cooperation

Southeast Asia

 Assistance in urban

Latin America

development

 Research on technologies for operation & management of infrastructure Promotion of advanced energy technology
 Banking system study Industrial human resource development
 Development of strategy for entry into healthcare market
 Administrative general law system study

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Oceania Assistance in developing
biodiversity policy

 Study on clean development
mechanism Assistance in developing
sport-athlete market6

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Published：December 2023