Basic Human Resources Policy

The Group positions maximization of the value of human capital as an important foundation for management. We aim to create a virtuous cycle in which all employees, each with their own personality and values, act on their own initiative to achieve growth, which in turn leads to the sustained growth of the company.

 

The Company emphasizes the importance of human resources development that supports employees in their efforts to achieve growth themselves and their willingness to take on challenges, and to that end, promotes a range of measures founded on a comprehensive management system for human resources.
We are constructing systems for the integration of hiring, development, placement, and evaluation of human resources, allowing employees, managers, and companies to fulfill their respective roles while supporting growth.

Comprehensive Management System for Human Resources

Basic approach

This system is a tool for the achievement of management objectives, and the Company thinks it is important to link the system to objective management, evaluation, treatment, training, and utilization.

Comprehensive management system for human resources

Number of employees

March 31, 2022

March 31, 2023

March 31, 2024

March 31, 2025

March 31, 2026

Consolidated

6,697

6,370

5,577

4,492

4,340

Non-consolidated

3,278

3,107

3,044

2,467

2,384

Men

2,490

2,354

2,290

1,789

1,719

Women

788

753

754

678

665

Human Resources Development

Growth of the Group is supported by the growth of each employee. Employee growth is achieved through employees’ own efforts toward the future they envision for themselves.

 

As mechanisms to support that growth, the Company coordinates four elements—hiring, development, placement, and evaluation—to encourage employees’ efforts toward growth and their willingness to take on challenges.

Four Elements for Human Resources Development

  1. Employment of diverse human resources
    The Group hires a broad range of human resources who share the values of the Group. After joining the Company, employees take the initiative in shaping their own careers and growing through their work, based on their own plans for growth.
     
  2. On- and off-the-job training through MBO
    By linking management by objectives (MBO) targets with those of the individual and combining daily on-the-job training (OJT) through employees’ daily work, dialogue with superiors (one-on-one), and training and self-study, we encourage proactive growth.
     
  3. Transfers and rotations
    By assigning the right people to the right places, primarily through the use of internal job postings, we provide employees with a diverse range of opportunities, supporting them in efforts to shape their own careers and take on challenges.
     
  4. Fair evaluations
    We fairly evaluate the processes and results of efforts to achieve targets, using feedback to link this to future growth. These evaluations are reflected in placements and in further development.

Role in Human Resource Development

Employees, managers, and companies each have their own important role to play in supporting growth in human resources development.
Each employee acts proactively to create a growth plan aimed at becoming the person they aspire to be, while learning and gaining experience through their everyday tasks and applying both to improve the quality and outcomes of their work.
Managers support that growth through daily dialogue and by offering opportunities for employees to take on challenges, while the Company constructs systems and environments that encourage these endeavors and support learning.

 

Employees, managers, and the Company cooperate to fulfill their respective roles, so that individual growth links to the success and sustained growth of the organization as a whole.

Individual and organizational growth through work

Career Development Support

At Tanabe Pharma, we believe that careers are formed by a combination of learning and experience gained through daily tasks. We offer support to allow each employee to take the initiative in achieving the career they envision for their lives while responding to changes in the environment.

 

  • Career interviews
    Employees discuss what they want to achieve in the medium and long term, engaging in dialogue with managers on their actions and growth targets in that regard, clarifying the direction of their growth.
  • Career design workshops
    We hold workshops that allow employees to think proactively about the direction they wish to take in their own careers, and to learn the perspectives and ways of thinking that encourage them to act.
  • Career consultation
    In-house career supporters provide career advice.
  • Internal job postings / Self-declaration
    We provide opportunities for employees to take on the challenges that open up before them and support them in proactively shaping their own careers.

Transmitting and Embedding Our Corporate Culture

Sharing the origins and evolution of our Company plays a vital role in fostering a sense of unity among employees, while also enhancing their motivation and sense of ownership.
Tanabe Pharma, as the pharmaceutical company with the longest history in Japan, provides corporate history training sessions at the Tanabe Pharma Historical Museum for both domestic and international employees, as well as future hires. In addition, our Company collaborates with local museums to host seminars on regional and industrial history. These initiatives provide opportunities for employees to reflect on our identity as members of our Company with a proud pharmaceutical heritage.

Training at the Tanabe Pharma Historical Museum
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Training at the Tanabe Pharma Historical Museum