We value the health of our employees and their families, and are working to create more pleasant and comfortable workplaces where people feel proud to work and want to be part of our company. Additionally, we have established the Health Declaration to ensure that everyone, including our customers, can feel happiness.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties’ Declaration on Employee Health Management
Health Management “Hankyu Hanshin Properties Well-Being *Project”
Hankyu Hanshin Properties believes that the mental and physical well-being of employees and their families remains the source of happiness and the cornerstone of the Group’s prosperous future. In addition, in order to fulfill our management philosophy of delivering “Safety and Comfort” and “Dreams and Excitement” to our customers, it is paramount that we enable everyone to fully demonstrate their diverse personalities and abilities in good health.
In order to realize this, we are making efforts to ensure that all employees have a high awareness of his or her own health, and work together with colleagues and family members to promote good health.
Furthermore, as a comprehensive real estate business company in our group, we will support everyone’s efforts to improve their health by providing facilities and living spaces that enable office and commercial workers and residents of condominiums and detached houses to experience well-being. Moreover, for urban development, we will work to create towns and cities that harmonize with the natural environment, so that society as a whole can enjoy safe and comfortable lives into the future.
Under the slogan of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group’s “Hankyu Hanshin Wellness Challenge,” Hankyu Hanshin Properties will strive to actively support the health of each and every employee and create a workplace environment where people can work with vigor and vitality, while also making further efforts at our company by implementing the Hankyu Hanshin Properties Well-Being Project.
The term “well-being” refers to an individual’s physical and mental health, and social well-being (i.e., feeling happy).
June 2018
Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
We have established the Health Management Promotion Committee, which comprises members of the management board mostly from the Human Resources Department, and makes decisions for the review and implementation of measures.
The Committee works with the Health and Safety Committee of each business establishment, industrial physicians, and the Hankyu Hanshin Health Insurance Association, and analyzes the health issues of employees and their families, formulates specific measures, verifies if targets and goals are being met, and creates plans for continual improvement.
On March 10, 2025, we were certified as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2025, jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council). This system recognizes and honors corporations that practice particularly excellent health management, based on initiatives that are aligned with local health issues and the health promotion initiatives advocated by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).
We have established the following “Declaration of Non-Smoking Promotion” as part of our health management.
Based on this declaration, we will work to support, educate, enlighten, and improve the environment to promote non-smoking.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties’ Declaration of Non-Smoking Promotion
Hankyu Hanshin Properties believes that the physical and mental health of employees and their families is the starting point of happiness and the foundation of a prosperous future for the Group, and that good health is of utmost importance in order to provide customers with “Safety and Comfort” and “Dreams and Excitement.”
In order to realize this, we are promoting health management, a company-wide effort to ensure that each and every employee has a high awareness of his or her own health and works together with colleagues and family members to promote good health.
Among the various factors that impair health, smoking is said to be the greatest risk factor among the preventable causes of illness and death. Smoking not only adversely affects one’s own health, but it also poses a significant health hazard to those around the smokers at work and at home in the form of passive smoking.
In view of the above, Hankyu Hanshin Properties declares its commitment to the promotion of non-smoking with the aim of creating a workplace environment that promotes the health and vitality of each and every employee.
September 2021
Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
Implementing countermeasures for smoking, which can be a risk for various diseases, is an important issue for maintaining and improving individual and workplace health.
Since April, 2024, the Company has prohibited smoking during work hours.
Since the smoking rate among our employees is 18.4%, which is higher than the national average (15.7% in 2023), we are implementing various measures to help promote smoking cessation in cooperation with our Health Insurance Association and affiliated medical institutions.
As a measure to support smoking cessation, the actual cost of outpatient smoking cessation treatment at a medical institution will be subsidized upon application by the patient. (The maximum amount is 20,000 yen.)
We have been holding seminars with the aim of increasing employees’ knowledge of women’s health issues.
Cases of breast and cervical cancer are said to be increasing in women in their 20s and 30s, and early detection not only results in a higher survival rate but also lessens the physical impact of the cancer. We provide full subsidies for the examination fee to encourage women to have an annual checkup.
On September 15, 2021, we were registered as a partner company for the promotion of Corporate Action for Cancer Control.
Having regular health checkups is important in order to detect and treat lifestyle-related diseases at an early stage. That is why we are working to improve the rate of health checkups.
Lifestyle-related diseases may result in serious illness if left untreated. We encourage employees who meet certain criteria in their health checkup results to participate in specific health guidance to prevent lifestyle-related diseases.
In order to maintain and enhance the health of our employees, we have formed an alliance with Hankyu Kyoeikai, a medical corporation with resident industrial physicians and three clinics in Umeda. We are working to improve the rate of employees having regular health checkups and various vaccinations, and to provide employees with a chance to consult industrial physicians. Additionally, we have a system in place that enables employees who fall ill or continue to have health problems while at work to receive outpatient consultations at an early stage, with the system acting as the primary physician for employees in the workplace.
We encourage our employees to participate in the “Minna-de-Arukatsu” walking event, which is sponsored by the Health Insurance Association and is held twice a year.
In this event, participants form teams freely and compete to see which team takes the most steps over a certain period of time. Participants whose average number of steps during the event exceeds a certain standard are entered into a drawing to receive great prizes.
We have started a system that allows employees to order a healthy bento lunch box.
These healthy lunch boxes feature a daily menu that takes into consideration the nutritional balance and appropriate calories, which are the basis of healthy eating.
We have set up a space in workplaces where employees can buy affordable farm-fresh vegetables, seasonal fruits, and other food selected by a nutritionist.
We conduct regular stress checks for employees to help reduce their risk of mental health issues by encouraging self-awareness of stress and analyzing the test results collectively to improve the work environment.
This service is open for consultations not only about your own health and parenting issues, but also those of your family members. Online consultations are available, as well as individual parenting classes and other services. We also hold health-related seminars, as needed.
We have introduced a so-called Super Flextime System that has no core hours. This system allows employees to work according to their lifestyles, such as picking up and dropping off children, caring for family members, going to the hospital, off-peak commuting, etc. It also helps to reduce working hours by allowing employees to leave early on days when work is relatively light.
So as to facilitate operational efficiency, we have introduced a variety of IT systems and tools, including information sharing tools, business card management systems, and human resource management systems, as well as web conferencing systems and transportation expense reimbursement systems.
To foster communication among employees, we have 13 active clubs as of March 2025, including baseball, futsal, running, golf, marathon and ekiden, tennis, basketball, badminton, Mölkky, fishing, board games, and mahjong.
The Hashigo (Ladder) Plan project was formed mostly by young employees in their 5th-to-10th year with the company, with the aim of creating an environment that stimulates communication among employees beyond the boundaries of superiors, subordinates, colleagues, and affiliated departments. This project reviews and implements various measures and events, from the perspective of young employees.
Han-Fun is a magazine to foster communication in the company. It introduces information about well-being and supports the health of employees by providing information and stimulating communication.
This space was created to foster communication among employees and share information both inside and outside the company while refreshing the mind and body.
It features a library and can be used for a variety of purposes and occasions.
We have introduced a work-from-home system that allows employees to do some work tasks from home. This system also helps to reduce commuting time and realize flexible workstyles.
We support the creation of worker-friendly environments and systems to help each and every employee achieve a fulfilling work-life balance.
To foster a work environment that allows for better work-childcare balance, we have introduced unique support programs for both male and female employees that go beyond statutory requirements.
These include:
· Subsidies for fertility treatment
· Paid leave for spouse’s delivery and baby bonding support leave
· Half-day paid leave and increased telework opportunities (until the child enters junior high school)
· Childcare coupons (discount tickets for babysitter dispatch services)
We issue childcare coupons from the Children and Families Agency primarily to employees who apply and have children from infancy up to third grade in elementary school. These coupons provide a discount on babysitter fees during working hours. This is one way we are helping employees to balance their work and home life.
In addition to childcare, nursing care is an important consideration for many employees when balancing work with private life. We offer the following support programs to foster an environment that allows for a more comfortable work-nursing care balance.
These include:
· Nursing care leave
· Shortened working hours
· Half-day paid leave and increased telework opportunities
Employees may use up to 20 days per year of accrued leave carried over from unused annual leave within the designated period for childcare, nursing care, and other purposes.
To support the childcare and nursing care duties of employees, we have introduced a system of leave and reduced working hours that exceeds the statutory requirements. We have also created and made available a Handbook to Support Balancing Work and Childcare/Nursing Care to encourage employees to make further use of these systems.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties has established a skills development program and is working to support the careers of each and every employee.
In addition to rank-based training, we offer purpose-specific programs designed to enhance business skills and support career autonomy. We also work to nurture each employee such as by encouraging them to obtain work-related qualifications.
We offer leave to employees who relocate overseas to accompany a spouse on assignment.
We also provide support to help them pause their own careers temporarily due to a spouse’s job and return to work afterward.
We offer leave to employees for fertility treatment.
This can be requested together with a treatment subsidy.
Note: Available programs and conditions may vary depending on employment status and placement.
