Fuji Media Holdings
Cite as: Japan IR Index, Fuji Media Holdings (4676), methodology GNT-BDS v1.1.1, reviewed 2026-10-21.
Findings and sources as of the review date shown. The company’s English disclosure may have changed since.
Where to start
Chosen from this company's lowest answers, easiest first. A quick fix uses material the company already has; a translation fix is usually met by translating a Japanese document (our note says whether this company has one). Questions that need a budget or a board decision are left out. Suggestions drawn from the research, separate from the scores.
F6 Multi-year financial data file (Excel or CSV) downloadable in English 0/5 Quick fix
Post the financial figures the company already publishes as an Excel or CSV file with English labels.
O7 Named English IR contact published 2/5 Quick fix
Link a dedicated IR contact (form, address or e-mail) from the English IR section.
G6 Shareholder vote results disclosed in English 2/5 Quick fix
Publish the vote counts from the Japanese extraordinary report in English.
O5 Single page listing all English IR documents by date and type 3/5 Quick fix
Keep one English page that lists every IR document with its date and type.
English disclosure assessment
All 34 questions reviewed by the editor against the public documents; this is not an independent audit. 21 answers corrected after re-checks (research errors) on 21 Oct 2026. These are changes to our record, not to the company’s disclosure. Changes to this record →
This company is a case in “Questions shareholders ask at the AGM”: 03 Unwinding cross-shareholdings, 13 Broader disclosure, 01 Excess capital and capital efficiency, 11 Real estate and other non-core assets, 12 CEO succession and nomination, 16 Running the AGM and counting votes. The shareholder proposals, the company’s answers and the vote results are taken from published documents.
Compared with peers
| Peer group | Median | This company |
|---|---|---|
| Same sector (Information & Communication) | Only 2 companies — too few to compare | |
| Same size band (¥500bn–2tn) | 84.2 | 30 of 43 |
Compared with the companies covered here, not the whole market. Sector is the TSE 33-sector classification; market cap is from the TSE English-disclosure survey, Aug 2026; it only sets the size band, plays no part in the score, and is refreshed once a quarter. Ties share the higher rank.
Out of 100.
Of the 34 questions reviewed, 30 scored 3 or more and 1 found no qualifying English materials within the stated review scope. Read each score with its source and scope below.
Findings by question
F1Quarterly and full-year results summaries (tanshin) published in English4/5
An English results summary for every quarter, but the full English arrives about two weeks after the Japanese: Q1 FY3/2027 has a 6-page summary on 4 Aug and the full 13 pages on 19 Aug; FY3/2026 has the summary on 12 May and the full 24 pages on 26 May. The same pattern runs back through FY3/2025. Complete when it comes (see F2). Every period, weeks behind, so 4. Source document →
F2English results summary is a full translation, not an excerpt5/5
The full English Q1 FY3/2027 results (19 Aug 2026, 13 pages) carry the summary, the qualitative section (results, financial position, forecast), the statements and the notes, segment information included. The full-year results (26 May 2026, 24 pages) add cash flows, changes in equity and the segment overview. So 5. Source document →
F3Financial statements including notes available in English5/5
Statements and notes for the latest quarter in the full English Q1 FY3/2027 results (balance sheet, income and comprehensive income, going-concern, equity and segment notes). So 5. Source document →
F4Annual securities report available in English in any form3/5
No English annual securities report. The English notice of the 85th AGM (100 pages) carries the business report, the consolidated and non-consolidated statements with their notes, and the auditors' and Audit & Supervisory Committee's reports (pp.98-100), but none of the securities report's narrative parts (risks, management's analysis, facilities). The Japanese report was filed on 24 Jun 2026. Statements only, so 3. Source document →
F5Segment revenue and profit disclosed in English, consistent definitions5/5
Sales and segment operating profit for Media & Content and Urban Development, Hotels & Resorts in every English tanshin (Q1 FY3/2027 segment note), with the segments and their scope defined in the full-year results ('Overview of Reported Segments', 26 May 2026). So 5. Source document →
F6Multi-year financial data file (Excel or CSV) downloadable in English0/5
No Excel or CSV file on the English site. Financial Highlights (IR > IR Library) shows charts and HTML tables of quarterly sales and profit for five years, with no download; the integrated report has an 11-year summary as PDF (p.51). Neither counts. Re-checked 21 Oct 2026.
F7Guidance disclosed in English with the basis explained4/5
The full-year forecast is in every English tanshin, with a segment-by-segment qualitative basis and the note that it excludes outside capital for the urban-development business (FY3/2026 results, Future Outlook). Revisions are announced in English (3 Feb and 27 Apr 2026). No exchange-rate or segment-number assumptions in the tanshin, so 4. Source document →
F8English financial disclosure current to the latest Japanese filing period5/5
The English results cover Q1 FY3/2027, the latest Japanese filing period. So 5. Source document →
S1Medium-term management plan in English with numerical targets4/5
Group Vision 2026-2030 Ver. 1.0 is in English (32 pages): growth investment of ¥150.0 billion or more over five years, operating-income growth of ¥66.0 billion or more by area, Media & Content operating income of ¥35.0 billion and ROE of 6% in FY2030, 8% later, and 15 live-action films a year. The Japanese was released on 12 May 2026; the English file is dated 17 Jun and listed on 17 Jun. Complete but later, so 4. Source document →
S2IR presentations published in English5/5
An English results deck for every quarter since FY3/2025; for every quarter of FY3/2026 and for Q1 FY3/2027 each comes with an English summary of the president's remarks and of the Q&A, as on the Japanese side. The English comes 24 to 42 days after the Japanese, which is scored under R1. So 5. Source document →
S3English equity-story or investment-highlights page5/5
Integrated Report 2025 (English, 56 pp, IR > Integrated Report) has 'Performance and Business Overview' (p.19), giving the two core segments with their sales and operating income, and for each segment a 'Characteristics' and a 'Business Environment and Growth Strategies' spread (pp.22-25). These quantify the strengths: Fuji Television passed 1 billion annual streaming views in 2024 (1.05 billion), a first among commercial broadcasters, and holds the leading position in the AVOD market; Kobe Suma Sea World passed 2 million visitors. The English site also has Group Vision 2026-2030 and a For Individual Investors page. Re-checked 21 Oct 2026; the September note called the navigation thin. Under the S3 reading applied to the cohort on 21 Oct, a section in an investor document counts the same as a page and a named market rank counts as a quantified strength. So 5. Source document →
S4Growth drivers identified and quantified in English5/5
Group Vision 2026-2030 (English, p.6) splits growth investment and the operating-income target by area: IP development ¥20.0 billion for +¥5.0 billion, production and distribution ¥50.0 billion for +¥54.0 billion (including +¥44.0 billion from TV broadcasting), multi-angled IP expansion ¥80.0 billion for +¥7.0 billion. Named and quantified, so 5. Source document →
S5Results-briefing transcripts or Q&A published in English4/5
An English Q&A summary for every briefing of FY3/2026 and Q1 FY3/2027, but later than the Japanese: Q1 FY3/2027 Japanese 25 Aug, English 8 Sep; FY3/2026 Japanese 29 May, English 23 Jun. Every period, later, so 4. Source document →
S6Integrated or annual report available in English4/5
Integrated Report 2025 in English (56 pages, 3 Apr 2026), the same edition as the Japanese of 29 Jan 2026 and the latest published. It covers the year to March 2025 with later updates, one year behind the closed fiscal year (FY3/2026), which is how the cohort scores it (TOWA, TOCALO). The 2024 edition is also in English. Complete, one edition behind, so 4. Source document →
S7Progress against the previous plan, including misses, explained in English3/5
The previous plan, Medium-Term Group Vision 2023, was not run to its end: an English notice of 16 May 2025 withdraws its target of ¥40.0 billion consolidated operating profit for FY3/2026 and explains why (the fall in advertising revenue after the Fuji TV incident). The 2024 integrated report described first-year progress with figures (p.7). No English table sets the plan's targets against actual results. So 3. Source document →
G1Corporate governance report available in English3/5
The Corporate Governance Report filed with the TSE is in Japanese only (latest 1 Oct 2026, on the Japanese IR pages). The English site has its own governance text instead: 'Basic Philosophy and Basic Policy regarding Corporate Governance' (Company Information > Corporate Governance). A website narrative, so 3. Source document →
G2Director biographies in English with tenure, expertise and independence5/5
The English 85th AGM notice (10 Jun 2026) profiles the seven director candidates: career history with dates, concurrent posts, reasons for selection, board attendance and the outside / independent label (pp.10-18). The four Audit & Supervisory Committee members, not up for election, are covered in English in Integrated Report 2025's List of Executives (career histories, p.49) and in the notice's business report (pp.37-45). Every director covered, so 5. Source document →
G3Board skills matrix published in English5/5
Skills matrix for all eleven directors, assuming the election, in the English 85th AGM notice (p.19), with the reason for each skill (p.20). Current, so 5. Source document →
G4Executive remuneration structure and its performance linkage explained in English4/5
The English 85th AGM notice sets out fixed pay, an annual bonus and transfer-restricted shares, how each is decided, and the amounts paid by type (pp.40-42). The bonus rests on operating profit and non-financial human-capital indicators, considered as a whole, with no weights. Measures without weights, so 4. Source document →
G5AGM notice in English with sufficient lead time to vote4/5
The English notice of the 85th AGM (meeting 25 Jun 2026) is dated 10 Jun and was listed on 9 Jun, about two weeks ahead; the Japanese was out on 3 Jun. It has the reference documents for both proposals and explains voting in writing or online. About two weeks, so 4. Source document →
G6Shareholder vote results disclosed in English2/5
The English notice of resolutions (25 Jun 2026) says each proposal was approved as proposed and names the directors elected. No vote counts or approval ratios in English; those are in the Japanese extraordinary report only. Outcome only, so 2. Source document →
G7Cross-shareholdings in English with reduction schedule and rationale5/5
The English 85th AGM notice (pp.22-23) gives the policy and the board's annual review, the holdings (39 listed issues, ¥171.5 billion; 96 in all, ¥182.2 billion), a target (sell over ¥100.0 billion in the three years from FY3/2026 and bring holdings below 15% of net assets) and progress (¥49.4 billion sold in FY3/2026; four years of counts, amounts and ratios). The Japanese securities report lists no deemed holdings. So 5. Source document →
O1English IR section reachable within two clicks of the English homepage5/5
Investor Relations is in the main menu of the English homepage, one click away. So 5. Source document →
O2English document links resolve to English documents5/5
Twelve English links sampled across types: the Q1 FY3/2027 summary and full results, the FY3/2026 results, the Q1 deck and Q&A, the 85th AGM notice, its correction and the resolutions, Group Vision 2026-2030, Integrated Reports 2024 and 2025, and the May 2025 notice on the previous plan. All open English documents. So 5. Source document →
O3English IR archive free of dead links5/5
The same twelve links all open. So 5. Source document →
O4English IR pages render without blank JavaScript failures5/5
The English IR pages render in a browser, including the year selectors on the results, presentation and disclosure lists and the Financial Highlights charts. So 5. Source document →
O5Single page listing all English IR documents by date and type3/5
No single library page: the English IR Library is split into Disclosure Documents, Earnings Reports, Presentation Materials, Financial Highlights and Integrated Report, each dated with a year selector. So 3. Source document →
O6English archive genuinely populated, not an unverifiable shell5/5
Several years across types: results back to FY2016 and decks to FY2017 in the year selectors, disclosure documents back to 2024, integrated reports 2024 and 2025, and the current AGM papers. So 5. Source document →
O7Named English IR contact published2/5
No IR contact route on the English site: the IR top, the sitemap, the individual-investor page and the company profile have no IR address, phone or form. The English tanshin header names the head of the finance department. Re-checked 21 Oct 2026, so 2. Source document →
R1Earnings materials published in English simultaneously with Japanese3/5
Latest two results: Q1 FY3/2027 (Japanese 4 Aug) has an English 6-page summary the same day, the full English on 19 Aug and the English deck on 28 Aug; FY3/2026 (Japanese 12 May) has the summary the same day, the full English on 26 May and the deck on 23 Jun. A same-day summary with the full English later counts as late. Two to six weeks, so 3. Source document →
R2Median lag in days between Japanese and English statutory publication3/5
Japanese / English: Q1 FY3/27 tanshin JA 4 Aug, English 6-page summary 4 Aug, full English 19 Aug = 15; FY3/26 tanshin JA 12 May, full English 26 May = 14; 85th AGM notice JA 3 Jun / EN 9 Jun = 6; Corporate Governance Report (JA 26 Jun) and Annual Securities Report (JA 24 Jun) have no English (>90). Median 15 days, so 3. Source document →
R3Timely disclosures published in English4/5
Twelve months of the Japanese TSE disclosure list (22 Oct 2025 to 21 Oct 2026, about 30 items) against the English: nearly all have an English version the same day, including buybacks, dividend and forecast changes, management changes and the takeover-defence notices. Late: the Group Vision document (12 May, English 17 Jun), the Reform Action Plan November update (10 Nov, English 2 Dec) and one notice a day late (24 Dec). A few late, so 4. Source document →
R4English disclosure free of machine-translation accuracy disclaimers5/5
No machine-translation notice on the rendered English pages (home, IR top, disclaimer, presentations) or in the English tanshin, AGM notice, results materials and briefing summaries. So 5. Source document →
R5English version stated as authoritative, not subordinate to Japanese2/5
'Translated for reference purposes only ... the original shall prevail' on the English tanshin (summary and full), Group Vision 2026-2030 and the disclosure notices; the decks, the briefing summaries, the integrated report and the AGM papers carry no such line. On some documents, so 2. Source document →
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Changes to this record
- Research error 21 October 2026 · F1: 5 → 4. The full English results arrive about two weeks after the Japanese each quarter; only a short summary is published the same day.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · F4: 0 → 3. The English AGM notice carries the audited financial statements with notes and the audit reports, though not the rest of the securities report. The September record had found no English material.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · F5: 4 → 5. Segment sales and profit appear in every English tanshin, and the full-year results define the segments.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S1: 0 → 4. Group Vision 2026-2030 is in English with its numerical targets, published about five weeks after the Japanese.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S2: 0 → 5. An English results deck for every quarter, with English summaries of the president’s remarks and the Q&A.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S4: 0 → 5. Group Vision 2026-2030 gives the investment and operating-income target for each growth area in English.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S5: 5 → 4. The English Q&A summaries are published two to four weeks after the Japanese.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S6: 0 → 4. Integrated Report 2025 is in English, complete; it covers the year to March 2025, one year behind. The September note had found no report.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S7: 0 → 3. An English notice withdraws the previous plan’s operating-profit target and explains why; there is no target-against-actual table.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G1: 0 → 3. The filed Corporate Governance Report is in Japanese only; the English site has its own governance policy page.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G2: 0 → 5. The English AGM notice and integrated report cover every director with career, tenure and independence.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G3: 0 → 5. The English AGM notice has a skills matrix for all eleven directors.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G4: 0 → 4. The English AGM notice explains the pay structure, measures and amounts by type of pay, but gives no weights for the measures.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G5: 0 → 4. The English AGM notice with all reference documents was out about two weeks before the meeting.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G6: 0 → 2. The English notice of resolutions says each proposal passed, with no vote counts.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · G7: 0 → 5. The English AGM notice gives holdings, a sale target and schedule, progress and the board’s review.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · O6: 4 → 5. The English archive holds results and decks back to FY2016-17 across several document types.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · R1: 4 → 3. Over the latest two results the full English tanshin came about two weeks late and the English deck three to six weeks late.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · R3: 3 → 4. Over twelve months nearly every Japanese timely disclosure has an English version the same day; a few were late.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · R5: 1 → 2. The “Japanese prevails” line is on the tanshin and some notices, not on the decks, AGM papers or integrated report.
- Research error 21 October 2026 · S3: 0 → 5. The English Integrated Report 2025 has a business overview and, for each segment, its characteristics and growth strategy, with quantified strengths such as over 1 billion annual streaming views and the leading position in AVOD. The September note had called the English site thin.
Every change is labelled as a research error, new evidence supplied, improved disclosure or a rule change, with its date and the previous score. Change log →
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