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Announcement of Organizations Recognized in the 2025 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health
3,400 organizations under the large enterprise category and 19,796 organizations under the SME category recognized
March 10, 2025
The Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has been promoting a program called “KENKO Investment for Health” as part of its efforts for achieving a healthy, long-lived society. This program aims to encourage organizations not only to consider the health of their employees through a KENKO Investment for Health initiative from a business-management perspective but also to strategically implement their efforts that lead to the maintenance and promotion of health in their employees.
METI hereby announces that on March 10, 2025, as the 2025 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health, the Nippon Kenko Kaigi* recognized 3,400 organizations under the large enterprise category (among which the top 500 were recognized as “White 500” enterprises), and 19,796 organizations under the SME category (among which the top 500 were recognized as “Bright 500” enterprises, and organizations ranked between 501st and 1,500th places were recognized as “Next Bright 1000” enterprises).
*Note: The Nippon Kenko Kaigi is an organization that takes practical community- and workplace-based actions through collaboration among private organizations and with full administrative support in order to extend the healthy lifespan of, and provide appropriate medical care for, each individual in Japan, a country that is facing a dramatically aging society and declining birthrate. The organization aims to encourage local governments and private organizations (e.g., economic organizations, medical organizations, and insurers) to work together to achieve concrete measures in workplaces and communities to overcome health-related challenges.
1. Recognition Program for the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health
The Recognition Program for the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health was established by METI in FY2016, aiming to highlight outstanding large enterprises and SMEs that have been implementing the KENKO Investment for Health program in order to develop an environment in which such enterprises are able to gain enhanced recognition from employees, employment seekers, related enterprises, and financial institutions, etc.
The Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognizes Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health based on the assessment criteria set forth by the Study Group on the Promotion of KENKO Investment for Health, a body jointly organized by the KENKO Investment for Health Working Group of the Nippon Kenko Kaigi and the Hundred-Fifty-Thousand Health-Declaration Working Group.
2. 2025 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health
Under the 2025 program, the ninth such program, as the 2025 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health, the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognized 3,400 organizations under the large enterprise category (among which the top 500 were recognized as “White 500” enterprises), and 19,796 organizations under the SME category (among which the top 500 were recognized as “Bright 500” enterprises, and organizations ranked between 501st and 1,500th places were recognized as “Next Bright 1000” enterprises).
This represents significant growth compared to last year, when the Nippon Kenko Kaigi recognized 2,988 organizations under the large enterprise category and 16,733 organizations under the SME category as the 2024 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health. For the list of the recognized organizations, visit the portal website operated by the Secretariat of the Recognition Program of the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health below.
3. Disclosure of the assessment results
METI assesses each organization that completes the application form and the Survey on KENKO Investment for Health, which contain data used as grounds for recognizing Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health (both for the large enterprise category and the SME category), and provides them with either assessment results or a feedback sheet that contains deviation values concerning related measures. In the survey and application form, METI asks each organization to confirm whether it agrees to disclose the information in the feedback sheet to the public with a view to encouraging the organization to improve its efforts in comparison with other organizations’ efforts and to disclose such information to its stakeholders.
Reference: Feedback sheet in the large enterprise category (in Japanese)
Reference: Feedback sheet in the SME category (in Japanese)
On March 10, METI published the assessment results for 2,679 Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health in the large enterprise category (of which 829 are listed enterprises) that agreed to the disclosure of their information in the feedback sheet.
In addition to the assessment results of individual organizations, editable, summarized data is also available in Excel format on the following website. To find that data, please access the portal website for the Secretariat of the Recognition Program of the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health below.
METI is scheduled to publish the assessment results or feedback sheets of respective organizations in the SME category in late March 2025.
4.Outline of the 2025 KENKO Investment for Health Award Ceremony
Date:
Tuesday, March 11, and Wednesday, March 12, 2025
Day 1 (March 11): KENKO Investment for Health Stock Selection: 13:00 to 15:00
Day 2 (March 12): Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health: 13:00 to 16:00
Venue:
Iino Hall (4th floor, Iino Building, 1-1, Uchisaiwai-cho 2-chome, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo)
Organizer:
METI
Co-organizers:
TSE and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi
Cooperators:
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), and the Secretariat of the Recognition Program of the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health (Nikkei Inc.)
Program (tentative):
Day 1: KENKO Investment for Health Stock Selection: 13:00 to 15:00
- Remarks by the organizer: Mr. Minami Ryo, Director-General for Commerce and Service Industry Policy, METI
- Remarks by the co-organizer: Mr. Kawai Hiroki, Senior Executive Officer, TSE
- Keynote speech: Mr. Shibusawa Ken, CEO, Shibusawa and Company, Inc.
- Speech by the presenter: Mr. Maezono Masakiyo, former member of the Japan National Football Team
- Announcement of selected enterprises under the 2025 KENKO Investment for Health Stock Selection
- Speech by the representative enterprise
- Congratulatory speech
- Photo session for all participants
Day 2: Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health: 13:00 to 16:00
- Remarks by the organizer: Mr. Minami Ryo, Director-General for Commerce and Service Industry Policy, METI
- Remarks by the co-organizer: Mr. Hatakeyama Issei, Managing Director, the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
- Remarks by the guest of honor: Mr. Kanuma Hitoshi, Director, Health Insurance Bureau, MHLW
- Announcement of recognized enterprises
- Presentation of certificates to the representative enterprises in the large-enterprise category and SME category
- Presentation of case examples and panel discussion in the large-enterprise category: “Effects and dissemination brought about by continuous efforts - exploring the prospects of KENKO Investment for Health”
- Dr. Iriyama Akie, Professor, Waseda Business School, Graduate School of Business and Finance, Waseda University
- Dr. Nagata Tomohisa, Associate Professor, Laboratory for Occupational Health Practice and Management, Institute of Industrial Ecological Sciences, University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Japan
- Mr. Takamoto Yoshio, Director and Managing Executive Officer, Higo Bank
- Ms. Inaoka Miho, Managing Director and General Director of the Occupational Health Headquarters, Junpukai Foundation
Ms. Misu Akiko, freelance news anchor
- Presentation of case examples and panel discussion in the SME category: “KENKO Investment for Health as a program promoted by organizations”
- Dr. Ando Fumie, Professor, Faculty of Business, Nanzan University
- Mr. Muramatsu Kenji, Visiting Researcher, Healthcare Data Science Research Unit, Institute for Future Initiatives, the University of Tokyo
- Ms. Hueter Kaori, Managing Director, Hattori Co. Ltd.
- Ms. Muramatsu Naoko, Senior Managing Director, Shinko Protec Corporation
- Ms. Misu Akiko, freelance news anchor
*Note: The term “KENKO Investment for Health” is a registered trademark of Nonprofit Organization Kenkokeiei
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Related Links
- Portal website for the Secretariat of the Recognition Program of the Outstanding Organizations of KENKO Investment for Health (in Japanese)
- KENKO Investment for Health (inJapanese)
Division in Charge
Healthcare Industries Division, Commerce and Service Industry Policy Group