Summary of Our Initiatives for FY12 First Half

With September now behind us, the first half of FY12 has come to an end, and our second half kicks off from October 1st. Looking back, we’ve summarized the key initiatives for our export business in the first half of FY12:

• Started handling 10 new sake brands (including “Kamokinshu,” “Fukumi,” and “Tosa Shiragiku”)
• Conducted brewery tours with customers at 10 different breweries (such as Sumikawa Shuzo, Kankobai Shuzo, and Shimizu Seizaburo Shoten)
• Expanded our export destinations to 20 countries (including two new countries: Monaco and Macau)
• Developed our export management app, with a beta release scheduled for October 2024
• Introduced the Temperature Logger Tag, which monitors temperature changes of sake during transportation

The highlight of our first half was undoubtedly the development of our export management app. This app will allow our customers to seamlessly manage everything—from sake requests to finalized transactions—all in one place. On our customers’ side, they can also track all products and transaction history through the app, significantly reducing workload. We believe this will be a big step forward in delivering sake to our customers around the world more efficiently.

We will share more details once the app is officially launched—please stay tuned!