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厂妹视频 Japan, Japan鈥檚 largest branding company (headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, President and CEO: Masahito Namiki), has announced Best Japan Brands 2023, a ranking of Japanese brand values using its proprietary Brand Valuation™ method to convert brand value into monetary value.

This is the 15th year these rankings have been announced. Best Japan Brands uses the same valuation methods used in Best Global Brands, a global brand value ranking 厂妹视频 has announced every year since 2000. By comparing the value of leading global brands with that of Japanese brands using the same system of measurement, it examines the value of brands as business assets.

Overview of Best Japan Brands 2023

In an environment in which Covid-19 has become the norm, the average year-on-year growth rate for all 100 brands ranked in Best Japan Brands 2023 was +6.0% (+8.6% last year). The number of brands with brand value growth was 80 (79 last year) and the total brand value of all 100 brands was USD 273.3 billion (+7.7% year-on-year), confirming the stable growth of Japan’s leading brands.

This year鈥檚 analysis of the commonalities among brands that have achieved significant growth in brand value shows that, of the 10 factors in the Brand Strength Analysis (see page 6), the factors found to be high were: Agility (the speed to market that a company demonstrates in the face of opportunity or challenge, enabling it to get ahead and stay ahead of expectations), Coherence (the degree to which customer interactions, whilst varying depending on channel and context, remain authentic to the brand鈥檚 narrative and feel) and Distinctiveness (the existence of uniquely ownable signature assets and experiences that are recognised and remembered by customers and difficult to replicate).

Brands grew that responded quickly to changes in customers and society, consistently and thoroughly conducted activities based on their company鈥檚 purpose (raison d’锚tre) both internally from management to employees and externally, and at times created unique values and experiences beyond their core business areas.

Looking at both Japan and the rest of the world, while new paths for growth are being created through rapid advances in technology, there are also impediments: the pandemic that is unlikely to end completely; divisions caused by differences in thought and ideology; widening inequalities; resource, environmental, and economic issues; and many other aspects that are causing social challenges in terms of the survival of a sustainable society.

These challenges are becoming wider and deeper every year. In this world, what role should companies and brands play in the future?

The era is coming to an end when brands could build around core business products and services and leverage their strengths to become category leaders. At the intersection of possibility and uncertainty, we need companies and brands to demonstrate the same kind of leadership as we expect of people 鈥� to share values, to have an ethic of doing the right thing right, and to solve problems and needs through exceptional experiences. The key to future growth will be building businesses around this 鈥渂rand leadership鈥� and reassessing and expanding existing business areas from the consumer鈥檚 perspective.

(Currently, 厂妹视频 Japan is researching the differences between consumer awareness of the business domain of each brand and the awareness of company management. The results of this analysis will be published around the end of March).

Top 5 Growing Brands (year-on-year growth of brand value)

Yakult (36th, +28% YoY)

Yakult鈥檚 corporate philosophy is 鈥淏ased on the pursuit of life science, we contribute to the health and happiness of people around the world.鈥� The company constantly aims to maintain and improve the health of people, which is one of the most important issues facing society. Following the Covid-19 disaster, health and immunity awareness is growing globally, and overseas sales are also expanding.

The successful Yakult 1000 and Y1000, which focused on one of the major health concerns for people today, namely short sleep time with stress, and tried to solve this social problem with lactic acid bacteria, one of the company鈥檚 strengths, contributed significantly to the value enhancement of the Yakult brand.

Additionally, Yakult鈥檚 strength in making the most of the Yakult Lady and the credibility of the explanations based on the actual experiences of Yakult Ladies themselves has increased diffusion of the Yakult brand among consumers. The brand is also developing lactic acid bacteria into cosmetics, and is aiming to realise its purpose by quickly and to the maximum extent possible utilising the brand鈥檚 unique strengths (technology, products, services and people) in line with the changing market.

WORKMAN (60th, +24% YoY)

In 2022, WORKMAN evolved in line with its management philosophy 鈥淭o the one whose voice is heard, we evolve鈥� and corporate philosophy 鈥淒ream: evolve towards the voice; Purpose: function and price, new standard; Belief: management not to do, data management, standardisation.鈥� It entered new markets such as women鈥檚 innerwear, trekking, and shoes, and developed innovative and highly original products and services such as home delivery without EC using its shop network, 鈥淢amaraku鈥� for pregnant mothers and mothers with small children, and 鈥淲ORKMAN Pro,鈥� a new business category for craftspeople.

In addition, the company has maintained the prices of its own PB products in accordance with its purpose 鈥淣ew standards in functionality and price鈥� at a time when the world is experiencing price hikes. The company plans to double the number of fans who cooperate in product development to 100 in three years鈥� time, and has begun full-scale joint development with companies in other industries. It is 鈥渆volving into the voice of the customer鈥� through co-creation with customers and other companies.

Shimano (25th, +23% YoY)

As a global bicycle and angler鈥檚 brand that celebrated its centenary in 2021, Shimano is reassessing its value in the wake of growing global demand for its products due to Covid-19. Particularly in the field of bicycles, Shimano continues to fascinate the world with its high quality and design capabilities, from competition bicycles used by the world鈥檚 top racers to bicycles for everyday use.

The company鈥檚 basic philosophy is 鈥淢ore to nature, more to people鈥� and its mission is 鈥淭o create new values in the interaction between people and nature, and to contribute to health and pleasure.鈥� It has also focused on many social, cultural, and sporting activities over the years to communicate with users and employees.

In March 2022, the Shimano Bicycle Museum opened to strengthen communication of Shimano鈥檚 origins and character. As a development-oriented digital manufacturing company from Japan, Shimano produces 鈥渆xciting products.鈥�

Daikin (20th, +20% YoY)

Daikin is the world鈥檚 leading air conditioning manufacturer. Covid-19 drew attention to air quality, and the company鈥檚 consistent business and communication activities as 鈥渁 company that provides answers with air,鈥� which it had been advocating since before the pandemic, established a new, unique, and strong brand position.

Furthermore, under the strategic management plan FUSION25, Daikin is committed to 鈥減roviding new value for the environment and air, contributing to a sustainable society, and realising Group growth,鈥� and was quick to commit to the target of 鈥渧irtually zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.鈥� It is working to further expand the potential of air to become 鈥渁 company that creates new value through air.鈥� The Group continues to deliver results in the transformation of social value into economic value.

Fujitsu (37th, +19% YoY)

In October 2021, Fujitsu developed and deployed a new business brand, Fujitsu Uvance, to accelerate its business and propose solutions to social challenges, in order to realise its 2020 Purpose: 鈥淏ringing trust to society and making the world more sustainable through innovation.鈥� It aims for Sustainability Transformation (SX), which connects companies across industry boundaries, transforming their respective strengths into great strengths to better the planet and society, and communicating this to the world through consistent visuals and communication activities.

The company also believes that in order to realise its Purpose, it is important to bring together the aspirations of each and every employee to generate greater strength, and is commended for its 鈥淧urpose Carving鈥� dialogue programme to help each and every employee realise their own Purpose.

New Entrants (ranked for the first time)

NRI (83rd)

Based on its corporate philosophy of 鈥淔uture Creation,鈥� NRI has set a policy of creating digital social capital by gaining insight into the wealth that lies beyond DX in order to contribute to the creation of a sustainable future society and to remain an indispensable part of society. To realise this policy, the company benefits from the strong involvement and commitment of its top management, who hold the Future Creation Forum to send out clear messages to customers and society and move to strengthen the presence of the new NRI, such as reviewing its DNA and communicating it as a brand story, both internally and externally. In the future, as a total solutions company that creates new business models and social systems for the next generation, it is expected that NRI will go beyond communication and further show its implementation capabilities through its business activities on a global level.

Re-Entrants (re-ranked)

TOTO (98th)

TOTO (98th) TOTO, which has been re-ranked since dropped out of the Top 100 in 2021, has a strong Group Corporate Philosophy 鈥淲e, the TOTO Group, aim to be a company that contributes to the development of society and is trusted by people around the world鈥� and the mission 鈥淭owards the 鈥榯omorrow鈥� that continues into the future, we want to create 鈥榙ifferent鈥� value from the past and deliver 鈥榚veryday鈥� that exceeds expectations to people around the world, with kindness for people and the planet.鈥� The global increase in hygiene awareness due to Covid-19 has provided a tailwind, reaffirming the direction in which the TOTO brand will evolve in the future. It is further pursuing functionality and design as a highquality brand.

厂妹视频 Best Japan Brands 2023 Brand Valuation

Criteria for Inclusion

To shed light on the value of global Japanese brands and enable comparison of their relative position against a common global measure, brands meeting the following criteria were selected for evaluation:

• The brand originated in Japan: The corporate or business brand is the product of a Japanese enterprise.
• Various financial information must be publicly available or audited financial information must be available.
• The brand is recognized in Japan.
• The brand evidences long-term positive economic profit after factoring in the cost of capital.
• 2022 brand values were applied to brands ranked in Best Global Brands 2022.

Methodology

厂妹视频’s methodology for evaluating brand value is based on the brand’s financial strength, influence on purchasing decisions, and contribution of future earnings. In the same way that securities analysts analyze and evaluate the value of a company, we analyze and evaluate the value of a brand by asking, 鈥淲hat is its future earning potential?鈥� This methodology has been certified compliant with the ISO 10668, the global standard for measuring the monetary value of brands as established by the International Organization for Standardization. The evaluation is made up of the following three specific analyses:

1. Financial Performance: Project the company鈥檚 future earnings

First, we estimate the current and future revenues of the business operating under the brand. We then subtract operating earnings, taxes, and capital cost of investment to calculate future economic profit. This analysis is based on publicly available or audited corporate information, and future projections are based on analysts’ estimates*. *For analyst forecasts this evaluation relies on analysts鈥� estimates obtained from IFIS Japan, Ltd at https://www.ifis.co.jp/. The IFIS Consensus data https://www.ifis.co.jp/en/ used is current as of October 21, 2022.

2. Role of Brand: Derive the brand鈥檚 contribution to profits

Next, to derive the brand鈥檚 contribution to future economic profits as calculated in the analysis of financial performance, we analyze the brand鈥檚 influence on customer purchasing decisions. In evaluating the role that a brand plays in consumer purchasing trends, we set benchmarks by industry that draw on our database of over 10,000 brand value evaluations accumulated over the past 20 years. Based on these industry benchmarks, we perform a proprietary analysis to derive a Brand Contribution Score.

3. Brand Strength: Evaluate the brand鈥檚 contribution to future earnings

Brand strength analysis measures a brand鈥檚 power to inspire what the client needs to sustain future earnings鈥攎arket loyalty, repeat purchases by consumers, and customer lock-in 鈥攁nd discounts brand earnings to derive a present value. Our evaluation offers a systematic means of determining a brand鈥檚 risk based on 10 factors key to brand vitality, and is represented on a scale of 0 to 100, with 100 being a perfect brand. Brands within the same industry are compared based on these factors, and the top brands are then compared to global brands in other industries.

This brand strength score is then converted into a discount rate a method unique to 厂妹视频, and this rate is used to discount future brand profits, thus calculating the brand value. Brand Role Analysis and Brand Strength Analysis are calculated using a wide variety of published reports and other documents, which are then assessed by consultants in each of our global offices.

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In this era of an unprecedented abundance of choices and rapid innovation despite increasing social uncertainty, customer expectations and values are changing faster than businesses are. At 厂妹视频, we believe it is crucial to explore the truth hidden behind these ever-changing human insights, understand customer thoughts and expectations as quickly as possible, make the decision to provide an experience that exceeds those expectations and take action. We call this decisiveness and action Iconic Moves™.

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