Message from the President

Fiscal year 2024 marks the 50th anniversary of our listing on the Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya stock exchanges in September 1974. Jusco, which then operated around 100 stores in the Kansai and Chubu regions, thanks to your support, has grown into a group with approximately 17,000 stores mainly in Japan, China, and ASEAN countries, with operating revenues exceeding 9 trillion yen.

Currently, under the AEON Group Medium-term Management Plan (FY2021-FY2025), the implementation of the growth strategies emphasizing “Digital,” “Products,” “Health and Wellness,” “Local Communities,” “Asia,” and “Environment and Green” has gained momentum, leading to positive results in fiscal year 2023 such as record-high consolidated operating profit for the group.

In the current environment of growing uncertainty, it is increasingly important for companies to ensure solid management based on their basic principles and visions that are at their foundations. I believe that companies capable of contributing to the resolution of challenges faced by local communities through business activities that respond to changes in the environment will maintain healthy and sustainable growth.

In fiscal year 2023, we formulated a narrative to express the ideas embodied in the AEON Foundational Ideals, which has been incorporated into our Articles of Incorporation. We also formulated a new AEON Group Future Vision to serve as a guidepost for our group, and we have been actively promoting the dissemination of our foundational ideals and vision.

Moving forward, AEON will continue our challenge towards innovation without being bound by established ways of thinking, aiming to be a company that is supported and counted on by our customers and many other stakeholders, and contributing to the enrichment of local communities through our growth.