First ever! Business Event for "Son-in-Law" Managers Japan Son-in-Law Managers Forum in Shimizu-dera" will be held on June 5.

We are looking for a more positive option of "son-in-law manager" in business succession. The only management forum in Japan to realize a three-way positive relationship with your father-in-law, with your wife, and with your business. The only management forum in Japan to realize the "three good things" of "good with father-in-law," "good with wife," and "good with business.

2025.04.09 10:00

株式会社YRK and

YRK Corporation and (Head office: Chuo-ku, Osaka; President: Shoichi Nakamoto https://www.yrk.co.jp/ ), a business consulting firm specializing in rebranding support with 129 years of experience since its establishment in 1896, will hold the "First Japan Son-in-law Managers' Forum in Kiyomizu-Dera Temple, Kyoto" on June 5, 2025 (Thursday) at the main auditorium of the temple. The Forum will be held at the main auditorium of Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto on June 5, 2025 (Thursday).

This forum will be the only place in Japan where the challenges and best practices faced by son-in-law managers who take over their in-laws' family businesses will be shared, and where participants will learn from diverse perspectives on business and management. We aim to provide an opportunity for many business owners and their supporters to gather together and deepen their new knowledge.

For more details, please visit https://www.yrk.co.jp/20250605_mukokeiei-forum_in-kiyomizudera/

日本婿経営者フォーラム in 清水寺

Japan Son-in-law Managers Forum in Shimizu-dera

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The percentage of companies without a successor is increasing year by year, and the situation is critical at 62.15%.

Japan is known as a country of long-lived companies, the majority of which are family-owned. However, the number of "bankruptcies due to lack of successors," which has become a social issue in recent years, is increasing every year and will reach 462 cases by 2024(*1).

(*1) The major reason for this is "lack of successors," which at 62.15% is the highest rate ever (*2), indicating the seriousness of the situation.

(*1) "TSR Data Insight," Tokyo Shoko Research, Inc.

　　 https://www.tsr-net.co.jp/data/detail/1200868_1527.html

(*2) "TSR Data Insight," Tokyo Shoko Research Institute, Inc.

　　 https://www.tsr-net.co.jp/data/detail/1199039_1527.html

Son-in-law management" is a way out of Japan's crisis.

However, in the past few years, university research data has suggested that companies grow more when a daughter and son-in-law are appointed as successors to the business rather than the biological children.

According to research by Dr. Masafumi Shen, Professor of the Faculty of Commerce at Kansai University, who has attracted worldwide attention for his quantitative analysis of son-in-laws, a major characteristic of Japanese family businesses, ROA (Return on Assets), an indicator of a company's earning power, is second only to founder management, proving that son-in-law management is superior to family or non-family management. ROA (Return on Assets), a measure of a company's earning power, proves that son-in-law management is second only to founder management and superior to family or non-family management.

The "son-in-law management" option can make Japanese companies grow stronger.

In order to solve the shortage of successors, solve social problems, and raise the growth of Japanese companies by clarifying the mechanism of "son-in-law management," which has been academically proven, many son-in-law managers and their supporters will gather from all over Japan to deepen new knowledge at the "1st Japan Son-in-law Managers' Forum. The first "Japan Son-in-law Managers Forum in Shimizu-dera" will be held as a forum where many son-in-law managers and their supporters gather from all over Japan to deepen their new knowledge.

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＜Concept of the event

Men who have decided to "jump off the Kiyomizu stage" will gather at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto.

In order to take over the family business of their in-laws, "son-in-law managers" make the leap of faith and take on the challenge. The "son-in-law managers" from all over Japan who have decided to "jump off the stage at Kiyomizu" will gather at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto.

The purpose of the event is to learn about the realities of business succession and to build a network among business owners who face the challenge of managing their own businesses. The speakers for the day will include managers who have actually achieved success as son-in-law managers and experts who study business succession from an academic perspective, providing valuable insights.

The second half of the forum will also include a private tour of an area of Kiyomizu-dera Temple that is normally closed to the public. This will be an opportunity to renew one's "resolve" and "determination" in business management while learning about the historic culture of Kiyomizu-dera Temple.

We hope that this forum will help to discover new possibilities for son-in-law managers and help them to establish a more positive management style.

Professionals in the field of "son-in-law management," from active son-in-law managers who are growing their businesses to university professors who are conducting academic research on son-in-law management, will gather at Kiyomizu-Dera Temple!

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