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Employees

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of employees [Jump to the applicable section1] Male KDDI - Person 8,574 8,465 8,746 7,887 7,102
Female 2,394 2,427 2,607 2,568 2,275
Total 10,968 10,892 11,353 10,455 9,377
Total Group 100% 41,996 44,952 47,320 48,829 49,659
Non-regular Employees Temporary staff KDDI - Person 4,196 4,604 4,534 4,574 3,804
Contract employees 2,216 1,964 1,877 1,844 848
Total 6,412 6,568 6,411 6,418 4,652
Age Composition of Employees Under 30 Male KDDI - Person 930 963 1,015 956 872
Female 466 473 541 528 512
Total 1,396 1,436 1,556 1,484 1,384
30~39 Male 1,825 1,744 1,877 1,869 1,698
Female 629 579 617 621 571
Total 2,454 2,323 2,494 2,490 2,269
40~49 Male 3,222 3,015 2,901 2,468 2,096
Female 971 985 996 931 739
Total 4,193 4,000 3,897 3,399 2,835
50 or over Male 2,597 2,743 2,953 2,594 2,436
Female 328 390 453 488 453
Total 2,925 3,133 3,406 3,082 2,889
Average age Male KDDI - Age 43.4 43.6 43.7 43.3 43.4
Female 39.4 39.7 39.8 40.0 39.7
Total 42.5 42.8 42.8 42.5 42.5
Average working years Male KDDI - Years 18.2 18.4 18.3 17.7 18.0
Female 15.7 15.9 15.5 15.6 15.6
Total 17.7 17.8 17.6 17.2 17.4
Managers Male Managers KDDI - Person 4,184 4,202 4,226 3,930 2,726
Department Managers or higher 472 513 558 570 601
Section Managers 3,712 3,689 3,668 3,360 2,125
Female Managers 321 342 370 344 235
Department Managers or higher 23 23 24 27 30
Section Managers 298 319 346 317 205
Newly Appointed Managers 192 191 190 29 130
Male 163 165 157 28 117
Female 29 26 33 1 13
Status of Union Membership Total number of union members [Jump to the applicable section2] KDDI - Person 10,442 10,113 10,400 10,545 10,587
Union participation rate % 98.7 99 99 99 99
  • [1]
    "Number of employees" is the number of regular KDDI employees, including employees temporarily transferred to KDDI. The number does not include employees who are transferred to other companies
  • [2]
    Includes KDDI's currently serving regular and contract employees, as well as employees on loan from the company
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Hiring

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Recent graduates Male Total KDDI - Person 181 202 188 178 168
University graduate (Male) 181 202 188 178 168
Female Total 106 91 90 90 86
University graduate (Female) 106 91 90 90 86
Junior/technical college graduate 0 0 0 0 0
High school graduate, etc. 0 0 0 0 0
Total 287 293 278 268 254
Percentage of female % 36.9 31.1 32.4 33.6 33.9
Three-year retention rate of Newly Hired Graduates [Jump to the applicable section1] Male KDDI - % 97.7 96.7 97.8 92.1 92.0
Female 92.9 92.7 92.5 94.5 97.8
Mid-career hires Male University graduate KDDI - Person 95 76 140 133 196
Other 7 44 4 6 18
Total 102 120 144 139 214
Female University graduate 9 12 19 27 31
Other 0 3 2 1 0
Total 9 15 21 28 31
Total 111 135 165 167 245
Reemployment after retirement Male KDDI - Person 121 130 153 232 257
Female 19 10 16 17 21
Total 140 140 169 249 278
Non-regular employees who became regular employees KDDI - Person 66 27 32 37 20
Internal Hiring Rate KDDI - % - - - - 93.4
Group 98% - - - - 50.0
Average Employment Cost KDDI - Yen - - - - 2,847,853
Group 93% - - - - 4,951,659
  • [1]
    Ratio of newly graduated employees who have been working for the company for three years as of April 1 of each fiscal year.
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.
Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Recent graduates Mid-career hires Recent graduates Mid-career hires Recent graduates Mid-career hires Recent graduates Mid-career hires
Newly Hired Employees Male Under 30 KDDI - Person 202 33 188 42 178 36 168 44
30~39 0 87 0 101 0 100 0 143
40~49 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 28
50 or over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 322 332 317 383
Female Under 30 91 7 90 8 90 8 86 12
30~39 0 8 0 13 0 18 0 16
40~49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
50 or over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 106 111 116 116
Total Under 30 293 40 278 50 268 44 254 56
30~39 0 95 0 114 0 118 0 159
40~49 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 30
50 or over 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 428 443 433 499
Male Under 30 Group 94% 535 2,421 489 2,404 538 2,645 601 2,420
30~39 4 1,605 3 1,475 4 1,574 0 1,626
40~49 0 785 0 698 0 839 1 727
50 or over 0 537 0 455 0 585 0 595
Total 5,887 5,524 6,185 5,970
Female Under 30 344 3,810 379 4,365 491 4,307 402 3,397
30~39 0 1,899 1 2,061 0 2,001 2 1,690
40~49 0 1,679 0 1,658 0 1,684 1 1,422
50 or over 0 2,047 0 1,570 0 1,936 0 1,990
Total 9,779 10,034 10,419 8,904
Total Under 30 879 6,231 868 6,769 1,029 6,952 1,003 5,817
30~39 4 3,504 4 3,536 4 3,575 2 3,316
40~49 0 2,464 0 2,356 0 2,523 2 2,149
50 or over 0 2,584 0 2,025 0 2,521 0 2,585
Total 15,666 15,558 16,604 14,874
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Turnover

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Voluntary Turnover Employees Total Turnover Employees Voluntary Turnover Employees Total Turnover Employees Voluntary Turnover Employees Total Turnover Employees Voluntary Turnover Employees Total Turnover Employees
Turnover Employees Male Under 30 KDDI - Person 25 25 15 15 53 53 49 49
30~39 61 61 53 53 97 97 105 105
40~49 31 31 29 29 46 46 69 69
50 or over 48 87 44 90 89 144 100 168
Total 165 204 141 187 285 340 323 391
Female Under 30 15 15 16 16 20 20 15 15
30~39 23 23 16 16 24 24 23 23
40~49 18 18 6 6 20 20 29 29
50 or over 3 4 6 9 12 19 23 35
Total 59 60 44 47 76 83 90 102
Total Under 30 40 40 31 31 73 73 64 64
30~39 84 84 69 69 121 121 128 128
40~49 49 49 35 35 66 66 98 98
50 or over 51 91 50 99 101 163 123 203
Total 224 264 185 234 361 423 413 493
Turnover rate (Total) % 1.45 1.95 1.16 1.72 2.19 3.05 2.56 3.61
Male Under 30 Group 98% Person 403 403 419 419 512 512 611 611
30~39 555 555 493 493 699 699 789 789
40~49 261 261 242 242 312 312 361 361
50 or over 176 240 194 265 249 318 297 390
Total 1,395 1,459 1,348 1,419 1,772 1,841 2,058 2,151
Female Under 30 482 482 594 594 844 844 925 925
30~39 388 388 450 450 515 515 626 626
40~49 146 146 159 159 207 207 264 264
50 or over 53 59 109 117 119 128 156 176
Total 1,069 1,075 1,312 1,320 1,685 1,694 1,971 1,991
Total Under 30 885 885 1,013 1,013 1,356 1,356 1,536 1,536
30~39 943 943 943 943 1,214 1,214 1,415 1,415
40~49 407 407 401 401 519 519 625 625
50 or over 229 299 303 382 368 446 453 566
Total 2,464 2,534 2,660 2,739 3,457 3,535 4,029 4,142
Turnover rate (Total) % - - - - - - 8.35 [Jump to the applicable section1] 8.57 [Jump to the applicable section2]
  • Stated figure is corrected. (February 2024)
    • [1]
      Incorrect: 8.75, Correct: 8.35
    • [2]
      Incorrect: 8.97, Correct: 8.57
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Diversity

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of foreign employees Male KDDI - Person - 56 59 50 50
Female - 53 50 54 58
Total 114 109 109 104 108
Total Group 100% Person 4,208 4,393 4,581 5,111 5,833
Ratio of Employees by Nationality or Region Japan KDDI - % - - - - 98.9
China - - - - 0.6
Korea - - - - 0.3
Other Countries - - - - 0.1
Japan Group 94% % - - - - 94.5
China - - - - 1.2
Korea - - - - 0.3
Other Countries - - - - 4.0
Ratio of Managers by Nationality or Region Japan KDDI - % - - - - 99.7
China - - - - 0.14
Korea - - - - 0.14
Other Countries - - - - 0.03
Japan Group 94% % - - - - 91.3
China - - - - 1.2
Korea - - - - 0.3
Other Countries - - - - 7.2
Percentage of foreigners in new employees KDDI - % 2.10 2.05 1.44 2.26 1.97
Number of foreigners at the management level Male KDDI - Person - 8 14 42 5
Female - 1 0 11 0
Total 10 9 14 53 5
Percentage of Female Section Managers Department Managers or higher KDDI - % - - - - 5.3
Section Managers - - - - 9.5
Total [Jump to the applicable section1] - - - - 8.6 ✔
Department Managers or higher Group 76% [Jump to the applicable section5] - - - - 12.8 [Jump to the applicable section6]
Section Managers - - - - 18.1 [Jump to the applicable section7]
Total - - - - 16.7 [Jump to the applicable section8]
Percentage of female employees Employee KDDI - % - - - - 24.3
STEM Sections [Jump to the applicable section2] - - - - 10.9
Sales - - - - 29.5
Employee Group 94% - - - - 45.4 [Jump to the applicable section9]
STEM Sections [Jump to the applicable section2] - - - - 16.3
Sales - - - - 28.1 [Jump to the applicable section10]
Employees with disabilities Number [Jump to the applicable section3] KDDI - Person 417 410 413 404 396
Rate of employees with disabilities [Jump to the applicable section4] % 2.54 2.53 2.50 2.58 2.54
  • [1]
    As of April 1, 2023. Calculated excluding incoming secondees but including current secondees. Calculated based on the 'Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace' (Act No. 64 of 2015).
  • [2]
    STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (Technology Sector).
  • [3]
    The number is calculated by counting persons with severe disabilities as two people
  • [4]
    The number includes persons with disabilities who are employed at KDDI, as well as at KDDI Challenged and KDDI Engineering
  • Stated figure is corrected. (February 2024)
    • [5]
      Incorrect: 94%, Correct: 76%
    • [6]
      Incorrect: 13.9, Correct: 12.8
    • [7]
      Incorrect: 19.9, Correct: 18.1
    • [8]
      Incorrect: 29.8, Correct: 16.7
    • [9]
      Incorrect: 44.4, Correct: 45.4
    • [10]
      Incorrect: 28.0, Correct: 28.1
  • Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Usage of Childcare and Family Care Support System

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Maternity leave Female KDDI - Person 135 136 140 101 132
Paternity leave Male KDDI - Person 255 202 194 217 153
Paternity leave Acquisition rate % 72.2 69.4 60.6 62.7 47.5
Rate of Paternity Leave Taken by Males Male [Jump to the applicable section1] KDDI - % - 9.8 18.6 30.9 71.8 ✔
Rate of Childcare Leave Taken by Females Female 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Reinstatement after parental leave of absence [Jump to the applicable section2] Male KDDI - % 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Female 98.9 98.8 100.0 100.0 98.9
Retention after parental leave of absence [Jump to the applicable section3] Male KDDI - % 92.9 97.9 100.0 100.0 -
Female 97.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 -
Shortened working hours for childcare Male KDDI - Person 6 3 3 3 3
Female 469 497 450 405 417
Sick/injured childcare leave Male KDDI - Person 471 439 275 308 379
Female 522 484 358 355 311
Home care absence Male KDDI - Person 12 7 5 1 4
Female 6 6 3 6 5
Family care leave Male KDDI - Person 180 175 134 118 182
Female 113 118 84 87 90
Shortened working hours for family care Male KDDI - Person 3 3 4 2 1
Female 6 11 7 8 7
  • [1]
    The data for fiscal years 2019-2021 only includes childcare leave and does not include the proportion of childcare purpose leave taken. The data for fiscal year 2022 is calculated excluding incoming secondees.
    Calculated based on the 'Act on Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave' (Law No. 76 of 1991) and the 'Ordinance for Enforcement of the Act on the Welfare of Workers Who Take Care of Children or Other Family Members Including Child Care and Family Care Leave' (Ordinance of the Ministry of Labor No. 25 of October 15, 1991), Article 71-4, Paragraph 2, on the acquisition rate of child care leave and leave for child care purposes.
  • [2]
    (Total number of regular employees who returned to work after parental leave of absence) ÷ (Total number of regular employees who planned to return to work after parental leave of absence) x 100
  • [3]
    (Total number of regular employees who remain at KDDI 12 months after returning to work after parental leave of absence) ÷ (Total number of regular employees who returned to work after parental leave of absence) x 100
  • Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Human Resource Development

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Training expenses per employee KDDI - Yen/person 120,000 80,000 95,000 83,547 182,223
Training time per employee Hour/person 6.0 5.0 7.5 10.4 75.7
Total training time Hour 81,570 95,125 122,150 136,126 709,950
Training expenses per employee Group 97% Yen/person - - - - 11,714
Training time per employee Hour/person - - - - 5.2
Total training time Hour - - - - 1,536,578
Training expenses by Management level Managerial position KDDI - Yen - - - - 381,670,722
Non-managerial position - - - - 1,327,033,198
Managerial position Group 79% - - - - 547,536,809
Non-managerial position - - - - 1,842,542,662
Training time by Management level Managerial position KDDI - Hour - - - - 158,580.6
Non-managerial position - - - - 551,369.7
Managerial position Group 79% - - - - 192,203.7
Non-managerial position - - - - 863,501.7
Training expenses by Type of training New employee training KDDI - Yen - - - - 118,188,911
Newly appointed line-manager training - - - - 23,612,516
New employee training Group 79% - - - - 436,729,617
Newly appointed line-manager training - - - - 35,592,618
Training time by Type of training New employee training KDDI - Hour - - - - 35,970.0
Newly appointed line-manager training - - - - 6,435.0
New employee training Group 79% - - - - 126,786.8
Newly appointed line-manager training - - - - 8,727.3
Human Capital Return on Investment [Jump to the applicable section1] Group 100% - - 10.0 9.8 9.7 10.1
  • [1]
    Calculated as (Total net sales - (Selling Expenses and General and Administrative Expenses - Personnel cost))/Personnel cost

Occupational Health & Safety, Health-Focused Management

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of workplace accidents KDDI - Case 3 1 1 1 2
Fatal accidents 0 0 0 0 0
Number of serious workplace accidents during construction Case 0 0 0 0 0
Frequency rate [Jump to the applicable section1] - 0.12 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.10
Severity rate [Jump to the applicable section1] - 0.00518 0.00632 0.00508 0.00100 0.00064
Average overtime hours per month [Jump to the applicable section2] Hour 19.0 19.0 19.5 23.0 26.0
Average overtime allowance per month [Jump to the applicable section2] Yen 63,542 64,943 64,242 76,922 85,595
Total annual actual hours worked [Jump to the applicable section2] Hour 1,871.4 1,861.2 1,911.7 1,934.1 1992.1
Number of annual paid holidays granted Days 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7 19.7
Number of annual paid holidays taken Days 14.2 13.2 14.5 14.5 14.5
Rate of annual paid holidays taken % 71.9 66.9 73.9 73.8 73.5
Rate of smokers % 26.4 24.3 22.3 21.8 19.7
Illness detection rate (legally mandated) % 58.5 59.8 63.7 64.5 63.5
Productivity Losses Number of employees absent from work due to Mental Instability [Jump to the applicable section3] Person 112 101 87 124 114
Average number of days of leave for employees taking leave due to mental instability Days - - - 146 156
Presenteeism [Jump to the applicable section4] pt - - - 14.2 13.1
  • [1]
    Calculated based on the formula specified in the Survey on Industrial Accidents of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. We had been calculating based on the number of applications for industrial accidents, but we have changed to calculate based on the number of cases with more than one day off work in compliance with the calculation method of the Survey on Industrial Accidents of Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. (October 2023)
  • [2]
    Applicable to KDDI employees in non-managerial positions
  • [3]
    At the fiscal year end
  • [4]
    Presenteeism: "Percentage of productivity loss of high-stress individuals" - "Percentage of productivity loss of non-high-stress individuals"

Employee Engagement

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Response Rate of Employee Engagement Survey KDDI - % - 92.9 94.0 96.7 97.3
Ratio of Employees with High Engagement % - 43.2 53.2 55.0 58.8
Response Rate of Employee Engagement Survey Group 66% % - 92.0 92.8 94.6 93.9
Ratio of Employees with High Engagement % - 42.7 51.9 52.4 56.6
  • The engagement survey includes measures of job satisfaction, purpose, happiness, and stress.
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Remuneration

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Average annual salary [Jump to the applicable section1] KDDI - Yen 9,528,103 9,300,662 9,484,602 9,454,416 9,432,871
Average annual remuneration of excectives Male Basic salary KDDI - Million yen - - - - 23.4
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 33.0
Female Basic salary - - - - 26.1
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 34.9
Male Basic salary Group 93% - - - - 18.0
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 23.6
Female Basic salary - - - - 9.7
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 12.8
Average annual remuneration of managers Male Basic salary KDDI - Million yen - - - - 9.2
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 13.6
Female Basic salary - - - - 8.5
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 12.7
Male Basic salary Group 93% - - - - 7.7
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 10.5
Female Basic salary - - - - 5.1
Basic salary + Incentives - - - - 6.8
Annual remuneration for non- managerial employees Male Basic salary KDDI - Million yen - - - - 6.2
Female Basic salary - - - - 4.8
Male Basic salary Group 93% - - - - 4.4
Female Basic salary - - - - 2.9
Gender pay gap [Jump to the applicable section2] All employees KDDI - % - - - - 77.0
Full-time employees [Jump to the applicable section3] - - - - 78.0 ✔
Part-time and fixed-term employees - - - - 84.2
  • [1]
    Average annual salary includes bonuses and extra wages.
  • [2]
    Average female wage/Average male wage
  • [3]
    Calculated based on the 'Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace' (Act No.64 of 2015).
  • Recent data with third-party guarantees ✔.
  • The coverage is calculated based on operating revenue.

Community Involvement and Development (Social Contribution)

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Social Contribution Expenditures [Jump to the applicable section1] [Jump to the applicable section2] KDDI - Billion Yen 8.4 10.1 9.7 22.8 34.1
"The Plus Alpha Project Program" [Jump to the applicable section3]: Total Donations of each year KDDI - Yen 9,979,576 8,679,000 10,000,000 10,000,000 10,000,000
"The Plus Alpha Project Program": Number of Donor Organizations Organizations 59 49 58 61 66
"The Plus Alpha Project Program": Total Amount of Donations Yen - - - - 112,481,520
Volunteer leave KDDI - Person 29 17 0 3 0
  • [1]
    Advertising expenses and membership fees are excluded even if they have the goal of social contribution. Political contributions are not included in total social contribution expenditures.
  • [2]
    In-store fundraising and employee donations are not included in total social contribution expen ditures.
  • [3]
    KDDI donates the amount of money corresponding to the points to charitable organizations on behalf of its employees.

Information Moral Courses

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
KDDI Smartphone and Mobile Phone Safety Classes
For Elders: Number of times held KDDI - Times 224 189 93 123 151
For Elders: Participants Person 3,899 3,045 1,282 1,633 1,895
For Youth: Number of times held Times 4,469 4,332 2,608 3,217 3,304
For Youth: Participants Person Approx. 820,000 Approx. 790,000 Approx. 330,000 Approx. 490,000 Approx. 740,000
Workshop-style classes for high school students: Raise DRR Literacy with Your Smartphone
Schools KDDI - Schools 15 19 3 9 16
Participants Person 651 937 115 489 478

Cyber Security and Privacy Protection

Item Boundary Coverage
(FY2022)
Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Suspension of telecommunications services due to cyber attacks from outside KDDI - Case 0 0 0 0 0
Leakage of personal data due to cyber attacks from outside 0 0 0 0 0
Divulgation of personal data 0 0 0 0 0
Society