Diversity and Equal Opportunity

We believe that respecting one another despite diverse backgrounds constitutes the "Well" (state of well-being) not only of the UACJ Group but of society as a whole and leads to a better condition. When all executives and employees of the UACJ Group—diverse in attributes, work styles, and careers—work proactively on their own initiative while putting into practice the values cherished by the UACJ Group, this supports UACJ’s business and generates high adaptability and flexibility in the face of change. We believe that feeling pride and fulfillment in working at UACJ, engaging in exciting work within an optimal environment alongside excellent superiors and colleagues, enables us to create outcomes that exceed customer expectations.
*"Well" refers to a state of happiness in which all aspects of one's life—physical, mental, and social are fulfilled.

We are increasing opportunities for women to play an active role in our operations. In line with the Japanese government’s Action Plan under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, we have set a target to increase the percentage of women in our workforce to a minimum of 20%. In fiscal 2024, women accounted for 17.4% of all new hires.
As of the end of fiscal 2024, 152 of the Group’s managers were women. We are also creating workplaces that enable employees to fulfill both work and child-care responsibilities, in line with the aims of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children and other laws.

We provide employment at UACJ Green-net Corporation, a company recognized as a special subsidiary under Japan’s Act for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities, in accordance with the statutory employment rate of people with disabilities. As of June 1, 2025, people with disabilities comprised 2.71%^*1 of our workforce, which exceeds the legally mandated percentage of 2.5%.

1. Calculation of this percentage on June 1, 2025 was based on the combined employment data for UACJ Corporation, UACJ Foil Corporation, UACJ Extrusion Anjo Corporation, UACJ Green-net Corporation, UACJ Trading Corporation, UACJ Metal Components Corporation, UACJ Aluminum Center Corporation, Izumi Metal Corporation, and Nikkin Co., Ltd..

The UACJ Group actively rehires retired employees up to the age of 65. As of the end of April 2025, UACJ has rehired 269 formerly retired employees. A new system was introduced in April 2023 for rehiring individual meeting certain conditions for employment up to age 70.
For employees who do not seek to be rehired, prior to leaving the Group, we offer career seminars and provide opportunities to receive counseling from experts on planning and preparation for life after retirement.
In April 2023, we also introduced a comeback hiring system recognizing former employees who left the Company for certain reasons as alumni (graduates). Alumni employees who have continued building their professional network outside the Company and who continue to share the same objectives as the Company will be considered for rehiring.

The UACJ Group actively maintains a diverse work force to support its business endeavors in new fields and in the global arena
In fiscal 2025 (April 2025), the Group hired 50 new university graduates to career-track positions (37 men and 13 women) and 50 technician positions (44 men and 6 women). The Group is also aiming for 10% of new graduate hires being foreign nationals. Since its establishment, the UACJ Group has hired 18 foreign nationals. We are also continuously recruiting mid-career workers.

UATH^*2is actively conducting local recruitment activities and is seeking to increase the number of locally hired employees.

Between 2022 and 2023, we launched a personnel exchange program in which three candidates for executive positions from UATH^*3 came to Japan to receive training at Nagoya Works. Since UATH was established from scratch as a UACJ Group base, one of the challenges it faced was the development of human resources. UATH aims to operate primarily with local staff and has begun training with the objective of developing future management personnel.
The training includes not only language study and the acquisition of technical knowledge, but also learning the “5-gen principle,” the basic premises of manufacturing, by working together with Japanese staff. After returning to UATH, they have been expanding their activities by applying the knowledge and skills they acquired through the training to help train local staff. The overseas personnel exchanges are still ongoing, with the second batch of three students arriving to Japan to start their training in May 2024.

We uphold the concept of human rights for all people and do not engage in irrational discrimination or harassment based on race, creed, gender, language, religion, ideology, or social origin, as stipulated in the UACJ Group Code of Conduct. These parameters include individuals who identify as LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender). We also provide regular employee education to promote correct information and understanding about LGBT issues.