(Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Osamu Hata; "WAP") held a New Year's party in January to review the achievements of 2025 and share aspirations for 2026, the year that marks the 30th anniversary of its founding. He summarized the year 2025 as "a year in which we were able to realize progress in both our business performance and organization, partly due to the promotion of AI transformation (AX). WAP will continue to focus on solving society's structural problems and customers' essential issues in 2026, based on its raison d'être of To transform 'work' into a joyful journey, we help shifting 'tasks' into 'creations'.

1. having completed building an aggressive foundation, the 30th anniversary of our founding will be a year of "Commit to Excellence" in a variety of successes

　At the beginning of the presentation, Mr. Hata touched on the steady sales growth in the first half of the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, and reflected on the fact that "the first half of the year was a period in which the foundations for an offensive strategy were put in place. He also explained the importance of accelerating the improvement of "return on invested capital (ROIHC)" through the promotion of AX, against the backdrop of Japan's structural problem of labor shortages. In order to realize this goal, he indicated that he will continue to focus on the development of Products / Services that "make operations unmanned" by going further from "saving labor for customer operations.

2 2. Hands-on New Year's Party to Celebrate the New Year at Four Locations Nationwide

　The New Year's party was held in late January at four sites in Tokyo, Osaka, Kumamoto, and Tokushima, and was attended by approximately 600 employees in Japan. At the Tokyo site, in addition to a lion dance to wish for good health and good fortune in the New Year, participants were able to try their hand at pounding rice cakes with a pestle and mortar, and enjoyed a powerful tuna dismemberment show. The event was an opportunity for the employees to experience the "see, experience, and taste" theme of the event, and to nurture their energy for further growth on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the company's founding.

Tuna dismantling show

Lion dance performance

About Works Applications, Inc.

　Works Applications was founded in 1996 as an ERP package vendor in Japan. With innovative solutions such as no-customization and free version upgrades, we have supported the growth of our customers, mainly major Japanese companies. Believing in the potential of each individual, we will continue to pursue To transform 'work' into a joyful journey, we help shifting 'tasks' into 'creations'to be a revolutionary 'growth engine' that unlocks the full potential of both organizations and individuals.

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