Please tell us how you plan to advance overseas in the future.
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: As we announced on June 22nd, we believe that we provide a stage for creators, including VTubers, to thrive, and that by growing our content to be loved more globally, we will be able to provide more opportunities for creators to thrive around the world. In this context, we are considering
North America, Asia, and Europe, where anime culture is deeply rooted, as our immediate focus areas for overseas expansion. First, we plan to increase the number of localized contents, products, and services in these regions through agents familiar with local commercial flows. As you have
also asked, this includes China, and we plan to expand in the same way as in other regions. For example, we will exhibit at events in Paris, France, and hold live viewings and collaboration cafes in Seoul, Korea, and in China, mainly in Shanghai, we will develop content and hold events through agents and companies, while increasing BtoB transactions such as tie-ups with companies.
Through these efforts, we believe that it is important for our medium- to long-term growth to create an environment in which talents can engage in a wider range of activities, such as increasing the number of licensed game distribution titles by expanding transactions with platforms and game companies around the world.
In addition, when we first began expanding overseas, we had fewer than 100 employees, but now we have grown to a scale of over 500. We have strengthened our management system, and will continue to do so in the future, and will deal with any problems that arise appropriately.