Governance Kao Corporation

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JP3205800000

Personal Products

Market Closed - Japan Exchange Other stock markets 02:30:00 2026-07-15 am EDT			5-day change	1st Jan Change
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Jun. 26	Jefferies Upgrades Kao to Buy From Hold, Adjusts Price Target to 7,500 Yen From 7,200 Yen	MT
May. 19	Kao Corporation, Q1 2026 Earnings Call, May 12, 2026

Executive Committee: Kao Corporation

Manager

Positions heldSince

Masakazu Negoro

66 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2020-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO	2020-12-31
Human Resources Officer	2022-12-31

Yoshihiro Hasebe

66 year

President

2020-12-31

Hideo Makino

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Hideaki Kubo

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Yasushi Wada

67 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2023-02-28

Yoshimasa Minegishi

Chief Administrative Officer	-
Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	-
Investor Relations Contact	-

Mami Murata

61 year

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2025-02-28

Akiko Hasegawa

General Counsel

Composition of the Board of Directors: Kao Corporation

Director

CommitteesSince

Eriko Sakurai

65 year

Nominating Committee

2025-06-24

Sarah Casanova

61 year

Director/Board Member	2025-02-28
Independent Dir/Board Member	2025-02-28

Lisa McCarran

54 year

Director/Board Member

2025-02-28

Takaaki Nishii

66 year

Director/Board Member	2023-02-28
Independent Dir/Board Member	2023-02-28

Toru Nishiguchi

64 year

Director/Board Member

2023-02-28

Yoshihiro Hasebe

66 year

Director/Board Member

2016-02-29

Masakazu Negoro

66 year

Director/Board Member

2023-03-23

Makoto Takashima

68 year

Director/Board Member	2024-02-29
Independent Dir/Board Member	2024-02-29

Latest Appointments: Kao Corporation

Dec. 01	Kao Corporation Announces Board Retirements	CI
Dec. 01	Kao Corporation Announces Management Changes, Effective January 1, 2026	CI
22-01-11	Kao Announces Executive Changes	CI
20-12-01	Kao Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective January 1, 2021	CI
20-09-29	Kao Corp. Announces Management Changes	CI
20-09-29	Kao Corp. Announces Executive Changes	CI
19-12-01	Kao Corporation Announces Executive Changes, Effective January 1, 2020	CI

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Former Officers and Directors: Kao Corporation

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

Hideko Aoki

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2019-02-28	2023-03-23
Corporate Officer/Principal	2007-03-31	2019-02-28

Toshiaki Takeuchi

Director/Board Member	2014-02-28	2023-03-23
Corporate Officer/Principal	2012-05-31	2023-03-23

Sonosuke Kadonaga

Director/Board Member	2012-05-31	2022-03-24
Independent Dir/Board Member	2012-05-31	2022-03-24

Akemi Ishiwata

Public Communications Contact	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2021-11-30

Masumi Natsuzaka

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-10-04

2021-11-30

Katsuhiko Yoshida

Director/Board Member	2014-02-28	2019-03-25
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-10-04	2019-03-25

Toshiharu Numata

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2015-03-24	2019-03-25
Director/Board Member	2010-01-06	2012-10-31
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	2012-01-26	2012-10-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	2012-10-31	-

Masayuki Oku

Director/Board Member	2014-02-28	2019-03-25
Independent Dir/Board Member	2014-02-28	2019-03-25

Yoshimichi Saita

Corporate Officer/Principal

2011-06-30

2017-11-30

Masayuki Abe

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

2017-11-30

Toru Nagashima

Director/Board Member	2013-02-28	2017-03-20
Independent Dir/Board Member	2013-02-28	2017-03-20

Kazuyoshi Aoki

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2015-12-31	2016-12-31
Director of Finance/CFO	2015-12-31	2016-12-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2015-12-31

Kenji Miyawaki

Corporate Officer/Principal

2013-08-05

2016-12-31

Yoshinori Takema

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-03-24

Shigeru Koshiba

Corporate Officer/Principal

2015-03-24

Minoru Utsumi

Corporate Officer/Principal

2011-06-30

2015-03-24

Naohisa Kure

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-10-04

2015-03-24

Takayuki Ishige

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2011-06-30

2015-03-24

Takuji Yasukawa

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-01-06

2015-03-24

Shinichiro Hiramine

Director/Board Member	2010-01-06	2012-10-31
Corporate Officer/Principal	1978-03-31	2015-03-24

Masato Hirota

Director/Board Member	2010-01-06	2012-08-30
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-01-06	-

Akira Yoshimatsu

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-10-04

2014-03-27

Muneki Hirao

Corporate Officer/Principal

2014-03-27

Motoki Ozaki

Director/Board Member	2011-06-30	2012-08-30
Chairman	2012-08-30	2014-02-28
President	2010-01-05	2012-08-30

Teruhiko Ikeda

Director/Board Member

2011-06-30

Takuma Otoshi

Director/Board Member

2010-05-31

Moriyasu Murata

Director/Board Member

2002-05-31

Shujiro Matsuda

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2010-11-09

Peter Stubbe

Corporate Officer/Principal

2000-12-31

Takahiko Kagawa

Director/Board Member

1996-05-31

Toru Shoji

Sales & Marketing

1992-05-31

Michitaka Sawada

Director/Board Member	2008-05-31	2020-12-31
Chairman	2020-12-31	-
Human Resources Officer	2018-12-31	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2003-06-30	2012-05-31
President	2012-05-31	2020-12-31

Shoji Kobayashi

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2013-02-28	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-10-04	2013-02-28

Hisao Mitsui

Director/Board Member	2013-02-28	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2013-02-28	-

Toshihide Saito

Director/Board Member	2013-02-28	-
Compliance Officer	2013-02-28	-
General Counsel	2013-02-28	-

Toshiyuki Suzuki

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	2011-03-15	2012-01-26
Corporate Officer/Principal	2012-01-26	-

Tatsuo Takahashi

Director/Board Member	2011-08-09	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2011-08-09	-

Masanori Sunaga

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

2010-10-04

Shinichi Mita

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2011-06-30	-
Director/Board Member	2010-01-06	-
Director of Finance/CFO	2010-01-06	-

Ken Hashimoto

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor	2013-02-28	-
Director/Board Member	2013-02-28	-
Director of Finance/CFO	2013-02-28	-

Hiroshi Kanda

Director/Board Member	1973-03-31	-
Public Communications Contact	2013-08-05	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	1973-03-31	2013-08-05

Shunichi Nakagawa

Director/Board Member	1972-03-31	-
Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer	1972-03-31	2012-03-04
Public Communications Contact	1972-03-31	2012-03-04
General Counsel	1972-03-31	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2012-03-04	-

Takuo Goto

Director/Board Member	2010-01-05	-
Human Resources Officer	2012-01-26	2012-03-04
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-01-05	-

Tadaaki Sugiyama

Compliance Officer	2015-12-31	-
General Counsel	2015-12-31	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	2015-12-31

Norihiko Takagi

Director/Board Member	2010-01-05	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	2010-01-05	-

Kenichi Yamauchi

Chief Administrative Officer	-	-
Investor Relations Contact	-	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Tomiro Nagase

Founder

John F. Dullea

Corporate Officer/Principal

Atsushi Takahashi

Director/Board Member

2010-01-06

Motohiro Morimura

Corporate Officer/Principal

Yasushi Aoki

Human Resources Officer	2015-03-24	2019-03-25
Corporate Officer/Principal	-	-

Osamu Shoda

Director/Board Member

2010-01-06

Yoshitaka Nakatani

Corporate Officer/Principal

2010-01-06

William J. Gentner

Corporate Officer/Principal

2011-06-30

Yuki Hayakawa

Public Communications Contact

2009-07-29

Joseph Lowry

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

Iwao Inoue

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

1966-03-31

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	10
Female	5

Of which Executive Committee

Male	6
Female	2

Of which Directors

Male	5
Female	3

Revisions

Recommandations analystes

Évolution recommandations analystes 1 an

Évolution recommandations analystes 4 mois

Objectif analystes

Évolution objectif analystes 1 an

Évolution objectif analystes 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

Kao Corp is a Japan-based company engaged in the manufacture and sale of consumer products and chemical products. The Company operates in five business segments. The Hygiene & Living Care segment provides fabric care products, home care products, and sanitary products. The Health & Beauty Care segment provides skin care products, hair care products, and personal health products. The Life Care segment is mainly involved in the provision of commercial hygiene products, health drinks and other life care products. The Cosmetic segment produces counseling cosmetics and self-cosmetics. The above four business segments are included in the consumer products business. Chemical segment provides oil and fat products, such as oleochemical alcohols, oleochemical amines, fatty acids, and edible oils and fats for commercial use, functional material products, such as surfactants, additives for plastics, and high-performance water reducers for concrete, as well as specialty chemicals products.

Employees

31,514

Sector

Personal Products

Calendar

Earnings release - Q2 2026

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