Benesse Holdings, Inc - BE8

Benesse Holdings, Inc. engages in education, language, lifestyles, and senior/nursing care businesses. The company offers Shinkenzemi correspondence courses, Shinken simulated exams, student pocketbooks, magazines, and general publications; individual tuitions; and advertising services. It also operates schools and prep schools; creates university information magazines; plans, edits, produces, distributes, and sells study materials; sells toys; researches and develops cultural goods; and supports Japanese students studying English in Australia. In addition, the company is involved in logistics and data processing of tests and teaching materials for schools; general trading and quality assurance related to educational equipment, toys, and other items; and rights management of music publications, as well as children’s English school/curriculum and lesson development services. Further, it provides career development and career educational support; senior citizen welfare; nursing-care business support and personnel services; and food delivery services for seniors. Additionally, the company rents, sells, and repairs simultaneous interpreting equipment; and provides interpretation, translation, and language instruction services. It also offers translations for medical, pharmaceutical, and other specialized fields; telemarketing; computer information processing, maintenance, and consulting work in the area of information system and security; insurance agency; office operational management, outsourcing, and support; and welfare service for challenged persons, as well as operates and manages hotels and campsites. The company was formerly known as Benesse Corporation and changed its name to Benesse Holdings, Inc. in 2009. Benesse Holdings, Inc. was founded in 1955 and is headquartered in Okayama, Japan.