JAPAN POST BANK DE&I Forum 2025
At JAPAN POST BANK, a "Diversity Committee" has been formed by volunteer employees nationwide with the aim of creating a "rewarding workplace" where employees with diverse values can thrive. This committee plans and implements initiatives related to DE&I promotion according to the challenges faced by each organization.
On November 27, 2025, the "JAPAN POST BANK DE&I Forum 2025" was held, where representatives from the Diversity Committee gathered. They deepened their learning about DE&I through a face-to-face talk session with President Takayuki Kasama, sharing their daily initiatives, and workshops.
Additionally, a "Diversity Seminar" open to all employees was held on the day, featuring a lecture by Dr.Yoshiki Ishikawa, a Doctor of Philosophy.
Program 1: Talk Session
Participants shared their committees' ongoing activities with each other and exchanged opinions.
Furthermore, participants were able to directly hear the President's thoughts on questions regarding DE&I promotion, such as "What is required of each employee to achieve diversity?" and "What do you keep in mind when interacting with people with different opinions?" Participants expressed that they "reaffirmed the importance and necessity of DE&I" and their motivation for future initiatives was further enhanced.
Program 2: Workshops
Two workshops were conducted to learn key points for promoting DE&I in each workplace.
① "Being Meishi" Creation Workshop
Instead of a typical business card that starts with a "title," a "0th Meishi（business card）" that describes the person's "personality" was arranged as a "Being Meishi," and a workshop was held to create it.
Through thinking about "what kind of person am I?" away from titles and expressing it in words, participants deepened their self-understanding.
Also, by sharing the created business cards and asking each other questions among participants who met for the first time, they experienced communication that starts from "who that person is."
② Helium Ring
This workshop taught "team building" by having a team support one hula hoop with only their index fingers and lowering it without letting go.
Initially, it was difficult to lower it smoothly as they observed each other, but by calling out to each other and a leader emerging, they gradually learned to work together as a team to lower it.
In a short time, they learned key points for team building.
Program 3: Opinion Exchange with "Stakeholder Engagement Committee"
JAPAN POST BANK has established the "Stakeholder Engagement Committee" which works across organizations to facilitate internal communication and create new value through improved organizational strength. As an opportunity to directly hear the "voices of employees" who participated as representatives of committees from all over the country, an opinion exchange was held between participants and this committee members.
Program 4: Diversity Seminar
Dr. Yoshiki Ishikawa, a well-being researcher who conducts interdisciplinary research on "Good Life," was invited to give a lecture.
Dr. Yoshiki Ishikawa
Born in Hiroshima in 1981.
Graduated from the University of Tokyo's Faculty of Medicine,Department of Health Sciences, completed his master's at Harvard University School of Public Health, and obtained his Ph.D. in Medicine from Jichi Medical University.
Representative Director of Wellbeing for Planet Earth. Conducts interdisciplinary research with companies and universities on the theme of "What is a Good Life?"
His specialties include preventive medicine,behavioral science, computational creativity, and conceptual evolution.
He spoke about the importance of improving "well-being" and "how to build a good team" from a new perspective of "differences in stress characteristics."
This seminar was also simultaneously streamed online for all employees, and many employees from all over the country participated, in addition to committee representatives and employees at the head office, which was the venue.
Main contents of the seminar:
✧People have different "stress characteristics," and communication tailored to them improves team conditions.
✧Good teams have a "culture of trust" that treats others with respect.
✧Building relationships that start from "who that person is (Be)."
Participants heard practical advice that each employee can implement in their respective workplaces for future DE&I promotion and well-being improvement within the company, and many participants commented, "I'm glad I attended."
<Participants' Voices>
"Considering human relationships from the perspective of stress characteristics was fresh and very convincing."
"I learned specifically what to do to make an organization function well."
"I want to incorporate this into my daily work."
Conclusion
Through a day of programs, the "JAPAN POST BANK DE&I Forum 2025" was filled with new discoveries and learning. Each participant will take this learning back to their respective workplaces and work to promote DE&I at JAPAN POST BANK.