February 17, 2025

Special Feature 1:

AEON, MS&AD, etc.
Companies must raise wages or risk going out of business
---Compensation strategies designed to secure personnel---

Special Feature 2:

Rengo, corrugated packaging company
---Company project to hit trillion-yen mark through M&A---secures 30% domestic share by working closely with customers---

A Bird’s-eye View:

DeepSeek discredits conventional wisdom on AI development costs, giving rise to next round of competition

News in Depth:

Fuji Television faces ongoing chaos
---Station prioritizes privacy, falls short on human rights---and fails to implement sufficient steps to protect employees---