【Free Event on June 26】How to Break Free from "No Stress Checks After All"? Organizational Culture Reform Seminar Learning from a Major Manufacturer's HR "Mistakes"

ApoPlus Career Co., Ltd., which provides career support for healthcare professionals such as public health nurses, industrial physicians, and pharmacists, and operates healthcare businesses, will hold the 12th "ApoPlus Career Learning Cafe (ApoCafe)," a free experiential seminar and corporate networking event for corporate HR and health management personnel, from 4:00 PM on Friday, June 26, 2026.

**■ Background of the Event: The Wall of "Formalization of Stress Checks"** Ten years have passed since the mandatory stress check system was introduced in 2015, revealing challenges in many companies such as "it ends up being just implemented (formalization)" and "the results of group analysis are not utilized for on-site improvement." Furthermore, as movements to expand the mandate to workplaces with fewer than 50 employees progress, it has become urgent to "utilize" the system as a tool for organizational improvement, not merely for legal compliance.

This formalization is one of the concerns we often hear from HR and health management personnel while supporting companies' industrial health and health management on a daily basis. Therefore, this event focuses on this "gap between ideals and reality" and seeks hints for solving real on-site problems.

**■ What is "ApoPlus Career Learning Cafe (ApoCafe)"?** Based on the concept of "Now more than ever, a place for real interaction and learning," it is an experiential seminar and corporate networking event that provides valuable information and opportunities for networking that cannot be obtained online. We deliver the "real voice of industrial health" that only we, who have consistently supported healthcare professionals, can convey.

**＜Recommended for HR and health management personnel with these concerns＞** * "I end up only tracking the implementation rate of stress checks and the percentage of high-stress individuals." * "I struggle with how to report and disseminate the results of group analysis to management and on-site managers." * "Even if I hear about brilliant examples of health management from other companies, the hurdles are too high for my own company to imitate." * "Measures taken with good intentions were met with resistance from the field (and failed)." * "I want to exchange real information with personnel from other companies who have similar concerns."

*Photos of the ApoPlus Career Learning Cafe held in 2025* *Photos of the social gathering after the ApoPlus Career Learning Cafe held in 2025*

**■ Event Overview** **Theme:** 12th "ApoPlus Career Learning Cafe" Neighboring Industrial Health: Making Stress Checks a Weapon for Cultural Reform - Learning from Failures, Points for Workplace Improvement

**Content:** We will invite an HR representative from a major manufacturer as a guest to introduce a real-world case study of how stress checks and employee awareness survey results were used for cultural reform.

**Participation Conditions:** Those in charge of health management, managers, and HR personnel.

**Date and Time:** Friday, June 26, 2026 * Part 1: Learning Seminar 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM * Part 2: Networking Event (Social Gathering) 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM *Doors open at 3:30 PM, welcome drinks will be provided.

**Participation Fee:** Free

**Venue:** New Tokyo Building 4F, Join 4ths Meet-up Space (New Tokyo Building 4F, 3-3-1 Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0005) Within a 5-minute walk from JR/Subway "Tokyo Station," "Yurakucho," "Nijubashi-mae," and "Hibiya" stations.

**Capacity:** 20 people

**Application Method:** Please check the latest news on the official website for details. https://www.ap-c.co.jp/info/#APC2978

**Facilitator:** Ms. Sayaka Kubo ApoPlus Career Co., Ltd. Executive Advisor, Public Health Nurse, Registered Nurse, Organizational Development Consultant After working at Keio University Hospital, she was involved in establishing an industrial health system as an industrial health nurse at a major retail company. Later, she worked as an executive secretary and in the HR department as a generalist in the food and beverage industry, also experiencing diversity promotion manager. She is active in various fields as an expert who is well-versed in both HR and industrial health perspectives.

**■ Participant Voices ※From the survey results of the previous "ApoCafe" held in February 2026** At the previous "ApoCafe," themed "Hearing the 'Reality of Health Management' from Practitioners," we invited practitioners working on health management certification (White 500) and workplace revitalization as guests. The actual case studies presented by the practitioners focused on the struggles and trials and errors in the field, garnering a very high level of empathy from participants. * Satisfaction: 93% answered "very satisfied" or "satisfied." **＜Comments from Participants (excerpt)＞** * "I empathized with the pursuit of the essence of health management rather than aiming for Health Management Excellent Corporation Certification (White 500)." * "I struggled everywhere." **Keywords:**