Enfactory's 'Ekkyo Circuit' Program Surpasses 600 Participants; Applications Now Open for 2026 Fiscal Year

Enfactory Co., Ltd. (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO Kenta Kato), under the mission 'Making cross-border experiences accessible to everyone,' announced that its practical cross-border learning program for corporations, 'Ekkyo Circuit,' has reached 74 participating companies and over 600 trainees in the four years since its launch.

'Ekkyo Circuit' is a program where professionals from different industries and generations form teams to tackle real-world management challenges from other companies. According to the '2025 Action and Consciousness Change Report,' 81% of participants rated their satisfaction as 7 or higher on a 10-point scale. Key reasons for this high evaluation include the 'experience of zero-based processes for problems without clear answers' and 'questioning internal norms through interactions with diverse external members.'

Participating Companies (Partial List) Major organizations such as Aisin Corporation, Sapporo Breweries Ltd., Meiji Co., Ltd., MS&AD Insurance Group Holdings, Inc., LIXIL Corporation, and The Chiba Kogyo Bank, Ltd., have implemented this program.

2026 Program and Recruitment The 2026 program features 12 real management themes, including AI, regional revitalization, and new business development. Examples of challenges in specific terms include: - Term 1: Godot Inc. (Evaluation system design) - Term 3: Gensen&Co (Expansion strategy for regional revitalization x training) *Visit-based - Term 4: Ax Robotix Inc. (New business model consideration) - Term 6: KANAMEL Inc. (Maximizing group human resource synergy) - Term 9: Kitahara Medical Strategies International (PR strategy for senior services) *Visit-based - Term 7: Unicle Inc. (Sales strategy design) - Term 11: Rapport Inc. (PR and marketing)

Participants can choose themes based on their development goals, whether to sharpen skills in familiar areas or broaden perspectives by challenging themselves in entirely new domains.