[Event Report] One of Japan's Largest Online Joint Job Hunting Briefings 'Mikiwame LIVE Industry Super Research Special 3Days LIVE'

Leeding Mark Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Minato-ku, Tokyo, CEO: Yuji Iida, hereinafter 'Leeding Mark'), which provides HR businesses 'Mikiwame AI' and 'Mikiwame Job Hunting' through Personality Tech, held an online joint briefing session 'Mikiwame LIVE Industry Super Research Special 3Days LIVE' via YouTube streaming for three days from Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2026. 82 leading companies from various industries took the stage, recording over 15,000 total preliminary applicants and over 8,000 total attendees. The average corporate satisfaction score was 4.45 (out of 5), receiving high praise from both participating companies and students.

Looking Back at the 3-Day Event

Under the theme 'Knowing the present of the industry and foreseeing its future,' this event featured employees working at the forefront of various industries. Designed to go beyond mere company explanations, it delved deeply into industry structures and future prospects, enabling students themselves to verbalize 'why this company and this industry now.'

Despite adopting an online format via YouTube LIVE that anyone can easily join, interactive Q&A sessions facilitated by a moderator realized 'honest dialogues' rarely seen in standard briefings. Questions thrown into the chat by students were sharp and essential, sparking active exchanges on industry structures and corporate strategies, such as 'the reason why trading companies are a unique corporate form to Japan' and 'institutional design to increase decision-making speed.'

The ratio of students from top-tier universities reached 65-70% over the three days, and it was widely utilized as a place to deepen industry and corporate understanding, primarily by highly job-hunting-sensitive student demographics. The event provided a high-quality job hunting experience, eliciting feedback like 'I was able to organize my career aspirations while comparing diverse industries' and 'By knowing the real initiatives of companies, I encountered new interests.'

* Top-tier universities: Refers to the former Imperial Universities (Hokkaido, Tohoku, Tokyo, Nagoya, Kyoto, Osaka, Kyushu), Waseda, Keio, Hitotsubashi, Tokyo Science, and Kobe University.

Event Overview

Official Name Mikiwame LIVE Industry Super Research Special 3Days LIVE

Date and Time Friday, April 17 to Sunday, April 19, 2026, 10:00-18:10 each day

Format Online (Free streaming on YouTube LIVE)

Host Mikiwame Job Hunting / Leeding Mark Co., Ltd.

Number of Presenting Companies Total of 82 companies over 3 days

Target Audience Job-hunting students planning to graduate in 2027 and 2028

Event Theme and Concept

'Knowing the present of the industry and foreseeing its future'

What kind of industries exist in society, and how will they change in the future? This is one of Japan's largest job-hunting events that goes beyond explaining the current situation, unraveling the strengths of each company by calculating backward from the 'future of the industry'. We designed it so that students can encounter new career interests by deeply understanding industries, companies, and businesses.

By adopting a format via YouTube LIVE that anyone can easily join, we realized the delivery of high-quality corporate and industry information regardless of time or location. The interactive Q&A format facilitated by a moderator gained popularity, creating a space where the real voices of employees and the appeal of corporate culture, which cannot be obtained in one-way company briefings, are conveyed.

Implementation Results

The implementation results for each day are as follows.

Friday, April 17 | Saturday, April 18 | Sunday, April 19 Preliminary Applicants: 5,280 | 5,339 | 5,333 Total Attendees: 3,145 | 2,829 | 2,211 Top-tier University Ratio: 64.7% | 67.7% | 68.7% Corporate Satisfaction (Out of 5): 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5

Participating Companies (Total 82 companies over 3 days, titles omitted)

Mitsubishi Corporation, ITOCHU Corporation, Sumitomo Corporation, Marubeni, NYK Line, Mitsui O.S.K. Lines, Kawasaki Kisen, Mitsubishi Estate, Mori Building, Dentsu, CyberAgent, KDDI, A.T. Kearney, Accenture, IBM Japan, J.P. Morgan, MUFG Bank, Nihon M&A Center, P&G Japan, Johnson & Johnson, Fujifilm, Asahi Kasei, AGC, and others, totaling 82 companies.

* Top companies from a wide range of industries including trading, finance, consulting, manufacturing, IT, real estate, and advertising participated.

Highlights of the Day

A series of sharp questions posed by students

In the Q&A utilizing the YouTube LIVE chat function, deep and essential questions unique to job-hunting students followed one after another. Below are some of them.

● 'What kind of growth did you feel through your work? At what timing do you feel a sense of fulfillment?' ● 'I understand that trading companies are a corporate form unique to Japan. Why are trading companies necessary in Japan, and what is their significance?' ● 'To maintain competitive advantage, what institutional design increases the speed from technological development to social implementation?'