Okuwa Reshapes Management and Organization to Strengthen Retail and Food Business Strategy

An update from Okuwa Co., Ltd. ( (JP:8217) ) is now available.

Okuwa Co., Ltd. has announced a broad reshuffle of its officer and management ranks effective February 21, 2026, including revised responsibilities for Director and Senior Managing Executive Officer Yoji Takeda, and Executive Officer Masao Gunji, as well as numerous appointments of new general managers across sales, retail divisions in the Kinki and Tokai regions, food manufacturing, commercial-use food business development, and human resources functions. In tandem, the company is overhauling its organizational structure by renaming the President’s Office to the Management Strategy Supervision Office, creating a new Management Strategy Office, splitting human resources into separate HR and Recruitment and Education divisions, restructuring the PR Retail Division into the SL Retail Division, and launching a Commercial-use Food Business Development Division, moves that signal a push to strengthen strategic planning, refine its multi-format retail organization, and support growth in both consumer and commercial food markets.

The most recent analyst rating on (JP:8217) stock is a Sell with a Yen820.00 price target. To see the full list of analyst forecasts on Okuwa Co., Ltd. stock, see the JP:8217 Stock Forecast page.

More about Okuwa Co., Ltd.

Okuwa Co., Ltd. is a Japanese retail company listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market (securities code 8217), operating a network of formats including Super Centers (SuC), discount-focused Price Cut (PRC) stores, and small supermarkets (SL), with a focus on regional food retailing, distribution, and related food manufacturing and commercial-use food business operations.

Average Trading Volume: 91,438

Technical Sentiment Signal: Sell

Current Market Cap: Yen34.67B

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