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- Rakus Co., Ltd. (3923.T) provides cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions and IT human resource services primarily to small and medium-sized enterprises in Japan. The company operates through two main segments: Cloud Business, which offers Raku Raku Seisan for streamlining expense reimbursement and transportation expense management; Mail Dealer, a shared mail management and delivery system; Rakuraku Sales, a sales management system; Delivery Mail for email marketing; Raku Raku Details (also known as Rakus Invoice), an electronic invoice issuance system; and other workflow automation and document management tools; and IT Human Resource Business, which dispatches IT engineers for system development, infrastructure construction, network maintenance, machine learning support, and quality control operations. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Tokyo's Shibuya-ku, the company maintains offices across Japan including Osaka, Sapporo, Nagoya, and Fukuoka, with consolidated subsidiaries such as RAKUS Light Cloud Co., Ltd., RAKUS Partners Co., Ltd., RAKUS Mirai Co., Ltd., and RAKUS Vietnam Co., Ltd., and employs over 2,500 people as of March 2024. Rakus listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Prime Market in 2010 and focuses on digital transformation amid regulatory changes like Japan's Invoice System and Electric Bookkeeping Law, driving strong sales growth exceeding 31% CAGR targets toward FY2026 goals of 10 billion yen net income. Recent developments include a May 2025 share buyback authorization to enhance shareholder value, partnerships such as with KS Rogers Co. to promote RakuRaku Hanbai sales efficiency tools, and ongoing investments in service uptime above 99.9% and R&D representing 15% of revenue, alongside workforce expansion to serve over 50,000 businesses.