- CEO
- Shingo Kameda
- Full Time Employees
- 206
- Sector
- Technology services
- Industry
- Packaged software
- Address
- Daisan Yamada Building Tokyo TY Japan 160-0005
- IPO Date
- Oct 19, 2006
- Business
- THE WHY HOW DO COMPANY, Inc. (3823.T) is a Japan-based pure holding company that provides smartphone services and solutions; computer education for individuals and corporations; real estate leasing including subleasing; planning, production, and operation of concerts, theater, performing arts, lectures, sports, and other events; intellectual property management, sales, and licensing; and other related activities through its subsidiaries. The company operates primarily in three segments: solution business, which develops platform solutions for smartphones and Internet of Things (IoT) devices including bingo systems, social games, application products, and contract development projects; restaurant-related business, encompassing real estate subleasing, trademark rights management, and restaurant operations; and education-related business, offering information technology seminars for job seekers with approximately six-month training periods. Founded on July 12, 2004, and headquartered at Yamada Building No. 3, 22 Aizumicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, the company maintains a consolidated presence in Japan with 76 employees and JPY 1.75 billion in revenue for the fiscal year ended August 31, 2025. Key subsidiaries include WHDC Acrodea Co., Ltd., which handles core solution operations following a June 2023 simple spin-off to transition to a pure holding structure; Shibuya Nikuyoriding Co., Ltd.; Interplan Co., Ltd.; SOUND PORT Co., Ltd.; Pavilions Co., Ltd.; Dream Planet Co., Ltd., specializing in capsule toy manufacturing, wholesale, and route sales to the food service industry; Sunrise Japan Co., Ltd.; and Ube Seikan Recycling Center Co., Ltd., focused on industrial waste processing. Recent developments include the September 2024 acquisition of capsule toy firm Dream Planet Co., Ltd. as a subsidiary, followed by additional share acquisitions announced in November 2025 to strengthen integration; a capital and business partnership with IROP in 2025 to co-create growth strategies in the after-salon hair care market leveraging consumer insights and marketing; and a business alliance with CresaVa in 2025 to develop recycling technologies combining carbon resources from clothing into coke and washi-based materials for a new industrial layer emphasizing technology, traditional materials, stable circular energy, and social impact.