- CEO
- Sawada Hidetaka
- Full Time Employees
- 10,804
- Sector
- Consumer services
- Industry
- Other consumer services
- Address
- Kamiyacho Trust Tower Tokyo TY Japan 105-6905
- IPO Date
- Dec 11, 2002
- Business
- H.I.S. Co., Ltd. (9603.T) operates as a leading Japanese travel agency providing comprehensive travel services worldwide; its core offerings include agent-organized tours, tailor-made tours, and arranging tours for domestic and international destinations; sports-related tours such as ski and diving packages; casual to luxury cruises; package tours like Ciao and escort tours like impresso; airline ticket reservations, hotel bookings, and visa application support; advertising services; domestic and overseas travel insurance; hotel amenities and guest room facilities; event management; Japan medical tourism coordination; direct sales support; and operations of amusement facilities, theme parks, and robotics through Hapi-robo st. The company, founded in 1980 by Hideo Sawada as International Tours Co., Ltd. and renamed H.I.S. Co., Ltd. in 1990 to reflect Highest International Standards, maintains headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, with over 300 global locations emphasizing Asia including Thailand and South Korea, Europe, and the Americas; it conducts business through key segments of travel services contributing about 70% of revenues, leisure and entertainment, retail, media and advertising, hotels via H.I.S. Hotel Holdings Co., Ltd., and the Kyushu Sanko Group encompassing transportation and industrial activities; subsidiaries include domestic entities like Laguna Ten Bosch Co., Ltd., Cruise Planet Co., Ltd., ORION TOUR CO., LTD., and overseas operations such as HIS Canada Travel Inc. and Group Miki Holdings Limited. Recent developments feature the October 2025 acquisition of shares in Southwing Co., Ltd. to establish it as a subsidiary; a September 2025 share transfer agreement for creating a wholly owned subsidiary by a consolidated subsidiary; the May 2025 conclusion of a basic agreement to acquire shares of Kyoshin Densetsu Kogyo K.K.; transfer of consolidated subsidiary shares in May 2025; establishment of a new subsidiary by a consolidated subsidiary in June 2025; and ongoing organizational changes including representative director shifts and officer transfers announced in October 2025, alongside revisions to full-year financial forecasts for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2025.