Announcement Regarding Investment in "JR East Toyosato Sosei Inc."

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Yamatané, in collaboration with JR East and YUIME, has announced its investment in the newly established company "JR East Toyosato Sosei Inc." This new company aims to resolve abandoned farmland issues and enhance food self-sufficiency in the JR East area by supporting agricultural corporations and consolidating farmlands to build a sustainable agricultural model.

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Yamatané, in collaboration with JR East and YUIME, has announced its investment in the newly established company "JR East Toyosato Sosei Inc." This new company aims to resolve abandoned farmland issues and enhance food self-sufficiency in the JR East area by supporting agricultural corporations and consolidating farmlands to build a sustainable agricultural model.

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Yamatané Corporation (Koto-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Iwao Kawarada) announces its investment in the new company "JR East Toyosato Sosei Inc." (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Daisuke Takahashi, hereinafter "JR East Toyosato Sosei"), which was initiated by East Japan Railway Company (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Yoichi Kise, hereinafter "JR East"), in conjunction with YUIME Corporation (Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director and President: Kohei Ueno, hereinafter "YUIME"). ▲ (From left) Yamatané's Kawarada, JR East Toyosato Sosei President Takahashi, JR East Senior Managing Director Takagi, YUIME President Ueno ### [Background and Purpose of Establishing "JR East Toyosato Sosei"] While JR East's business area accounts for approximately half of Japan's rice cultivation acreage, the increase in abandoned farmland due to the risk of business closures accompanying the aging of producers and managers has become a major regional issue. If this trend continues, it is projected that approximately 670,000 hectares of agricultural land and other areas (about 1.34 million hectares nationwide) in just one prefecture and 16 prefectures within the JR East area could become uncultivated in 10 years*. In response to this situation, JR East conceived this project from "ON1000," an in-house open innovation program for new business creation. A new company was established with the aim of building a sustainable agricultural production system through farmland consolidation and the introduction of new technologies to improve productivity, thereby contributing to the improvement of Japan's food self-sufficiency. *1 Source: Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries "Status of Regional Plan Formulation (as of April 2025)", agricultural land and other areas include agricultural facilities such as livestock barns and communal facilities. ### [About "JR East Toyosato Sosei"'s Business] JR East Toyosato Sosei w

Announcement Regarding Investment in "JR East Toyosato Sosei Inc."

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