Together with the Community

The KOSÉ Group’s mission is to continuously inspire people with their dreams and hopes through beauty.
As a “beauty creation company,” our corporate message of "Creating Beauty in a Sustainable World" expresses our strong determination to sharing wisdom related to "beauty" for the benefit of people, society and the global environment.

Since our founding, we have been conducting business activities with all stakeholders with an emphasis on the spirit of “coexistence and co-prosperity.”
We believe that by building mutually enhancing relationships and collaborating with all of our partners, we will be able to solve social issues.

One of the themes of the KOSÉ Sustainability Plan, "Support for a Beautiful, Healthy, and Happy Life," is focusing on people's wellbeing. We are working to contribute to local communities by providing support that leads to better lives through beauty courses, skincare awareness activities, and various activities aimed at revitalizing the community.

This initiative is based on the KOSÉ Group's action guidelines, and is supervised and approved by the Sustainability Committee, in which the Board of Directors participates, and progress is managed by the Sustainability Promotion Committee.

Basic Policy on Social Contribution Activities

Based on our Corporate Philosophy, the KOSÉ Group aims to resolve social issues through beauty and contribute to the development of a sustainable society as a responsible corporate citizen by coexisting and co-prospering with the people who make up our society.

Key Initiatives

With regard to social contribution activities, we will promote them by establishing five key initiatives that leverage our strengths.

Next Generation Awareness Next Generation Awareness For the next generation who will lead the future, we carry out activities to raise awareness for developing healthy skin to improve quality of life (QOL), support growth through experiential learning to develop rich sensitivity, and support self-realization. SDGs icon3 SDGs icon4 SDGs icon10
Community Community Together with each stakeholder, we will support interactions between local residents, so that each individual can lead their own life and revitalize the entire community. SDGs icon3 SDGs icon5 SDGs icon10
Wellness Wellness We promote activities aimed at providing support and assistance through skincare and make-up seminars and activities to raise awareness in order to realize healthier and better lifestyle both mentally and physically. SDGs icon3 SDGs icon10
Environmental Conservation Environmental Conservation To make the earth a place where we can live with peace of mind, we aim to protect the natural environment and coexist with the local community, and we carry out environmental conservation activities focusing on our business areas. SDGs icon13 SDGs icon14 SDGs icon15
Disaster Assistance Disaster Assistance In cooperation with the national and local governments, we provide monetary and material support to disaster-stricken areas in order to help with recovery and reconstruction efforts. SDGs icon3 SDGs icon10

Examples of Main Activities

Next Generation Awareness

“Skincare classes for school children” for a wide range of grades

For children whose skin barrier function has not yet matured, proper skin care will prevent skin problems caused by dryness and improve their QOL by leading to healthy skin.
Therefore, in 2022 and 2023, in collaboration with a medical team specializing in pediatric allergy, we held "Skin Care Classes for School Children" at five facilities for school children (mainly in Nagareyama City, Chiba Prefecture) operated by an NPO organization “green,” providing 126 primary school students from 1st to 6th grade with an opportunity to "know and practice" skin care by taking an interest in their own skin.

Wellness

“UV Protection Course” for high school students who play sports

In everyday life, UV rays affect not only the skin but also sports performance. With the hope of encouraging high school students to lead healthy lives, we held an “UV Protection Course” for 160 students at Maehara High School in Okinawa Prefecture, which is committed to sports education, in order to educate them on the importance of UV protection and the proper use of sunscreen. The course was reported by local TV stations and newspapers in Okinawa, which led to the awareness of various stakeholders, including students of the same generation, their parents and guardians, and instructors.

Activities

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  • Next Generation Awareness

  • Community

  • Wellness

  • Environmental Conservation

  • “KidZania Tokyo”, a vocational and social experience facility for children that fosters a rich sense of sensitivity

    “KidZania Tokyo”, a vocational and social experience facility for children that fosters a rich sense of sensitivity

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  • Efforts to develop healthy skin with the aim of making skincare a habit from early childhood

    Efforts to develop healthy skin with the aim of making skincare a habit from early childhood

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  • Awareness campaign to protect the skin of junior/senior high school students from UV rays

    Awareness campaign to protect the skin of junior/senior high school students from UV rays

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  • Make-up and grooming seminars to support job hunting

    Make-up and grooming seminars to support job hunting

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  • Providing children with learning opportunities and experiences that foster their intelligence and sensitivity

    Providing children with learning opportunities and experiences that foster their intelligence and sensitivity

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  • Support for students’ company visit

    Support for students’ company visit

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  • Support activities for single-parent households

    Support activities for single-parent households

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  • Support activities for local sporting events

    Support activities for local sporting events

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  • Other support activities aimed at revitalization of local communities

    Other support activities aimed at revitalization of local communities

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  • Support activities  for people in need of social assistance.

    Support activities for people in need of social assistance.

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  • Support for initiatives that lead to health awareness

    Support for initiatives that lead to health awareness

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  • Makeup seminars and support activities to promote sports

    Makeup seminars and support activities to promote sports

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  • Activities to protect forests

    Activities to protect forests

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  • Activities to protect water environment

    Activities to protect water environment

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  • Cleanup activities

    Cleanup activities

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Disaster Assistance

The KOSÉ Group provides support in accordance with the situation to help people who have suffered damage due to large-scale disasters.

Efforts towards Sports Development

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Efforts towards sports development

Giving support in the creation of the “The Big Investigation! The Power of Makeup” comic

We have been supporting Kodansha BC Ltd. in the creation of their “Field Trip Comic” series.The comic series was created in hope of teaching the children that carry the future on their shoulders the role make-up plays and the importance of having a healthy skin. These are distributed across the entire country’s elementary schools and public libraries. E-book is available here.

* We are also offering copies to anyone who’d like one. If you are interested, please feel free to send us an inquiry.
(Public relations office: pr@kose.co.jp

“The Big Investigation! The Power of Make-up”

Contribution to the development of cosmetology

The KOSÉ Cosmetology Research Foundation was established in 1990 by Kozaburo Kobayashi, the founder of KOSÉ. The foundation has continued its activities with the aim of contributing to the realization of beautiful and affluent lives by providing financial support for research projects related to cosmetology, thereby helping to improve people’s health and beauty. Currently, the Foundation offers four grant programs for researchers nationwide who are ambitiously engaged in cosmetology research: “The Cosmetology Research Grant”, “Research Grant for Specific Subject”, “The International Exchange Grant”, and “The Academic Meeting Support Grant”, as well as “The KOSÉ Cosmetology Encouragement Award”, an award program designed to encourage the publication of academic papers and promote the return of research results to society. KOSÉ has continuously supported the activities of the foundation since its establishment.
The Cosmetology Research Foundation

*In June 2022, Kazutoshi Kobayashi (President & CEO of KOSE Corporation) was appointed as the 4th Chairman of the Foundation.

*In November 2019, the company name was changed from Cosmetology Research Foundation to KOSÉ Cosmetology Research Foundation.

*The Foundation has been certified by the Cabinet Office as a public interest, and was transferred to the public interest incorporated foundation in October 2011.

Foundation’s business and business results(JP)

The 34th Award and Presentation Ceremony Cosmetology Research Grant Awardees

Beauty school developing future specialists

In 1968, Kozaburo Kobayashi, the founder of KOSÉ Corporation, founded KOSÉ Beauty College in Kita-ward, Tokyo based on his belief that nurturing beauty experts is also an important business. He assumed the first principal of the College. Ever since the foundation the College has produced many talented resources in the beauty field for nearly half a century. The name was renewed as Tokyo Hair Make-Up Technical School in 1997, then as KOSÉ Beauty Academy in 2016.
Guided by the principle of placing importance on human development, we created the hair design course for aspiring hairdressers, hair and make-up artists, and bridal stylists, and the beauty design course for aspiring beauty advisors, eyelash technicians and nail artists. Through our curriculum that enables students to obtain national certification as a beautician, we are working to develop human resources who can play an active role as professional beauty experts.
KOSÉ Koto Biyo Gakko (Beauty Technical College)

Hair Designer Course

Beauty Designer Course