When ORIX and French infrastructure giant VINCI launched a 44-year concession to operate three airports in Japan's Kansai region in April 2016, no real precedents in Japan existed to guide them.
When ORIX launched its Growth Strategy 2035 in May 2025, it set two headline targets - net income of 1 trillion yen and a return on equity of 15% - as well as a central ambition: to transform itself from a balance sheet investor into a glo…
At its inaugural ORIX Investor Day in London this July, ORIX communicated its Growth Strategy 2035, a plan to move to an asset management model that accelerates growth while also lifting financial returns – with a target of reaching a 15% …
When Lions Mansion Akasaka opened its doors in 1968, it announced an ambition: to bring quality urban housing to Japan's working families. What followed was one of the most sustained records of market leadership in Japanese real estate. By…
When ORIX launched its Growth Strategy 2035 just over a year ago, some observers wondered whether the targets - a 15% return on equity and 1 trillion yen in net profit - were more aspiration than plan.
For more than 60 years, ORIX has been one of Japan's best-kept secrets: a widely diversified and quietly formidable corporate group that has expanded across industries and continents while remaining, to much of the international investment…
ORIX Corporation's shipping business has evolved from modest beginnings in domestic vessel leasing to become a diversified maritime business, establishing a unique position in a highly volatile industry and developing the strength to navig…
As ORIX embarks on one of the most significant transformations in its history, Group CFO and CSO Masataka Yamada has joined the senior management team with a clear mandate: help CEO Hidetake Takahashi turn an ambitious growth strategy into…
At an industry corporate fleet management conference in 2024, Reggie Cabal, Deputy Head, Asia-Pacific Business Headquarters at ORIX Group, listened as APAC regional and international fleet customers expressed their need for simplification …
When ORIX launched its Growth Strategy 2035 in May 2025, the ambition was clear: reach 1 trillion yen ($6.3 billion) in net profit and a 15% return on equity in ten years.
Founded in 1946 in Nagano Prefecture, Orion Machinery Co., Ltd. has evolved from a regional dairy equipment manufacturer into a global leader in precision industrial technology.
In a banking landscape often criticized for its risk aversion, ORIX METRO Leasing and Finance Corporation has carved out a distinctive niche in the Philippine economy by championing the capital needs of small and medium-sized enterprises (…
Airports are often described as small cities: they operate around the clock, house diverse infrastructure, and serve as hubs for thousands of people daily. This complexity makes them ideal showcases for ambitious decarbonization efforts.
Investing in technology that changes markets in a way that both advances society and generates a financial return is central to ORIX’s Purpose of “Finding Paths. Making Impact.”
In March 2025, AGC Inc and ORIX Corporation launched Japan’s first horizontal recycling scheme for window glass, marking a significant step forward in the nation’s circular economy efforts.
For a lesson in how to navigate the rapidly evolving global Energy Transition while demonstrating strategic foresight and capital discipline ORIX’s journey with Greenko and AM Green is hard to top. What began in 2021 as a bold bet on India…
ORIX has long invested in, restructured and improved Japanese companies, not only for financial gain but also in an effort to contribute to Japan’s broader industrial development. Now it has found a heavy-hitting partner with the same long…
The vision of flying cars, once confined to the realms of science fiction, has taken a significant step toward reality in Japan, fueled by the global spotlight cast on this emerging sector by the 2025 World Expo in Osaka.
ORIX’s top team of photographers and wordsmiths braved the crowds and the heat to bring you more images from Japan’s second-largest city, capturing the final days of this year’s Osaka World Expo.
Imagine spotting someone that reminds you strongly of your younger self. You would likely be intrigued and want to get to know them better. That, in a corporate sense, is what ORIX Group experienced when it first came across Hilco Global, …
The Circular Economy (CE) is rapidly turning from a buzzword into a fully-fledged economic system that promises to reshape the way we use (and re-use) resources in order to make our world sustainable.
Beppu City, on the eastern coast of Kyushu Island, is famous as the site of Japan’s most abundant collection of hot springs, or onsen – it boasts more than 2,000 of them. But its popularity as a destination for domestic tour group’s peaked…
The shortage of successors for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Japan is becoming increasingly serious each year. As a result, the number of mergers and acquisitions (M&A deals) involving mid-sized and small businesses continue…
In Japanese, ‘Nadeshiko’ is the name of a pink carnation; but it carries a metaphorical meaning that represents female energy, and in business, Nadeshiko stands for promoting women at work – an area where Japan has, perhaps, a less-than-id…
Shipping is the backbone of global logistics: the international shipping industry carries around 90% of world trade. Without vessels, trade and supply chains simply would not function.
“It should be easy to write a purpose statement for a renewables company,” notes Ana Jordan, Head of Human Resources at Elawan Energy, the Spanish company at the heart of ORIX’s global renewable energy platform. “But it still takes time an…
For those of you not able to visit in person, a crack team from ‘ORIX in Action’ recently visited the 2025 World Expo in Japan’s second city of Osaka to bring you these images:
ORIX Group has grown spectacularly since its foundation 60 years ago. Starting as an Osaka-based leasing company in Japan, it has evolved into a global corporate group operating in over 30 countries with 10 business segments that span fina…
Setting out a vision is only half the battle. Communicating it clearly is just as important. When it comes to its Purpose & Culture, launched in November 2023, ORIX Group appears to be succeeding on both fronts.
The reason ORIX Group, one of Japan’s leading renewable energy operators, has entered the market for battery storage can be simply stated, but hides a big ambition: to turn unreliable renewables into a steady, 24-hour a day power source.
When ORIX Group launched its Purpose & Culture in November 2023, Yoshiaki Matsuoka, Head of the Asia & Australia Business Group, saw it as an ideal way to promote integration among the different units of his far-flung division and hence to…
The appointments of James Meyler, the longstanding Chief Executive of ORIX Aviation, and Kei Kitagawa, the Deputy Head of the Global Transportation Services Headquarters (of which ORIX Aviation is a part) as executives of ORIX Corporation …
“In Japan, people from the Kansai region around Osaka are seen as friendly, progressive…and very commercial”, says Toyonori Takahashi. And as the Group Kansai Representative for ORIX Group and an Osaka native himself, he should know.
The Kansai region of Western Japan is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and commercial culture. It is, then, apt that Osaka, Kansai’s biggest city, will be the home of the country’s first integrated resort (IR), which is a group of faci…
Data centers; gigafactories; semiconductor fabs. The boom in giant infrastructure projects, alongside continued construction of new logistics centers, warehouses and factories means private companies have a rapidly rising demand for power,…
“People wanted to fly again; it’s that simple,” says James Meyler, CEO of ORIX Aviation, explaining the strong rebound in air travel over the past couple of years. “We are a global community; we want to travel; and we want to see family, f…
Osaka’s city center is going big and going green. This September marked the opening of the first phase of GRAND GREEN OSAKA, a massive urban redevelopment project centered on the Umekita district just north of Japan Railway’s ‘Osaka Statio…
Operating an aquarium in a building complex under Tokyo’s highest tower miles from the sea sounds like a real challenge. But this is exactly what ORIX Group has been doing for more than a decade, without a hitch and to considerable public …
A decade ago, private credit barely registered in the public consciousness. Today, the term is on everyone’s lips and every financial institution worth its salt wants to get involved.
This month marked the first anniversary of the launch of ORIX Group’s Purpose & Culture in November 2023. One year on, it has achieved wide recognition and growing understanding among the group’s 34,000 employees around the world -- but th…
The aviation industry has been through its version of a Hollywood movie in recent years: from the devastating impact of COVID-19 that saw flights grounded around the world, causing unprecedented losses for many airlines; to the strong rebo…
Nestled within the industrial heart of Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, lies a facility that showcases the transformative power of logistics in the face of demographic challenges. The Sagamihara Technology Center, marked by its sleek entra…
Most people coming through an airport these days are likely to be thinking, at least in passing, about the planet-warming carbon dioxide that their travel will generate.
The trajectory is clear: after adding 3 Gigawatts of capacity to its global renewable energy portfolio over the past five years, ORIX Group is planning to add another 6GW in the next six years– taking the total to 10GW by 2030.
The tourists are back! Overseas visitors are flocking to Japan once more, with their pursuit of a unique cultural experience made more affordable than ever by a weak yen. This is providing a welcome tailwind to Kansai Airports, the joint v…
Shibuya Foods, Co., Ltd., is a confectionary manufacturer from Kochi Prefecture, and holds a 50% market share of these delectable treats. Since its establishment in 1959, Shibuya Foods has been delighting Japanese consumers with its delici…
ORIX has emerged as a key player in the area of business succession in Japan, where it works with private Japanese companies to identify paths to the future as they transition from their original founder-owner to a future-proof management …
As ORIX Group rolls out its new Purpose during 2024, Robeco is one part of the Group whose core mission aligns squarely with the ambition of “Finding Paths. Making Impact.” The Dutch asset manager, with €196 billion under management, is a …
Amazon is one of the world’s largest and best-known companies, and as such has made a public commitment to reach net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2040. Harnessing the potential of renewable energy will help achieve that target, and ORI…
If there is one business in ORIX Group’s wide portfolio that appears designed to match the group’s new Purpose statement of “Finding Paths. Making Impact.” it is the Environment and Energy segment, which spans renewables, electric power re…
