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President and Representative Director Mr. Masataka Abe will be reappointed. Additionally, Mr. Hidenobu Saito will be newly appointed as an Outside Director, and existing director candidates will be reappointed. Outside Director Ms. Sari Mitsuida is scheduled to retire upon expiration of her term.\n\n### Personnel Changes of Executive Officers and Subsidiary Representative Directors\nRegarding executive officers, Mr. Kentetsu Ariyoshi will retire, while Mr. Kenichiro Uehara and Mr. Kohei Motoyama will continue their assigned duties. At the subsidiary level, Mr. Kohei Yonemochi of RNT Hotels Co., Ltd. will be promoted from Vice President to Representative Director and President, and Mr. Hiroki Yoshida of Tabisuru Co., Ltd. is also scheduled for a position change. 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