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Specifically, newly established and reorganized divisions such as the Media Services Business Bureau, Digital Infrastructure Business Bureau, Content Business Strategy Bureau, Digital Strategy Bureau, Management Department, and Corporate Strategy Bureau will be tasked respectively with maximizing service revenue, efficient operation, promoting DX initiatives, and formulating marketing strategies.\n\n### Overview of Personnel Changes\nPersonnel changes include appointing new heads at the Audit Department and various newly established bureaus at director and manager levels. For example, Koji Tanaka has been appointed Audit Department Manager, Satoshi Onobe will serve as Head of the Business Solutions Unit in the Digital Strategy Bureau, and Eisuke Saito as Head of the Content Platform Unit in the Digital Strategy Bureau. 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