As we reach the final year of our Action Plan for Promoting Employment and Careers of Women, we have been working toward the achievement of its goals. In new graduate recruitment, we hold online job fair and interviews with female employees in a variety of job types and also offer information on the childcare support system online, and have strengthened public relations aimed at recruitment of women. We also carry out initiatives such as PR activities regarding the active recruitment of women aimed at high school career counselors, and have achieved recruitment in departments where placement of women has been low, such as manufacturing departments.
To increase the number of female applicants for mid-career recruitment, we included information including statistics on maternity leave, childcare leave, and female leave in our job postings, to publicize our women-friendly workplaces. We also posted information on our numerical performance and initiatives in the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's Database on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, and disclose information to job seekers.
In further promotion of women's participation and advancement, we believe that we must increase the number of women who play central roles within the Company. Accordingly, we will launch a new Action Plan in fiscal year 2021 to promote the recruitment, training, and retention of female human resources. It will focus on initiatives aimed at promoting active participation by women more than ever, going beyond recruitment to include education, training, and networking events for female employees.