{"id":30168,"date":"2022-05-26T05:26:56","date_gmt":"2022-05-26T08:26:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=30168"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T11:22:47","slug":"dynam-posts-revenue-of-us818m-for-fiscal-year-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/dynam-posts-revenue-of-us818m-for-fiscal-year-2021","title":{"rendered":"Dynam posts revenue of US$818m for fiscal year 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Japanese pachinko hall operator reported a 6.6 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year but isn&#8217;t getting overly optimistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Japan.-<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Dynam Japan Holdings, one of Japan\u2019s largest pachinko hall operators, has reported revenue of Y105.1bn (US$818m) for the year ending March 31. That&#8217;s an increase of 6.6 per cent year-on-year. Net profit amounted to JPY4.9bn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dynam currently\u00a0<strong>operates 433 pachinko halls<\/strong>, nine fewer than the number reported in May last year. The company said business improved in 2021 after authorities eased Covid-19 countermeasures but did not reach pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company stated: &#8220;The group <strong>can\u2019t be optimistic<\/strong> about the business surroundings in the future, as there remain concerns about the continued spread of infection caused by new variants of coronavirus.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It added: \u201cIn consideration of the above, the group believes that revenue from pachinko business will arrive at the similar level of the fiscal year ended, 31 March 2020 (before the spread of the coronavirus infection) over a few years.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pachinko games\u00a0<strong>maintained their high popularity well into the 21st century<\/strong>\u00a0by incorporating new models with more electronic features, but interest has been declining due to the development of online games. In 2020, the number of\u00a0<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/japan-sees-7-drop-in-number-of-pachinko-halls\" target=\"_blank\">active pachinko halls in Japan fell by 584 to 8,302<\/a>, a 7 per cent decrease year-on-year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The trend for&nbsp;<strong>young people to play mobile games instead of going to a pachinko parlour&nbsp;<\/strong>has been accentuated during increased confinement due to the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Japanese pachinko hall operator reported a 6.6 per cent increase in revenue year-on-year but isn&#8217;t getting overly optimistic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Dynam Japan Holdings, a prominent pachinko hall operator, reported Y105.1bn (US$818m) in revenue, a 6.6% year-on-year increase, and JPY4.9bn net profit for the year ending March 31, despite a reduction in operational venues. The company remains cautious regarding future market conditions, anticipating a multi-year recovery to pre-pandemic revenue levels. This performance occurs amidst a broader industry trend of declining interest in traditional pachinko, exacerbated by the rise of online and mobile gaming.","focusai_entities":"Dynam Japan Holdings","focusai_location":"Japan","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.9), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Pachinko Market Diversification?","query":"Given the structural decline in pachinko hall attendance and the rise of mobile gaming, what strategic diversification initiatives is Dynam Japan Holdings exploring to mitigate long-term revenue erosion and adapt to evolving consumer preferences?"},{"label":"Operational Efficiency Drivers?","query":"With a 6.6% revenue increase despite operating nine fewer halls, what specific operational efficiencies or yield management strategies contributed to Dynam Japan Holdings' improved per-venue performance and profitability?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,163],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-finance-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30168"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30180,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30168\/revisions\/30180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}