{"id":777024671,"date":"2025-03-31T09:44:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-31T12:44:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777024671"},"modified":"2026-04-22T00:19:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T03:19:12","slug":"universal-entertainment-announces-new-management-structure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/universal-entertainment-announces-new-management-structure","title":{"rendered":"Universal Entertainment announces new management structure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The company said the new structure is intended to reduce the excessive concentration of authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>The Philippines.-\u00a0<strong>Universal Entertainment<\/strong> has announced a new management structure with a board and 12 executive officers after its annual shareholder meeting on March 27. The change is intended to &#8220;reduce the excessive concentration of authority and to facilitate speedier decision making.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company said: \u201cThe board of directors will make decisions on broad business strategies. Directors will appropriately supervise executive officers, thereby further strengthening UEC\u2019s [Universal Entertainment Corp\u2019s] governance structure and striving for sustainable growth of the company and enhancement of corporate value over medium to long term.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shareholders appointed four directors and one board member for audit and supervisory matters. Three directors were reappointed: <strong>Tomohiro Okada<\/strong>, who is also the president of Universal Entertainment; <strong>Masayoshi Miyanaga<\/strong>; and <strong>Hiroshi Miyauchi<\/strong>. The new director, <a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/universal-entertainment-announces-board-changes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yoshiyuki Shouji<\/a>, will oversee overseas business operations as well as legal and intellectual property matters. Shareholders also approved <strong>Kuninobu Okuda<\/strong> as a full-time audit and supervisory board member.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a separate notice, <strong>Universal Entertainment<\/strong> announced that its parent company, <strong>Okada Holdings Limited<\/strong>, holds a controlling interest, with 70.30 per cent of its voting rights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/universal-entertainment-tomohiro-okada-appointed-director\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tomohiro Okada<\/a> holds leadership roles in both companies, serving as a director at Universal Entertainment and at Okada Holdings. He is the son of <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/arrest-warrants-issued-for-kazuo-okada-and-associates-in-okada-manila-case\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Kazuo Okada<\/a>, who founded the company but was later removed from his position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The company said the new structure is intended to reduce the excessive concentration of authority.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":18988,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Universal Entertainment has implemented a new management structure, including a board and 12 executive officers, to enhance corporate governance and expedite decision-making. This restructuring aims to mitigate excessive authority concentration and strengthen oversight, with key appointments overseeing overseas operations and legal matters. The company also confirmed Okada Holdings Limited's controlling interest with 70.30% of voting rights.","focusai_entities":"Universal Entertainment, Okada Holdings Limited, Tomohiro Okada, Masayoshi Miyanaga, Hiroshi Miyauchi, Yoshiyuki Shouji, Kuninobu Okuda, Kazuo Okada","focusai_location":"Philippines","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.95), regulator (0.75), compliance_legal (0.9), operator_casino (0.7), investor_analyst (0.98), supplier_vendor (0.8), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Impact on Overseas Expansion?","query":"How will the appointment of Yoshiyuki Shouji to oversee overseas business operations and legal matters specifically influence Universal Entertainment's international market penetration and regulatory compliance strategies?"},{"label":"Governance Framework Efficacy?","query":"What specific metrics or performance indicators will Universal Entertainment utilize to assess the efficacy of its new governance framework in reducing authority concentration and accelerating decision-making, and when can stakeholders expect initial results?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16333],"tags":[23686],"class_list":["post-777024671","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-universal-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024671","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=777024671"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024671\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777024691,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777024671\/revisions\/777024691"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777024671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777024671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777024671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}