Overview
Wholesale Trade

JAPAN PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED

Japan Pulp & Paper Co., Ltd. (OVOL Group) is Japan's leading paper and paperboard wholesaler, distributing a broad range of paper, pulp, and related products across domestic and international markets through 133 group companies operating in 22 countries and regions. In addition to its core wholesale business, the Group engages in paper manufacturing and processing, recycled raw materials and waste paper trading, renewable energy generation, real estate leasing, and ICT system development. The Group's integrated value chain—from raw material procurement to recycling—positions it as a comprehensive solutions provider contributing to the realization of a circular economy.

Market Cap
¥149B
US$948M
EV
¥217B
US$1.38B
Stock¥1,354▲+1.88%
US$1 = ¥157.05 (2026-10-22)
LTM EV/EBITDA
9.9
x
LTM EV/EBIT
17.7
x
LTM PER
27.7
x
LTM PBR
1.1
x
Stock vs TOPIX (1Y, base=100)vs TOPIX ▲+61.3%pt
10012
Oct 23, 25 – Oct 23, 26StockTOPIX
1Feb 6, 26Former Murakami Fund group (City Index Eleventh, Reno, Mi… filed large shareholding report
2Aug 10, 26Q1 FY2027/03 earnings announced; Board approved share buyback
MC → EV Bridge
149BUS$948MMarket Cap128BUS$813M+ Debt27.5BUS$175M− Cash44.5BUS$284M− Inv. Sec.12.2BUS$77.9M+ NCI217BUS$1.38BEV
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Performance & Balance
Revenue 5Y (¥B)
445US$2.83B'22/3545US$3.47B'23/3534US$3.40B'24/3555US$3.53B'25/3607US$3.86B'26/3
EBITDA 5Y (¥B)
22.2US$141M'22/328.4US$181M'23/326.3US$167M'24/323.8US$152M'25/321.0US$134M'26/3
Net Income 5Y (¥B)
11.5US$73.2M'22/325.4US$162M'23/310.4US$65.9M'24/37.57US$48.2M'25/34.72US$30.1M'26/3
Capital Structure
51%
49%
EquityD/E 0.98xDebt
Liquidity vs Debt 5Y (¥B)▼ Net Debt
CashInv. Sec.Debt
48.9US$311M118US$751M'22/364.0US$408M119US$759M'23/357.8US$368M104US$662M'24/356.6US$360M113US$717M'25/361.2US$390M115US$730M'26/3
Shareholders
Top 10 hold 39.6%
1
The Master Trust Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
10.80%
2
Oji Holdings Corporation
7.20%
3
Custody Bank of Japan, Ltd. (Trust Account)
4.20%
4
JAPAN PULP AND PAPER COMPANY LIMITED Stock Ownership Association
3.90%
5
JP Employee Stock Ownership Association
3.20%
6
Aya NOMURA (Standing Proxy: Mita Securities Co., Ltd.)
2.80%
7
Hokuetsu Corporation
2.70%
8
Chuetsu Pulp & Paper Co.,Ltd.
2.20%
9
Kakimoto Shoji Co., Ltd.
1.30%
10
DFA INTL SMALL CAP VALUE PORTFOLIO (Standing Proxy: Citibank, N.A., Tokyo Branch)
1.30%
Management
11 officers
Akihiko WATANABE
Representative Director, President and Executive Officer
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jun 2009 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager, Overseas Business Division Jun 2010 Executive Officer, General Manager, Sales Promotion and Sales Division Apr 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, International Business Promotion Division Apr 2013 Executive Officer, President, Japan Pulp & Paper (U.S.A.) Corp. Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, President, Japan Pulp & Paper (U.S.A.) Corp. Apr 2016 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Overseas Business and International Sales Divisions Jun 2016 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Overseas Business and International Sales Divisions Apr 2017 Representative Director, President Apr 2023 Representative Director, President and Executive Officer (current)
1959-09-08
Chihiro KATSUDA
Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer; in charge of General Management and General Manager, Environment and Raw Materials Business Division
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Jun 2009 Managing Officer, Deputy General Manager, Administration Division Jun 2010 Executive Officer, General Manager, Management Planning Division Apr 2014 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Chubu Branch Apr 2016 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Household Paper Business Division; Special Assignments Jun 2016 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Household Paper Business Division; Special Assignments Apr 2017 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of General Management, General Manager, Management and Planning Division Jun 2019 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of General Management, General Manager, Management and Planning Division Apr 2021 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of General Management, General Manager, Environment and Raw Materials Business Division Apr 2023 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of General Management Apr 2025 Representative Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, in charge of General Management and General Manager, Environment and Raw Materials Business Division (current)
1959-02-15
Kazuhiko SAKURAI
Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer; General Manager, Paperboard Business and General Manager, Household Paper Business
Apr 1982 Joined the Company Apr 2011 Executive Officer, General Manager, Hokkaido Branch Apr 2013 Executive Officer, General Manager, North Japan Branch Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard and Household Paper Businesses Jun 2015 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard and Household Paper Businesses Apr 2016 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard Business Apr 2017 Director, Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard Business and General Manager, Household Paper Business Jun 2017 Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard Business and General Manager, Household Paper Business Jun 2019 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Paperboard Business and General Manager, Household Paper Business (current)
1959-01-10
Tetsuo IZAWA
Director
Apr 1981 Joined the Company May 2002 General Manager, Secretarial Office Apr 2008 Manager, Wholesale Department, Wholesale Sales Division Jun 2009 Managing Officer, General Manager, Wholesale Sales Division Jun 2010 Executive Officer, General Manager, Wholesale Sales Division Apr 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, Purchasing Division and Wholesale Sales Division Apr 2015 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Kansai Branch Apr 2018 Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Printing and Writing Paper Business and Wholesale Sales Division Apr 2021 Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Printing and Writing Paper Business and Information Technology and Logistics Jun 2021 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Printing and Writing Paper Business and Information Technology and Logistics Apr 2023 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, General Manager, Printing and Writing Paper Business and Logistics Apr 2026 Director (current)
1957-10-15
Sumiko TAKEUCHI
Outside Director
Apr 1994 Joined Tokyo Electric Power Company, Incorporated Jan 2012 Director and Senior Research Fellow, Institute of Energy Economics, Japan (NPO) (current) Feb 2012 Director, Forestock Association (General Incorporated Association) Apr 2014 Senior Associate Research Director, 21st Century Public Policy Institute Apr 2016 Visiting Professor, University of Tsukuba Oct 2016 External Advisor, Accenture K.K. Nov 2016 Co-Representative, Matrix Associates LLP Apr 2018 Visiting Professor, Kansai University Apr 2018 External Advisor, McKinsey & Company Oct 2018 Co-Representative, U3 Innovations LLC (current) Jun 2019 Outside Director, the Company (current) Apr 2020 Specially Appointed Professor, Tohoku University (current) Apr 2021 Senior Advisor, Deloitte Tohmatsu Financial Advisory LLC Jul 2022 Outside Director, GRID, Inc. (current) Jun 2024 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nippon Steel Corporation (current)
1971-06-21
Yoko SUZUKI
Outside Director
Apr 1998 Registered as Attorney-at-Law (Tokyo Bar Association) Apr 1998 Joined Takagi Sogo Law Office Nov 2002 Partner, Suzuki Sogo Law Office (current) May 2003 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Ito-Yokado Co., Ltd. Sep 2005 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Seven & i Holdings Co., Ltd. Jan 2008 Director, International IC Japan Association (now Public Interest Incorporated Association) Apr 2015 Auditor, Research Institute of Economy, Trade and Industry (Independent Administrative Institution) Mar 2018 Outside Director, Audit Committee Member, Bridgestone Corporation (current) Jun 2018 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nihon Pigment Co., Ltd. (now Nihon Pigment Holdings Co., Ltd.) (current) Jun 2018 Auditor, Hitotsubashi University Collaboration Center (General Incorporated Association) Jun 2020 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Maruigroup Co., Ltd. (current) Sep 2021 Auditor, National Archives of Japan (Independent Administrative Institution) (current) Jun 2022 Outside Director, the Company (current) Jun 2024 Auditor, Maison de la Culture du Japon à Paris (Public Interest Foundation) (current)
1970-09-21
Hiroshi TAKAHASHI
Outside Director
Apr 1985 Joined Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited Apr 2012 Executive Officer, General Manager, Head Office Sales Division 13, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited Apr 2015 Executive Officer, General Manager, Head Office Sales Division 1, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited Apr 2017 Managing Executive Officer, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank, Limited Apr 2018 Representative Director, Vice President, Japan Trustee Services Bank, Ltd. Oct 2018 Director, JTC Holdings, Inc. Jul 2020 Director, Senior Managing Executive Officer, Japan Custodian Bank, Ltd. Jun 2023 Outside Director, the Company (current) Oct 2024 Adviser, Developer Sanshin Co., Ltd. Dec 2024 Director, Medical Corporation J-group (current)
1961-01-16
Rie KAMISAKA
Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1986 Joined the Company Jun 2005 Director, Financial Controller, Japan Pulp & Paper GmbH Apr 2010 General Manager, Overseas Business Management Division, the Company Apr 2017 Deputy General Manager, Japan Pulp & Paper (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Apr 2018 Director, JPTS Electronics Materials (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. Jun 2020 Full-time Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Nov 2023 Registered as Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)
1964-03-04
Naofumi HIGUCHI
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Oct 1997 Joined Chuo Audit Corporation Apr 2001 Registered as Certified Public Accountant Aug 2007 Joined Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd. Aug 2009 Joined Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Apr 2012 Associate Professor, Graduate School of Accounting, Tohoku University Jan 2013 Joined Taiyo ASG Audit Corporation Jun 2016 Established Higuchi CPA Office; Representative (current) Jun 2016 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Apr 2018 Professor, Graduate School of Accounting, Tohoku University (current) Mar 2020 Outside Director, Nihon Aqua Co., Ltd. Jul 2022 Director, Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants Mar 2023 Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nihon Aqua Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2023 Audit & Supervisory Board Member, Japan Management Association Consulting Co., Ltd. (current) Jun 2025 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, FanPep Co., Ltd. (current) Jan 2026 Expert Member, Tokyo District Court (current)
1973-03-19
Mitsutaka HONDO
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Nov 1989 Passed the National Bar Examination Apr 1992 Completed Legal Training Apr 1992 Registered as Attorney-at-Law, Marunouchi Law Office (current) Apr 2005 Director, Ebic Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current)
1959-04-18
Miyuki FUKUSHIMA
Audit & Supervisory Board Member
Apr 1980 Joined Tomen Corporation (now Toyota Tsusho Corporation) Dec 1990 Passed the Certified Tax Accountant Examination Jan 1991 Joined Hongo Koyo CPA Office (now Tsuji Hongo Tax Corporation) Oct 1994 Joined Horie Accounting Office Mar 1998 Registered as Certified Tax Accountant Oct 2002 Opened Miyuki Fukushima Tax Accountant Office Oct 2011 Representative Partner, Fukushima Accounting Tax Corporation (now FLAIR Tax Corporation) (current) Nov 2011 Representative Director and President, MiD POINT Inc. (current) Jun 2023 Outside Audit & Supervisory Board Member, the Company (current) Outside Director, Audit and Supervisory Committee Member, Nippon Densetsu Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current)
1958-02-07
Large Shareholding Reports
Aya NOMURA
2026-02-06
3.66%
Oji Holdings Corporation
2025-11-10
10.91%→5.57%
Disclosures
No disclosures
Primary Source Filings
TDnet
2026-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2027
EDINET
2026-06-22
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
TDnet
2026-02-09
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2026-02-06
Large Shareholding Report
EDINET
2025-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-11-10
Large Shareholding Report
TDnet
2025-08-07
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2026
EDINET
2025-06-27
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2025-02-10
Q3 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-11-14
Semi-Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2024 – Mar 2025
TDnet
2024-08-08
Q1 Earnings Flash
FY ending Mar 2025
EDINET
2024-06-26
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Mar 2024
EDINET
2024-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2023 – Dec 2023
EDINET
2023-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Jul 2023 – Sep 2023
EDINET
2023-08-10
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Apr 2023 – Jun 2023
EDINET
2023-06-23
Annual Securities Report
Period: Apr 2022 – Mar 2023
EDINET
2023-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
Period: Oct 2022 – Dec 2022
EDINET
2022-11-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2022-06-27
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2022-02-14
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-11-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-08-12
Quarterly Securities Report
EDINET
2021-06-28
Annual Securities Report
EDINET
2021-02-12
Quarterly Securities Report
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