Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp.

What Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp. does

Shoseikai Social Welfare Corporation (社会福祉法人尚生会) is a statutory non-profit social welfare organization founded August 20, 1987, headquartered in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. It operates a vertically integrated network of more than 20 care facilities and service points across Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, including three special nursing homes with combined capacity of 210 beds, two elderly group homes for dementia care, multiple day care centers, short-stay facilities, two visiting nurse stations, small-scale multi-functional home care units, and municipal-contracted regional comprehensive support centers. The organization serves primarily elderly residents requiring long-term care, with additional services for children with severe disabilities (Green House Otsuka) and low-income orthopedic outpatients.

The organization's core technology is conventional social welfare and healthcare service delivery, with no proprietary software platform or AI/ML capability. Operational technology includes specialized bathing equipment (special bathtub units replaced via JKA subsidy) and government-certified digital information-sharing tools for visiting nursing under the 訪問看護医療DX情報活用加算 framework. Green Orthopedics, opened March 2025, represents the first medical insurance-reimbursed clinical service in the portfolio and operates with its own dedicated website. Green House Tomobe transitioned to a dementia-response day care model in 2023.

The business model is built on Japan's statutory long-term care insurance (LTCI) system, with government-set fee schedules reimbursed per service provided. Revenue streams include LTCI-covered services (special nursing homes, day care, short-stay, group homes, home-visit care, visiting nursing), national health insurance reimbursements from Green Orthopedics and dental services via affiliated Medical Corporation Ryokushinkai, user co-payments based on care tier and income, and sporadic capital grants from the Japan Keirin Association (JKA). Customer acquisition occurs through Japan's needs-based care management assignment system rather than commercial sales channels. Recruitment is conducted exclusively through Hello Work, the MHLW public employment service. The organization has no parent company, no external institutional investors, and no VC/PE ownership.

Name

Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp.

Legal name

社会福祉法人尚生会

Website

https://shoseikai.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1987

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

251–500 employees

Short description

Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp. is a statutory non-profit social welfare organization in Ibaraki and Tochigi, Japan, operating 20+ elderly care, dementia, disability, and pediatric facilities reimbursed primarily under Japan's long-term care insurance system, with 420+ qualified staff serving regional communities since 1987.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Elderly Long-Term Care Services

NAICS

Nursing and Residential Care Facilities (623), Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (62311), Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly (62331), Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities (624120)

SIC

Services-Skilled Nursing Care Facilities (8051), Services-Nursing & Personal Care Facilities (8050), Services-Home Health Care Services (8082), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Nursing Homes (Non-SNF) (HLAFAFAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Assisted Living with Enhanced Care / High-Acuity (Aging-in-Place) (HLADABAC), Chronic Care & Complex Care Management (HSABAIAD), Care Transitions Management (Hospital/SNF-to-Home) (HSABAIAC), Dementia & Alzheimer’s Respite Care (HSABAGAF), Elder Services & Aging Support (BPAGAEAF)

Keywords

• Long-term care services
• Elderly care facilities
• Nursing care
• Home care services
• Welfare services

Headquarters

HQ city

Kasama

HQ country

Japan

HQ region

Asia

Offices11 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Long-Term Care Insurance (介護保険) services: The primary revenue driver. Core services — special nursing homes (特別养护老人ホーム), day care (通所介護), short-stay (短期入所生活介護), group homes (グループホーム), home-visit care (訪問介護), and visiting nursing (訪問看護) — are reimbursed under Japan's statutory long-term care insurance system. Rates are set by the national government and adjusted regionally. This is a recurring, usage-based revenue model tied directly to care recipient enrollment and service volume.
2. Medical insurance (医療保険) — Green Orthopedics: Green Orthopedics (グリーン整形外科), opened March 2025, provides outpatient clinical services and free/low-cost medical care (無料低額診療) reimbursed under Japan's national health insurance system. This represents a new medical care revenue stream distinct from the LTCI-based welfare services.
3. Public subsidies and grants (補助金・交付金): Capital equipment grants from the Japan Keirin Association (公益財団法人JKA) — specifically annual keirin/autorace lottery proceeds allocated to social welfare equipment — fund facility upgrades. JKA subsidies are sporadic, one-time capital infusions rather than recurring operating revenue. The organization also receives general public funding through the national welfare subsidy framework.
4. User co-payments (利用者負担金): Care recipients contribute a portion of costs under Japan's co-payment framework for long-term care services. This is a secondary, indirect revenue component collected from individual service users and families based on their care tier and income level.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp. operates an integrated network of elderly long-term care and welfare services reimbursed under Japan's Long-Term Care Insurance system, including three special nursing homes (Kasama, Mito, Hitachinaka — 210 beds combined), dementia group homes, day care, short-stay, home-visit care, visiting nursing stations, and home care management offices. The portfolio also extends to multi-functional severe disability pediatric day services, an outpatient orthopedic clinic (Green Orthopedics) and a dental clinic (Midorioka), serving individual residents, families, and outpatients in Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.

Product overview

Shoseikai Social Welfare Corp. operates a network of elderly care and disability services across Ibaraki and Tochigi Prefectures in Japan. The portfolio consists of special elderly nursing homes (Green House facilities), group homes for dementia care, day care services, visiting nurse stations, lightweight care facilities, and a multifunctional severe child day service center. The organization also operates Green Orthopedics clinic as a medical partner. All facilities are coordinated through home care support offices that create individualized care plans connecting residents with appropriate services. The model emphasizes integrated care combining residential care, day services, short-term stays, and home visits to support independent living.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Green House (グリーンハウス): The primary facility brand for Shoseikai's network of elderly care homes, including special nursing homes (特別养护老人ホーム), dementia group homes, day care centers, and small-scale multi-functional home care services across Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures.
• Green Orthopedics (グリーン整形外科)
• Green House (シリーズ) (グリーンハウス) — Visiting Nurse Stations
• Shoseikai Group (尚生会グループ)

Products and services

• Kasama Green House (かさまグリーンハウス) A special elderly nursing home (特別養護老人ホーム) with 50 capacity offering short-term stays (短期入所生活介護) and dementia-focused day care services (認知症対応型通所介護) for elderly residents in Kasama City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
• Green House Mito (グリーンハウスみと) A special elderly nursing home with 90 capacity, providing day care (通所介護), home care support, and the Mito City Tsunezu Elderly Support Center (水戸市常澄高齢者支援センター) services for elderly residents in Mito City.
• Green House Hitachinaka (グリーンハウスひたちなか) A special elderly nursing home with 70 capacity, featuring an attached visiting nurse station (訪問看護ステーション), home care support center (居宅介護支援センター), and the Hitachinaka City Ooshima Junior High School District Regional Comprehensive Support Center for elderly residents in Hitachinaka City.
• Care House Kasama (ケアハウスかさま) A lightweight elderly care facility (軽費老人ホーム) offering accommodation and daily life support services for individuals 60 years and older with reduced self-care ability in Kasama City, with attached visiting care and visiting nursing services.
• Group Home Kasama (グループホームかさま) An elderly group home with 18 capacity providing dementia care (認知症対応型共同生活介護) in a home-like environment with shared living spaces for 9 residents per unit in Kasama City.
• Green House Tomobe (グリーンハウスともべ) A day care service center with 12 capacity providing daytime care and rehabilitation services in Kasama City, operating under the Dementia-Response Day Care (認知症対応型通所介護) model since April 2023.
• Green House Tochigi (グリーンハウスとちぎ)

Quantifiable outcome

• Zero complaints filed in FY2025 across all facilities
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Ibaraki Prefecture (茨城県)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 29 July 2025Shoseikai has formally endorsed and declared compliance with Ibaraki Prefecture's 'Three Principles of Fair Employment of Foreign Human Resources' (外国人材適正雇用３原則), which include commitments to not employ unauthorized foreign workers, not allow such employment, and not overlook violations. This declaration aligns the organization with prefecture-level foreign worker policy frameworks.
• Green Orthopedics (グリーン整形外科)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 10 March 2025Green Orthopedics, a new outpatient orthopedic clinic opened in March 2025, is co-located with Green House Otsuka on the same property in Mito. While operated under the Shoseikai umbrella, the clinic broadens the organization's service portfolio into medical care, potentially creating referral pathways with its adjacent pediatric disability day service.
• Hello Work / ハローワーク (Public Employment Service, MHLW)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAll job recruitment for Shoseikai care staff positions is conducted exclusively through Hello Work, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's public employment service. Job seekers search using Shoseikai's employer code (0801-102569-1). This is the sole recruitment channel referenced on the website.
• WAMNET / ワムネット (Social Welfare and Medical Service Information System)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerShoseikai publishes mandatory financial reports, business plans, and operational disclosures through WAMNET, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's official social welfare information disclosure portal (WAM: 介護保険制度・福祉医療卓越技能.org). This satisfies statutory information disclosure requirements for social welfare corporations.
• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare / 厚生労働省coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerAll Shoseikai facilities operate under official designations and permits issued by MHLW's long-term care insurance and welfare service frameworks. Service standards, fee schedules, and operational guidelines are governed by MHLW regulations. Shoseikai publishes information through the MHLW's 'Long-Term Care Service Information Disclosure System' (介護サービス情報公表システム).
• Mito City and Kasama City / 水戸市・笠間市 (Municipal Governments)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerShoseikai operates two regional comprehensive support centers (地域包括支援センター) — one at Green House Mito (水戸市常澄高齢者支援センター) and one in the Ooshima Junior High School district in Hitachinaka (大島中学校区地域包括支援センター) — under municipal government contracts. These centers coordinate community-wide elderly care as part of Ibaraki's integrated community care system (地域包括ケアシステム).
• Medical Corporation Ryokushinkai / 医療費団膳伸会 (Midorioka Dental Clinic)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMidorioka Dental Clinic (みどりおか歯科クリニック), operated by Medical Corporation Ryokushinkai (医療費団膳伸会), is listed as part of the '尚生会グループ' (Shoseikai Group) on the Shoseikai website. The clinic provides general dentistry and home-visit dental services, extending the group's care ecosystem into oral healthcare. The relationship appears collaborative rather than wholly owned.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

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Direct peers

• Tsukui Corporation: Listed Japanese senior care operator (3398) running nursing homes, day services, and home care across multiple prefectures. Direct peer on care service mix and government-tariff revenue model.
• Sawayaka Well-being: Japanese operator of special nursing homes and senior care facilities with comparable mix of residential, day, and home-visit services. Closely comparable regional LTC operator with similar reliance on LTCI reimbursement and care workforce.
• Care Service Inc. Tokyo-listed Japanese LTC provider (2144) operating nursing homes, group homes, and home care. Comparable in service portfolio, with similar LTCI dependency but a for-profit corporate structure versus Shoseikai's welfare-corporation status.
• Zenkoukai (Social Welfare Corporation): Another Japanese 社会福祉法人 operating special nursing homes, group homes, and home care — closely comparable governance and revenue model to Shoseikai, with broader geographic spread.

Broad incumbents

• SOMPO Care: Major Japanese senior care operator under SOMPO Holdings, running nursing homes, group homes, and home care nationally. Broad incumbent with overlapping service portfolio but much larger national scale.
• Nichii Gakkan: Large Japanese healthcare and long-term care provider with nursing homes, medical services, and education businesses. Comparable across the welfare/medical boundary Shoseikai straddles, but at much larger scale.

Regional players

• Mitsubishi Estate Life Service: Japanese senior housing and care operator; comparable in facility-based elderly care but concentrated in metropolitan/urban geographies rather than regional Ibaraki/Tochigi.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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