UPWARD Moves Head Office to WeWork Hibiya FORT TOWER

(Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; URL: https://upward.jp), whose mission is to "Innovate the Last Mile on the Job Site," has relocated its headquarters office to WeWork Hibiya FORT TOWER on August 1, 2022. (Location: Minato-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Ryusuke Kaneki; URL: ) will relocate its headquarters to WeWork Hibiya FORT TOWER on August 1, 2022.

Background of office relocation

Since the Corona disaster, UPWARD has been actively revising its work rules and creating mechanisms to enable remote work. As a result, employee productivity has greatly improved as they are no longer restricted by the location of their work. In addition, the company has been able to operate more from the customer's perspective, leading to an improved customer experience and a high service renewal rate of 99.0% (as of August 2022). The relocation of the headquarters office was decided in order to promote hybrid work between the office and remote locations, to embody UPWARD's vision of "Go Smarter, Anywhere, Work Comfortably Anywhere," and to take the initiative in realizing new ways of working.

Future Prospects

WeWork was selected as the relocation site because it is an ideal environment for building a base of operations in major cities in Japan and abroad. In anticipation of further business expansion in the future, UPWARD needs more associates. In parallel with remote work to further increase the diversity of work styles, we believe it is also important to realize "collaborative work" in physical spaces (office locations) to encourage employees to feel loyalty (attachment) to the company and its business. In the future, we will make it possible to realize hybrid offline/online work for employees working anywhere in the world, and provide the highest level of collaborative work environment when working offline.
UPWARD also plans to establish satellite offices in major cities in Japan and Southeast Asia as it looks to expand overseas, particularly in the APAC region.

New Office Information

WeWork Hibiya FORT TOWER, 1-1-1 Nishi-Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0003, Japan
TEL: 03-6897-3683
Please take a look at UPWARD's headquarters relocation story in the video below.

RYUSUKE KANEKI, PRESIDENT AND CEO, UPWARD CO.

In order to put into practice its own vision of "Go Smarter, Anywhere, Create a Comfortable Working Environment Anywhere," UPWARD has decided to move in earnest to establish an office environment that enables collaborative work in a variety of locations in Japan and abroad.
First, we plan to move our headquarters functions inside "WeWork," the world's largest co-working space, and establish branch offices and satellite office functions in major cities in Japan and abroad in line with our business strategy. Through this move, we will continue to aim for further business growth and increase our corporate value by improving employee productivity and loyalty, and realizing "Go Smarter, Anywhere" for businesspeople around the world.