LITALICO is a Tokyo-Prime-listed disability-welfare company under the banner 'create a society without disability,' with the social-model idea that 'disability lies not with the person but with society' at its core. Founded in Sendai in 2005, its name coins 'altruism' and 'self-interest.' It runs many businesses across both employment and education: 'LITALICO Works' employment-transition support for people who struggle to work (159 sites), 'LITALICO Junior' therapeutic-care and learning classrooms classrooms for children with developmental disabilities (215 sites), 'LITALICO Wonder' (IT × making), and 'Hattatsu Navi,' one of Japan's largest developmental-disability portals. LITALICO Works led 1,160 people to jobs in FY2017, the most of any single entity in Japan's disability-employment-support record. Its stance of solving social issues through its core business, in the private sector rather than government, is valued, and Kamakura Toshin invests on the theme of 'coexistence.'
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There is no confirmed −; independently verified + decide the position (B). No unreachable strike-through.= non-additive meter
LITALICO: 'Disability lies with society'—a listed company supporting work and development. The letter is B; certainty is medium. Unconfirmed concerns are placed under “Watching.” (As of 2026-Q3; estimate based on public information.)
Main narrative
One person’s story (N1)
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Before being diagnosed with a developmental disability, someone did not even know the reason for their difficulty living, had no work experience, and was sometimes urged by employers to withdraw applications on account of their disability. Attending LITALICO Works, through staff consultations, business-manner training and workplace practice, they steadied their life rhythm and self-understanding, gained a goal of 'how I want to work,' and reached a satisfying job (a user's voice). The benefit appears as a collective: LITALICO Works led 1,160 people to jobs in FY2017 (the most of any single entity in Japan).
Source nature: P1 First-party / independent (company record & reporting). Positive effects are not used to offset negatives.
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- Founded in 2005. Under the banner 'disability lies with society,' it runs employment-transition LITALICO Works (159 sites), developmental therapeutic-care/learning LITALICO Junior (215 sites), IT × making Wonder (23 sites), and one of Japan's largest developmental portals, Hattatsu Navi. Listed in 2016 → now on the TSE Prime. The LITALICO Institute (2015).P1 First-party
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- Making outcomes visible through post-placement retention and wages; governance under public-fund dependence; lifting quality across the industry; substance of overseas (US) expansion.
A second look
The plus is employment support (the most job placements in Japan) and developmental support for people with disabilities and children with developmental disabilities, and spreading the social model that 'disability lies with society' (People), backed by 20 years, 159 + 215 sites nationwide, 1,160 job placements a year, Hattatsu Navi's scale, disclosure as a listed company, and the LITALICO Institute. Caveats: growth pressure and investor returns as a listed for-profit; dependence on public funds (disability-welfare benefits are the main revenue); and the industry-wide context of quality variation and criticism of for-profit entry into disability welfare (LITALICO itself, as a major player, flies a quality banner). The results are solid, but noting the commercial/public-fund structure, B/medium.
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How to read this assessment
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Terms: Narrative Value = an assessment (A–G) of the distance between the story an organization tells and its reality / Ceiling meter = a visualization of the reachable upper bound / Watching = unconfirmed matters not counted / Protected stakeholders = people, animals, nature, and future generations. | Generated by: AI | As of: 2026-Q3 | Back to top