CEO Message

LOTTE Group started out manufacturing and selling chewing gum in Tokyo in 1948. Today, with headquarters in Japan and South Korea, the group has grown into a conglomerate that operates businesses in about 35 countries and regions worldwide in a range of sectors including food, distribution, healthcare, biopharmaceuticals, data centers, hotels and resorts, entertainment, construction, and finance.
At the core of our management is the mission of enriching people’s lives around the world through superior products and services that our customers love and trust. And in order to fulfill this mission, we have set out a vision that we call “Lifetime Value Creator.” Against a backdrop of a changing customer lifecycle, we must stay attuned to needs of the times and continue to provide new value for life. We believe that this is the role that LOTTE Group has to fulfill in society.
Since 2022, under the slogan "ONE LOTTE," the company has advanced a global strategy fusing resources in Japan and South Korea. With the three pillars of food, life science and digital, and lifestyle and entertainment, we have constructed an organization to ensure ongoing competitiveness in global markets, and are deepening our existing businesses while accelerating the challenges we take on in new fields. In our core confectionery and ice cream business, we are working to maximize the value added by our own unique technologies while enhancing our business activities in new areas, such as global expansion and wellness, with the aim of building a growth portfolio focusing on the next generation.

Looking at the state of affairs around the world, society is in the midst of unpredictable and radical change, marked by rising geopolitical risks and the rapid advancement of AI technology.
Now that digital technology has reached every corner of society and systems have become increasingly complex, we are more committed than ever to pursuing the firm and sure value that only LOTTE can provide.
Through products that offer true, genuine deliciousness and experiences that resonate with the heart and the five senses, we will contribute to fulfillment in the lives of people worldwide, and together with our stakeholders we will open the way toward a sustainable future.

March 2026
President / Representative Director, CEO

Genichi Tamatsuka