Nippon Kayaku Strengthens Integrated Risk Management for Trade Compliance

Adopting "Sayari Graph" – a Trade Transaction and Corporate Ownership Risk Detection Solution. Advancing Company-Wide Risk Management Through the Use of Intelligence.

Sayari Japan Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chuo-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director: Hirokazu Kusaba; hereinafter "Sayari" Parent company: Sayari Labs, Inc., Washington D.C., USA) – a company that leverages trade and corporate network data to visualize global trade regulation risks and support compliance – announces that Nippon Kayaku Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; President & Representative Director: Shigeyuki Kawamura; hereinafter "Nippon Kayaku") has adopted "Sayari Graph," Sayari's solution enabling investigation, screening, and monitoring of corporate ownership relationships, trade transaction relationships, and sanctions/export control risks. Nippon Kayaku will use this intelligence to improve the efficiency of supply chain risk investigations and strengthen its integrated risk management framework.

Background: Growing Need to Manage Trade-Related Risks Hidden in Supply Chains

As global instability increases, countries are frequently updating export controls, sanctions-related rules, and entity lists from an economic security perspective. As a result, companies engaged in international trade are facing the need for urgent risk management responses. One notable example: in September 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) began enforcing the "Affiliates Rule (BIS 50% Rule)," which extends trade restrictions not only to companies already on the Entity List or Military End-User List, but also to companies in which those listed entities hold 50% or more ownership. This new rule has created an additional need for risk detection measures when handling items subject to U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Although the rule's application was subsequently suspended for one year starting November 10, 2025, due to changes in the international political landscape, many companies with affected transactions continue preparing countermeasures given the possibility of sudden reinstatement.

How Nippon Kayaku Is Strengthening Its Framework Through Sayari Graph – Promoting Efficiency and Integrated Risk Management

In an ever-changing regulatory environment, Nippon Kayaku has adopted "Sayari Graph" – Sayari's solution for investigating, screening, and monitoring corporate ownership relationships, trade transaction relationships, and sanctions/export control risks – in order to efficiently advance trade compliance and build transparent global business relationships. The motivation behind Nippon Kayaku's adoption is to strengthen its ERM (Enterprise Risk Management) framework and to improve the precision and efficiency of risk investigation and monitoring.

"We place great importance on trade compliance and have been evaluating solutions capable of conducting precise risk investigations and monitoring. Conducting thorough compliance risk investigations on our business partners has been extremely time-consuming, and as additional new rules from various countries are anticipated going forward, implementing efficient investigations and monitoring has been an ongoing challenge," said Shigeyuki Kawamura, President & Representative Director of Nippon Kayaku.

"In the volatile international environment, Nippon Kayaku – a company providing products relevant to a wide range of industries – is facing a moment that demands unprecedented caution in verifying business partners. We are confident that the extensive corporate, trade, and risk data and analytical capabilities provided by Sayari Graph will contribute to swift decision-making in response to increasingly complex regulations," said Hirokazu Kusaba, Representative Director of Sayari Japan.