In April, orders for some unit bathrooms for residential use were temporarily suspended as supplies of naphtha-derived solvents began to run short. The intelligence division is headed by executive officer Go Eguchi, a former Mitsubishi Corporation employee who spent about 20 years on overseas assignments, primarily in research-related positions. After returning to Japan, Eguchi was recruited by Suntory, which was preparing to establish an intelligence operation, and placed in charge of the new division. As a two-week ceasefire deadline approached, Eguchi held discussions with Fujiwara, Suntory’s head of supply chains and the executive responsible for procuring product ingredients and materials. The division’s work reflects the growing importance of corporate intelligence as global businesses confront military conflicts, tariffs, supply disruptions and rapidly changing geopolitical conditions.