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The Mitsubishi Electric Thai Foundation (METF), founded in 1991 with initial funding of 20 million baht by Mitsubishi Electric and local affiliates, supports social welfare programs and the promotion of science and technology in that country. One of its main activities is the “Lunch Support Program.” Since 1999, the METF has donated 10,000 baht every year to each of 30 grade schools recommended by the Thai Ministry of Education. The schools use this money to buy fertilizer and feed which the children use to grow vegetables and to farm livestock. These are then used to provide lunches for the schoolchildren who have cultivated them. Through such cultivation and farming activities the children learn the importance and the fun of growing plants and raising animals. | |
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Tokio Marine Holdings including its subsidiary Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance has been working with the All- China Youth Federation since 2009 in the “China Youth Education Assistance Project,” giving material and financial support in the form of gifts of educational materials and the establishment of scholarships to promote education and to assist in national disaster restoration efforts. In 2010 the company became the first foreign enterprise to support and provide assistance in a variety of forms to the All-China Youth Federation’s program devoted to the care of latchkey kids.1 In 2012 the company invited employees working for the Tokio Marine Group in Japan and China to become Latch-key Kid Exchange Volunteers and through a number of latch-key kid exchange programs is rolling out a number of activities to assist the project. | |
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Asahi Glass (AGC) will begin educational support for poor children and young people, centering on Guaratinguetá, São Paulo State, Brazil, where AGC Glass Brazil is located, in cooperation with Ayrton Senna Institute¹ and Casa Betânia.² AGC will support the institute’s new programs to improve the educational environment, including training public school teachers in Guaratinguetá and improving educational materials. In its partnership with Casa Betânia, AGC will support the organization to expand the capacity of their facility to accommodate more children and establish a job training center. On April 18, AGC announced these activities at the cornerstone-laying ceremony held in Guaratinguetá, where AGC Glass Brazil is currently constructing a plant. Through its business activities in Brazil, which are continuing to develop, AGC will provide products and services that help realize a comfortable and convenient lifestyle, and will contribute to the development of local communities by conducting support activities. | |
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Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) has been assisting World Vision Japan in a number of initiatives designed to build up and assist the organization’s care and support network for newborn children and pregnant and nursing mothers in Cambodia. With the aim of reducing pre- and postnatal mortality rates among newborn children and pregnant and nursing mothers, MC’s involvement in the project is directed at improving health center facilities, at providing training for midwives and at raising awareness about maternity issues in the local community. The project has already seen an increase in the number of people using health centers in the area and in the number of babies delivered safely. MC will continue to offer World Vision Japan aid and support that leads to lower infant mortality rates and to better health in pregnant and nursing mothers. | |
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The Mitsubishi Electric SOCIO-ROOTS Fund was established in 1992 as a gift program for collecting donations from Mitsubishi Electric employees in Japan and providing financial assistance to welfare facilities and organizations. A feature of the Fund is that the company contributes a sum matching that of individual donations, thus doubling the goodwill value of the gift. The Fund has given a cumulative total of approximately ￥900 million to some 1,500 welfare facilities and programs since its inception. In recent years, the scope of the Fund has been extended to include welfare activities related to environmental preservation and disaster relief. An ongoing program collecting donations from company employees was organized last year to help orphans of the Great East Japan Earthquake. | |
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NYK, in cooperation with Plan Japan¹, hosted a charity cruise on its luxury cruise ship Asuka II, departing the port of Yokohama on October 5, making a call at the port of Shimizu, and then returning to Yokohama on October 7. Of the funds raised by the charity cruise, $100,000 was donated to Plan Japan and will be used to support the education of Filipino children. One of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals is to “achieve universal primary education” and NYK and Plan Japan have been contributing toward this by building classrooms for primary and secondary schools and providing subsidies to cover school supplies, travel expenses, and dormitory fees for Filipino children. | |
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Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance and Tohoku University signed a collaboration agreement on July 26 under which they will conduct research into earthquake and tsunami risk assessment. To date, the company and university have conducted joint research on the provision of hazard maps for areas in Southeast Asia and South Asia that are subject to frequent tsunamis. This work has produced successful results, including the publication of scientific papers. Research into earthquake and tsunami disaster prevention is currently a topic attracting keen interest after the Great East Japan Earthquake. The company and university will establish research grants and grant-funded courses for fiscal years 2011 through 2014 to promote research in this field directed toward reconstruction efforts and stabilization of the social infrastructure in disaster-stricken areas. | |
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Asahi Glass group company AGC Flat Glass (Thailand) Public (AFT), which manufactures and sells a wide range of float glass, has been conducting an activity called “Open Kids’ Vision” in cooperation with a local NGO and others, with a view to helping people living in a forest region in the western part of Thailand create a sustainable society. In fiscal 2009, AFT provided children in the region with an opportunity to experience the sea to broaden their horizons and in fiscal 2010 it began helping residents of the region lead more sustainable lives by providing them with external training. Moreover, the residents of community and AFT employees constructed a multipurpose building together and piped water from the mountains to the local school to enhance the learning environment. In fiscal 2011 AFT will support the community install electricity-generating systems that harness water from the local creek and sunlight. | |
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In 2008 IT Frontier Corporation started a program in which employees give up their time to make picture books for children in Asia. The text from Japanese books is translated into Cambodian, Laotian and other languages and printed on adhesive paper which IT Frontier Corporation staff sticks over the Japanese text during lunch breaks. The voluntary program runs all year round at the company’s branch offices and stores as well as at head office and new employees participate as part of their CSR training. The books are donated to schools in Asian countries by a nonprofit organization. The company also runs a Recycle Book Aid program in which money raised from recycled books is donated to help finance educational programs for children in Asia. | |
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JX Holdings, Inc. invites submissions from the general public of original children’s literature on the theme of “heart-to-heart contact.” As well as presenting awards to the best works submitted, the Group also publishes the works as a collected volume called The Bouquet of Children’s Stories. Copies of the book are donated to social welfare facilities across Japan, while funds generated from book sales to business partners, Group companies, employees and others are channeled into the JX Children’s Story Fund. Donations from the fund to the Japan National Council of Social Welfare are used in running the JX Scholarship Program which provides financial assistance to help children in foster-care facilities, mothers and children's homes, and in foster families to stand on their own feet when going on to tertiary education. | |
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Ryoshoku, a leading wholesale foodstuff distributor in Japan, set up a new MoEL Development Team in its Processed Foods Merchandising Dept in April 2009. The "Merchandising of Ecological Lifestyle" team is committed to reducing food waste in order to maximize the effective use of food resources. The team is currently active in two main areas. First, it conducts outlet sales of food products which, while presenting no problems in terms of quality, have become difficult to sell through normal retail channels due to distribution regulations and other reasons. The team also organizes the donation to welfare and other institutions of food samples left over at company tasting fairs or withdrawn from its in-house stock of emergency provisions but which still have a valid "use by date". | |
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Among its activities designed to make a meaningful contribution to society, Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance holds a number of "Fureai¹ Concerts" at schools throughout Japan each autumn. The aim behind the concerts is to deliver a present of "Live Music" to children who, because of disability, are normally unable to attend concerts. Since it was first held in 1984 the concerts have been conducted by the well-known Japanese musician Shigeki Torizuka who works with other performers and is assisted by Meiji Yasuda Life Insurance employees. By last year the concert had visited 115 schools since 1984. The entertainers sing with the children, play hand-made instruments and make sure everyone attending the Fureai Concerts has a fun time. | |
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July 2010 NYK donated 2,400 1.5-liter bottles of drinking water to the Big Issue Japan Foundation¹ through the Japan Philanthropic Association². NYK stocks drinking water and food at company headquarters as part of its disaster preparedness. After internal discussions on how to make best use of these stocks at their scheduled replacement, the company decided to donate the water to the Big Issue Japan Foundation. The foundation, working with citizens and companies, offers programs to help homeless people help themselves. The water was distributed to homeless people selling The Big Issue magazine outdoors in the summer heat to help prevent heat stroke. The NYK Group continues to work positively as a good corporate citizen on activities that contribute to our society. |
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Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation has donated
20 units of its Canter light-duty truck for aid operations and
in support of the people in Haiti following the earthquake in
early 2010. The global presence of Mitsubishi Fuso Truck
and Bus Corporation, an integral part of Daimler Trucks, was
an advantage for the company as the vehicles were prepared
at short notice in the neighboring Dominican Republic,
where the company has already a presence in. As rebuilding
efforts continue, the trucks are used for helping distribution of
goods, materials and food for the people of Haiti. Mitsubishi Fuso Truck and Bus Corporation is committed to its role as a responsible corporate citizen. This commitment entails an ultimate focus on quality in all its operations and business practices. The company also has been working closely with parent company Daimler AG to offer continued support for social contribution including cultural exchange and educational programs. |
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Since being launched by Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) in June 2008, the Mitsubishi Corporation Art Gate Program (MCAGP) has continued to provide opportunities for talented young artists to pursue their dreams. Though the program, MC holds open calls for the submission of art and then selects and purchases about 200 works each year. The art works are sold at charity auctions after being exhibited inside MC's head office and at other locations. A number of MCAGP participants have gone on to further advance their careers as professionals by holding private exhibitions or winning art awards. Through the MCAGP, MC will continue to provide a gateway for young people seeking the path to careers as professional artists. | |
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) subsidiary Tamachi Building Co., Ltd. manages and operates five office buildings of its own, located near JR Tamachi station. In keeping with the spirit of MHI's environmental policies and guidelines for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), Tamachi Building is working to protect the environment and support education in a way that leverages the company's business operations. Last fall, it hosted a special event in Tokyo for 30 local nursery school children. The children harvested sweet potatoes and learned about the environment while visiting a garden located atop a building owned by the company. In the future, the company will continue to cultivate a strong awareness of CSR among its employees while actively seeking to contribute to the local community through programs like this one. | |
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The United Nations has declared 2005-2014 to be the UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development in light of the essential role that education plays in promoting the future development of sustainable societies. In this spirit, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ has joined with the National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan to launch a program to support “Education for Sustainable Development” (ESD) at UNESCO Associated Schools across the country. The program will provide funding to cover the costs of educational materials incurred by schools that organize classes on ESD. In this way, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ is striving to sow the seeds of a sustainable future, one mind at a time. | |
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When earthquakes or other disasters strike, broken glass can cause injures and also render evacuation centers unusable. Asahi Glass (AGC) has tackled this problem by developing laminated safety glass that does not shatter into little pieces when broken. In 2005, the company also began donating safety glass to schools across Japan. In September 2009, Taketoyo Elementary School in Aichi Prefecture became the 21st recipient of safety glass under this program. The school is located in a part of the country that is expected to have a major earthquake in the near future. As schools like this one commonly serve as evacuation centers in times of emergency, safety glass from AGC can help protect students and evacuees alike from glass-related injuries. | |
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In February 1982, Kirin Brewery (now Kirin Holdings)
marked the 75th anniversary of the company’s founding. To
commemorate this anniversary, Kirin established the Kirin
Welfare Foundation in July 1981, to promote
social welfare. The Kirin Welfare Foundation seeks to provide support to people who have traditionally been underserviced by public welfare programs, such as individuals with disabilities and in-home caregivers who tend to the needs of family members. The foundation also supports youth development programs and the activities of people who contribute to local communities as volunteers. In this way, the Kirin Welfare Foundation fosters close ties with individuals who participate in the programs it sponsors as well as the various organizations it supports. |
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Mitsubishi Electric Europe B.V. (German Branch) in Ratingen has provided funds for the renovation of the Ratingen-West Family Center, a valuable meeting place for families and children in the area since 1987. In preparation for the work, volunteers from the Kinderschutzbund (Organisation for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children) cleared out the rooms in the center and made space for the painting work to begin. New furniture was added, and lighting was installed by local electricians. The official reopening of the center took place in February 2009. The center is now in optimal condition, making the work of the organization easier. Further cooperation between the Kinderschutzbund and Mitsubishi Electric is planned for the future. | |
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On September 11, 2008, a ceremony was held by the Mitsubishi Foundation to award support for 130 programs conducting research and outreach in the areas of the natural, social and cultural sciences. Since its establishment in 1969, the year of the 100th anniversary of Mitsubishi, it has sponsored a total of 2,765 grant programs amounting to ¥13.4 billion in support of the natural sciences, the cultural sciences and social welfare programs. In FY 2008, the Foundation donated ¥300 million to 51 scientific organizations, from among 1,018 applications, some of which are conducting research in the fields of immune and nervous systems. In the cultural sciences, the Foundation donated ¥60 million to 32 programs among a total of 195 organizations applying for funding. Approximately half of these programs are based in Asia, reflecting the increase in research being carried out by Japan and its neighbors in these fields. Forty-seven social welfare programs received ¥90 million from among 219 applications. Many programs sponsored in 2008 focused on self-reliance and qualitative improvement of life circumstances for the handicapped, intergenerational exchanges and other programs. |
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NYK has offered free transport to two important social development programs-the Overseas Reconditioned Bicycle Donation Program and School Backpack Supplies to School Children Program in Afghanistan. These are run by the Japanese Organization for International Cooperation in Family Planning (JOICFP), a non-governmental organization promoting family planning, health education and sanitation in developing countries. By fiscal 2007, NYK had transported a total of 20,314 bicycles to 61 countries and 36,193 used school backpacks to Afghanistan. | |
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Caterpillar’s 320CL demining equipment has been actively playing its role in Afghanistan. The equipment was granted to a local NGO in September 2007 under the grass-roots grant aid scheme. The performance of the equipment has been highly esteemed and recognized by the United Nations Mine Action Center for Afghanistan (UNMACA) as “suitable equipment.” As demining is becoming mechanized activities, Caterpillar Japan is committed to continue its contribution to realization of mine-free land through producing demining equipment. |
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The Mitsubishi Diamond Cup Golf 2008 was held at Higashi Hirono Golf Club in Hyogo Prefecture for a four-day period from May 29 to June 1 and Prayad Marksaeng won the winner prize of ¥22 million, with a prize pool of ¥110 million. The tournament was sponsored to further good relations among Mitsubishi member companies, Kansai Telecasting Corporation and SRI Sports Limited. All the sponsoring companies, gallery, lineup of Japan golf tour organizations, and volunteers and others, as well as the Higashi Hirono Golf Club each made significant contributions to the Charity Fund. The total amount of the fund for the year reached about ¥25 million and some portion is to be presented to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), through the Japan Association for UNHCR. |
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MC has donated 200 solar-powered streetlights to villages without electricity in the Koraput region of Orissa in eastern India. The streetlights were installed by the Centre for Research on Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development (MS Swaminathan Research Foundation), a nonprofit organization in the country. India is not yet fully electrified and many rural villages are still without lights. The installation of environmentally-friendly, solar-powered lamps will contribute to the development of local economies and improved safety and security for their residents. |
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Mitsubishi Materials Corp. has participated in Project Hope since 2005. To date, it has helped finance the reconstruction of elementary school buildings in a village in Yunnan Province near Tibet. The old school buildings were more than 50 years old, and could not accommodate all their students. They also showed significant wear and tear–the roofs were letting in water and parts of the buildings were even in danger of collapse. Due to a lack of funds, however, the villagers could not renovate the aging buildings by themselves. Through financial donations from the local government and Mitsubishi Materials, the construction of the new school buildings could begin in February 2006. In September the same year, the village celebrated the completion of the new buildings. The children are now finally receiving their education, without any obstacles to learning. | |
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Since its establishment
in 1969, the Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs for support
to its programs. Literacy education for the visually impaired in Japan has traditionally been based primarily on Braille training, and there has been little emphasis on the learning of kanji letters. Shizue Michimura, a teacher at the Yokohama City School for the Visually Impaired, helped to establish the Braille Learning Support Society and with assistance from Tokuma Iijima, President of Kokusai Ukidashi Insatsu K.K., has began to produce practice books using embossed printing technology. The books will include 1,006 characters, including numerals, alphabet, katakana and hiragana and the basic Chinese kanji learned in elementary school. |
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Since its establishment
in 1969, the Mitsubishi Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs
amounting to ¥12.9 billion for support to the natural sciences, the cultural
sciences, and to social welfare programs. Between 1991 and 2005, the Mitsubishi Foundation has provided six grants to support excavation and restoration work being carried out by Professor Yoshiaki Ishizawa, President of Sophia University, on the ruins at Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. Professor Ishizawa has spent many years working under extremely difficult conditions to excavate, restore, survey, study and preserve the historical sight. |
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Since its establishment in 1969, the Mitsubishi Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs amounting to ¥12.9 billion for support to the natural sciences, the cultural sciences, and to social welfare programs. Between 2000 and 2002, four Japanese received the Nobel Prize. The Mitsubishi Foundation sponsored work being carried out since 1992, by one of these recipients, Dr. Ryoji Noyori, who won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2001, for his research of asymmetric synthesis reactions. This research has made a substantial contribution to the field of chemical catalysts of asymmetric hydrogen origin. | |
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The Kirin Group is a
long-time supporter of Japan’s National Soccer Team and has also been actively
involved in promoting the sport throughout the country in recent years. Kirin holds sporting events at some of its factories and also collaborates with the Japan Football Association in local activities that nurture an appreciation of soccer among young children. The Company’s involvement in this popular sporting event is only one of the areas in which Kirin is actively involved in enhancing the quality of life for people everywhere. |
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The “Able Art on Stage” project offers disabled artists various opportunities to develop their performing skills and natural talents in order to express themselves in drama, dance and musicals. These splendid performances, in turn, give the public many golden opportunities to view and appreciate the incredible contribution these individuals are making to culture and society today. The Project is an innovative approach to enhancing the creative spirit in all people, and provides the disabled with splendid opportunities to express their talents in a broad range of artistic medium. | |
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Despite progressive
vision loss, Yuichi Takahashi, who works at IT Frontier, has become one
of the world's top runners. Currently he holds the world record in the men's
marathon and won a gold medal in Athens Paralympics. Recently he competed
in Tokyo Marathon and he is training hard for entry qualification and to
be the champion at the Beijin Paralympics. IT Frontier supports and introduces his activities for better understanding by more people on the efforts and achievements by a handicapped person and believes it brings more courage to all. |
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It is challenging for students with disabilities to participate in internships at companies while still in school. The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation has developed a program that has accommodated more than 30 of these students, by providing opportunities for them to gain valuable work experience in the offices of Members of Congress. In 2000, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA, Inc. became the first Japanese company to win the Helen Keller Achievement Award for its assistance to students at the American Foundation for the Blind. | |
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The Takenoko (bamboo shoot) Program, jointly sponsored by the DaimlerChrysler Group and Mitsubishi Fuso, aims to raise awareness in each other's culture and promote exchange among high school students in Japan and Germany. The program name derives from the desire that youth exchange activities between the two countries may build and grow extensive networks among these students. In October 2006, about 40 German students came to Japan and visited Mitsubishi Fuso's Kawasaki Plant. | |
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