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| Recent past issues of the Mitsubishi Monitor have reported on the contributions by Nippon Oil to promote baseball in Japan as a way to engage the community and encourage health through sports. Last summer, Nippon Oil helped promote the sport internationally by sponsoring the Japan team in the Second Women’s Baseball World Cup held in Taiwan from July 31 to August 6. This is the first time the Japanese women’s baseball team has taken part in an international competition as an | |||
| official representative of the Japan Baseball Association. The team put up a strong battle in the tournament’s final game, losing to the United States by only two runs, to take home the silver medal. Kouji Araki, general manager of the Public Relations Department at Nippon Oil, was selected to lead the team in the tournament, and he was instrumental in raising team morale. The company has had a close relationship with Japanese baseball since 1950 when it set up its amateur baseball division, and intends to continue to support the various national Japanese teams on their way to victories in all the different categories on the world stage. |
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| As you read
this, perhaps on a dark and dreary winter afternoon, Australians
are vacationing at the beach, cooling themselves in the heat of
summer. Members of Mitsubishi Corporation in Australia (MAL) have
another good reason to visit the beach today—inspecting the
two surf rescue boards they donated to Surf Life Saving Foundation
(SLSF). The Australian Government has nominated 2007 to be the year
of the surf lifesaver, and MAL made certain the boards would be
ready for operation for the 2006–07 summer (December through
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| SLSF was one
of the first recipients under a new community support policy introduced
in 2006 on MAL’s 50th anniversary. Through funding and volunteering,
the company aims within each year for a mix of support activities
in education, sport/recreation, healthcare, charity and the arts.
SLSF will use the boards at the famous Australian beaches of Surfers Paradise and Noosa Heads, two popular locations for Australians to holiday and also for Japanese tourists. Of the holidaying inbound visitors to Australia, 80% are from Japan. Mitsubishi Corporation Australia is proud to support a community group that provides critical support to both Australian and Japanese beach lovers. |
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| Children of
all ages are drawn to the sight of construction equipment in operation.
This year, Shin Caterpillar Mitsubishi gave the non-adult ones an
exciting chance to see and experience the machines up close. On
July 30, it opened the gates of its Chichibu Demonstration Center
north of Tokyo for the annual “Summer Vacation Children’s
Construction Equipment Fair 2006.” The aim of this event, held every year at the center since 1988, is to enable children to see construction machines in action, touch the vehicles and feel their enormous size and power at close quarters. Approximately 1,400 visitors came to the event from Tokyo and its six surrounding prefectures, as well as from places as far away as Hokkaido and Shikoku Island. The children gave an enthusiastic reception to the parade of about 20 construction machines, which ranged from the small to the mammoth, and thrilled to the special demonstrations, including child-oriented events. |
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