President Arroyo of the Philippines has made education her administration’s top priority. Starting in 2006, Mitsubishi Corporation began participating in the Classroom, Galing sa Mamamayang Pilipino Abroad (CGMA) project, donating buildings to be used as public elementary and junior high schools. To date, the project has resulted in the construction of approximately 490 classrooms. Mitsubishi Corporation will donate 20 classrooms over the next three years. Recently, two schools were selected to receive classrooms donated in fiscal 2006, and construction began on February 6, 2007.       According to teachers at the two schools, even when the children are able to attend school, there is insufficient classroom space. Most rural elementary schools consist of single-story buildings, each containing two classrooms packed with 40-50 children. The two schools chosen to receive classrooms donated by Mitsubishi Corporation are located near fishing villages on the island of Cebu. A total of six classrooms will be donated.       This project will continue for another two years. In addition to the donation of classrooms, staff in the Manila Branch will consider other ways to become involved in the projects, for instance through voluntary donations of classroom accessories such as blackboards, educational posters, maps and globes. PAGE TOP The orange bracelets (seen together with other information materials) are carried by those trained to support cognitive impairment sufferers With the aging of Japan’s population, cognitive impairment has become a significant social problem. Formerly called “dementia,” it is a decline in memory and other intellectual functions caused by cerebrovascular disease, Alzheimer’s disease or other conditions. Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (MUTB) is helping customers and their families to cope by becoming the first major financial institution to back a campaign by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to train a million people as supporters for cognitive impairment sufferers. MUTB is providing training courses at all of its offices for staff members who volunteer to participate in the Ministry’s campaign.       The first training course was held in November 2006 at the MUTB headquarters in Tokyo. A total of 270 head office staff and Tokyo region staff participated. A second training program in December assured that every office now has staff trained in cognitive impairment support. MUTB plans to hold training courses at all of its offices in the future.       By helping to provide training in cognitive impairment support and helping to educate the public, MUTB is working in partnership with customers and communities to build a sustainable society. PAGE TOP Mitsubishi Fuso Truck & Bus Corp. (MFTBC) is once again sponsoring the Urawa Red Diamonds (the Urawa Reds) Japanese professional soccer team in the 2007 J. League season.       MFTBC sponsored the J. League First Division team in 2004 and 2006. For the 2007 season, its logo will appear on the team’s uniform shorts, as well as on stadium billboards, stadium TV screens, posters and flyers at both of the team’s home grounds (Saitama Stadium 2002 and Urawa Komaba Stadium), and also on team practice gear.        Astute readers earn bonus points for deducing a connection between the team and Mitsubishi—Red Diamonds, get it? Before the J. League was founded in 1992, Urawa was a company team of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, and Mitsubishi Motors has also long sponsored them as a pro team. In the 2006 season, when the MFTBC logo appeared on the backs of the team’s uniforms, the Urawa Reds became the top soccer team in Japan by winning both the J. League Cup and the all-Japan Emperor’s Cup. MFTBC hopes that its continuing support of one of the most popular soccer clubs in the J. League will help the team to further assert its dominance in the current season. The Urawa Red Diamonds now sport the MFTBC logo on their outfits PAGE TOP