Social Contributions

Potted plants with thank-you notes are presented to 1,000 children in Kaohsiung by our Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Kaohsiung Branch

As a thank-you to Taiwan for providing support at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, the Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. Kaohsiung Branch gifted a potted plant to about 1,000 elementary school students in Kaohsiung City of southern Taiwan, with the message, "We want you to understand the importance of environmental protection."

The Okuno branch manager witnessed the great phenomenon of nature in the earthquake and decided to promote energy conservation and environmental protection as a member of earth and prepared potted plants. At Kaohsiung Municipal Longhua Primary School, where the meeting was held, Okuno, Kaohsiung City Council member Cai, and Principal Guo, handed a potted plant to each child. Principal Guo explained the importance of life saying, "Flowers too have a life, have a beginning and an end. However, the most important thing is how they are grown." Okuno greeted the crowd with, "The assistance we received from everyone in the earthquake not only helped in the reconstruction, but it also healed the hearts of the victims. In return, we wanted to help with environmental protection activities in Taiwan."

We hope that more families will be interested in environmental protection activities by raising the potted plants brought back home by the children.

Photo: Provided by Cai, Kaohsiung City Council member/See Central News Agency Focus Taiwan Fan Page

Next Generation Development Support

Accepting local junior high and high school trainee teachers

The Tochigi and Kansai Segments accept junior high and high school trainee teachers for the purpose of providing work experience for local students. Every year, multiple students from junior high and high schools in the local area get work experience in the factory.

Sponsorship of Taiyo Yuden Manufacturing Class

Taiyo Yuden Manufacturing Class (Organized by: Takasaki Youth Science Museum, Supported by: Takasaki City Board of Education) was held in Takasaki City total three times in the morning and afternoon on Tuesday, July 25, and in the afternoon on Thursday, August 24. Taiyo Yuden Co., Ltd. has been dispatching instructors and providing materials since 2008 with the purpose of deepening children’s interest in manufacturing. Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd. also agrees with this philosophy and has participated as a supporting company since 2014, providing the solder feeder "μFEEDER".

Sponsoring Yabusame Shinto ritual at Nakamura Hachimangu Shrine, Moka City

We sponsor the Yabusame Shinto ritual at Nakamura Hachimangu’s annual festival in Moka City, the local town of the Tochigi Segment in order to actively contribute to the local community.

The Yabusame Shinto ritual begins with the beating of a large drum on the approach to the shrine, which is surrounded by cedar trees. Archers dressed in ancient battle helmets and surcoats shoot arrows from atop running horses, aiming at targets set up in three places in straw hat are shot at a target by arrows, on the way from the running horse’s back. Three sacred horses each appear several times.

General Manager Tanaka parades up to the first torii gate with a Senju Metal Industry Co., Ltd flag behind the Ohayashi orchestra

Sponsorship of local events

The Headquarters and Tochigi Segment sponsor local Bon festival dance competitions and fireworks festivals every year in order to contribute to the local community.

Photo: Bon festival dance in Moka city

Sponsorship of the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF)

We support and sponsor the activities of the Keidanren Nature Conservation Fund (KNCF), which is a project of the Keidanren (Japan Business Federation).