Social Contribution Activities

For coexistence and harmony with the society, as well as to foster mutual understanding and build bonds of trust with national governments and local communities, we are promoting social contribution activities rooted in local communities and related regions.



Expenditure on Social Contribution Activities
Donations
Monozukuri (Manufacturing) School
Support for the Drop-in Center Project in Bangladesh
Support for sports activities
Participation in Akaya Project Activities
Internship and Job Experience Programs
Environment Beautification Activities in the Vicinity of and around Each Business Site
Blood Donation Activity
Recycling Initiatives by Collecting Empty Disposable Contact Lens Cases
Supporting UNICEF by Collecting Foreign Coins

Expenditure on Social Contribution Activities
Tamura Group's total social contribution activity expenses in fiscal 2023 were approximately 54 million yen, or approximately 1.1% of ordinary income. We will continue to work on new themes and strengthen our activities.



Donations
The Tamura Group has donated to the following among others:

・The Japanese Red Cross Society and other organizations
・Disaster-stricken areas through the Japanese Red Cross, Keidanren (1% Club), and other organizations
・Welfare facilities and children's homes where the Group’s business establishment or affiliated company is located
・Membership fees for various member organizations
・Research at universities and other public institutions (excluding projects aimed at developing products and technology for Tamura)



Monozukuri (Manufacturing) School
Since 2008, the Monozukuri (manufacturing) School has been held every year to convey the joy of “monozukuri” to the next generation, who are the builders of the future. At the School, skills such as how to make an AM radio are taught to children by employees.
In FY 2023, the event was held at Nerima Ward Oizumihigashi Elementary School, which has a close relationship with Tamura Corporation's Tokyo office.
Seventeen children from the fourth to sixth grades participated, and under the guidance of volunteer employees from our company, they combined sensors and "cars" to create "light sensor avoidance cars."
The children were very lively as they drove their completed cars, and we believe that they were able to learn the fun of manufacturing through this experience.
We will continue to hold manufacturing classes as an annual event and teach children the wonder of "manufacturing."　　　　　


Support for the Drop-in Center Project in Bangladesh
Tamura Corporation has been supporting the Drop-in Center Project for street children in Dhaka, Bangladesh, since 2017, through the nonprofit organization KnK International Children without Borders. The Center has been established to support children who are forced to survive on the street because of family problems such as poverty and abuse, and provides meals, educational activities, and awareness-raising activities. The Company has an affiliated company in Bangladesh and has been engaged in the production of LEDs for automatic vending machines and other products since 1997. We will continue to support such children as a local company. 

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Support for sports activities
Through support for sports activities, we are enhancing our social contribution to local communities.

◆Sponsorship of Chifure AS Elfen Saitama Football Team
Tamura Corporation has been supporting the “Chifure AS Elfen Saitama” team in the WE League (Japan Women’s Empowerment Professional Football League) as its top partner since 2006.
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Participation in Akaya Project* Activities
Tamura Corporation, as a corporate member of the Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J), has been supporting the “Akaya Project,” which focuses on biodiversity restoration, by offering the use of the Company’s resort house and training facility located at the foot of the “Akaya Forest” where the project’s activities are carried out.
In 2018, we started the "Akaya Reforestation" volunteer activity, which aims to restore a man-made forest to a natural forest. A large number of employee volunteers participated in the project in FY2023 carrying out improvement, cutting and planting trees. We will continue this volunteer activity as an annual event and observe the progress and change of the forest through our efforts.



Group photo

*Akaya Project: Efforts to promote biodiversity restoration and a sustainable regional community through the joint cooperation of three core organizations, namely, “Akaya Project Regional Council” consisting of the region’s residents, the MAFF (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries) Kanto Regional Forest Office, and the Nature Conservation Society of Japan. This project takes place in the Akaya Forest, a national forest that measures approx. 10 thousand hectares (10km x 10km), extending from the northern area of Minakami Town, Gunma Prefecture to the prefectural border with Niigata Prefecture.


Internship and Job Experience Programs
The Tamura Group believes that passing down the great value of “monozukuri(manufacturing)” to future generations is one of the “corporate social responsibilities (CSR).” On the basis of this belief, we have been promoting activities that enable participants to actually feel “what is to work” by offering opportunities of field experience of monozukuri and friendly interactions with employees. Under its internship and job experience programs, it receives junior and senior high school and university students as well as foreign students studying in Japan to its business sites, including overseas subsidiaries. In these programs, it also receives school teachers to provide opportunities of learning human resource development and customer service systems at businesses and using such experience for future school administration and class improvement.



Environment Beautification Activities in the Vicinity of and around Each Business Site
At each domestic or overseas business site, the Group participates in environmental beautification activities held by the community and carries out cleaning activities in the vicinity of and around the business site.

 

[SAYAMA FACTORY]
[Tamura Kaken (Dongguand) Ltd.]
[Tsmura FA System (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.]



Blood Donation Activity
At each domestic and overseas business site, employees and other members of the Company participate in blood donation activities, thus helping to solve the problem of blood shortage.

 

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Recycling Initiatives by Collecting Empty Disposable Contact Lens Cases
Tamura joined in the “Eyecity Eco Project” (disposable contact lens case collection and recycling initiatives promoted by Hoya Corporation) and started activities in July 2018. The recovery of collected and recycled empty disposable contact lens cases as resources has contributed to CO2 reduction and proceeds from the sale of empty cases have been donated to Japan Eye Bank Association. Collection boxes for empty cases were installed in every factory and group company in Japan and a total of approx.110 kg of cases were collected by the end of March 2024.

 　

Supporting UNICEF by Collecting Foreign Coins
In 2013, the Tamura Group joined a campaign of the Japan Committee for UNICEF to collect foreign coins. Foreign coins collected from Tamura Group employees in Japan were used for the UNICEF's programs to save children in the world. We will continue to participate in this campaign. 　

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