Contributions to local communities and society

We used the corporate hometown tax program to donate to the cities of Muroran, Hokkaido, Aizu, Fukushima Prefecture, Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, and Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture—each of which is a location of a major Group production facility.This marked the second time the Group made donations through the corporate hometown tax program; the first donations were made in FY2022. This time, we chose to donate to local government projects with deep connections to our businesses, as well as ones intended to support future employment through the education of middle- and high-school students and ones related to childcare support, a familiar topic to many of our employees.

MSSC Canada Inc. (Canada) donated to the local charitable organization Goodfellows. Its employees also donated through Goodfellows four boxes of toys for children in the local community of Chatham Kent. MSSC Canada participates in this program every year, to ensure that all children can receive toys at Christmas.

MSM (Thailand) Co., Ltd. donated educational funds as well as baby supplies donated by employees to the nearby Pattaya Orphanage. On the same day, company representatives served lunch and interacted with children at the orphanage.

MSM Philippines Mfg. Inc. (Philippines) participated in Project Angel Tree, organized by the Province of Laguna Department of Labor and Employment to eliminate child labor.Company employees participated in the Project Angel Tree Eco Run, a marathon in which a part of the costs of participation is donated to prevention of child labor and helping child laborers to become independent.

Since 2013, we have supported a program to donate picture books led by the Shanti Volunteer Association, which provides educational assistance to children throughout Asia
The program delivers picture books to countries where libraries are lacking to help children with reduced access to educational opportunities for economic and social reasons in areas affected by poverty and conflict. Volunteers affix stickers with translations of the book text to the pages of the Japanese picture books to be donated.

We launched this activity in response to a call from the Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) to support consumption of Japanese fisheries products as China and other countries have prohibited their imports due to the release of the Advanced Liquid Processing System treated water. We purchased popular food products from the affected regions and provided them to employees in receptions held during in-house training. We also participate in the Sanriku Joban Mono Network* and are considering ways to promote efforts such as these further.

The Chiba Works participates in the Yawata Rinkai Matsuri festival, organized jointly by the local neighborhood association, merchants’ association, and other organizations as well as local businesses affiliated with the Yawata Rinkai district council of neighborhood associations. The Chiba Works seeks to facilitate communication with the local community through various activities, including planning and organizing the festival and operating a refreshments booth.

The Hirota Works holds a summer evening festival in August each year, welcoming large crowds including not just employees and business partners of the Hirota Works but local residents as well.

The annual festival of Wanishi Shrine is an event held in July by the local Wanishi retail district, neighborhood association, and local businesses in the city of Muroran, Hokkaido. Mitsubishi Steel Muroran Inc. strives to strengthen communication with the local community. A foreperson in ceremonial apparel typically carries the portable shrine through the streets.

The Hirota Works holds environmental briefings on request for members of local communities, including heads of individual districts and staff from city environmental and consumer affairs departments. It also offers plant tours on request. This opportunity helps local residents learn more about the Company.

Mitsubishi Steel Muroran welcomes students from educational institutions in Hokkaido, including Sapporo Kogyo High School and the Muroran Institute of Technology on plant tours carried out as part of their coursework. These include summary briefings by the General Manager of the Manufacturing Department and tours of three plants: the Steel Making, Rolling, and Inspection & Conditioning plants.

On August 9 of each year, a memorial service is held for more than 1,400 employees of the former Nagasaki Steel Works of Mitsubishi Steel Mfg. who died at work during the nuclear bombing of the city in World War II. Participants include family representatives and former Nagasaki Steel Works employees, as well as the President of Mitsubishi Steel and the President, executives, and employees of Mitsubishi Nagasaki Machinery Mfg. Co., Ltd.

In September 2023, we concluded a sponsorship agreement with Shinichi Suzuki, an amateur golfer based in the Philippines.We concluded this agreement with the aim of helping Suzuki, who combines Japanese and Filipino backgrounds and started playing golf from early years, to realize his dream of becoming one of the world's top golfers through participation in tournaments not only in the Philippines but also Japan and around the world. We support this vision, which coincides with our desire to express our gratitude for the blessings we have received in the Philippines and to contribute to the further progress of Philippines society as we mark the approaching 30th anniversary of our advancement into the Philippines market.We hope this agreement will power Suzuki to even greater success in the future.

The Hirota Works sponsored the "Aizu Sports Festival" held at the Aizu General Sports Park from April 6th to 7th, 2024. The purpose of this event was to provide children in the Aizu region with the opportunity to engage with sports.
On the day, there was also a game by a local Fukushima basketball team, and the event was greatly successful, attracting close to 4,000 visitors over the two days.