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[ISO 26000 Core Subject] Community Involvement and Development

The 8th Koto Cinema Festival was held at Furuichiba Culture Center(Koto-ward, Tokyo), which is located close to Fujikura Headquarters, during three consecutive holidays from January10 to 12. The festival was planned and managed by Koto City Culture and Community Foundation and citizen volunteers of Fukagawa district including Monzennakacho to create a new local culture in hopes of making Fukagawa known for films. Fukagawa is the hometown of a famous film director, Yasujiro Ozu, who sent excellent movies into the world one after another.
We will contribute to the maintenance and development of the local culture through our support for the Koto Cinema Festival from now on, too.

Fujikura Ltd.'s head office welcomed 22 students and their professor from the University of Twente, who were visiting Japan to research about Japanese companies' management methods. During their visit, we provided a brief on our Group and then discussed Japanese companies' management methods.

As in the previous fiscal year, we cooperated in the blood donation activity conducted by the Japan Red Cross Society with the participation of 56 employees in the Fukagawa district, where the head office is located.

Employees of Fujikura Ltd. and Gatharia office tenants jointly conducted a cleanup activity three times on roads near the facilities, with around 20 people participating for about an hour each time.

The 52nd National Skills Competition was held at 13 venues in eight cities in Aichi Prefecture from Friday, November 28 to Monday, December 1, with a total of 1,200 people participating in 41 events, including those related to electronics, information & communications, machinery, metals, construction, and service and fashion industries. As a sponsor company, Fujikura Ltd. cooperated with the event organizer for the competition, which was held in a municipal gymnasium in Okazaki City, on information network cabling skills, including optical fiber cable wiring and optical fiber fusion splicer-related skills.

The Sakura Plant exhibited at Sakura Monozukuri Festa on May 17 and 18, 2014. Sakura Monozukuri Festa is composed of various events, including an industrial fair where local companies in Sakura City display their products and technologies by using panels, samples, and demonstrations; and an exhibition where various agricultural, commercial and other products made by local craftsmen, restaurants, and specialty stores are sold. The Sakura Plant displayed its products as well, including optical fibers, heat pipes, and superconductive wire materials, and explained the related technologies at the booth in a manner that was enjoyable for both adults and children

On June 9, Fujikura Numazu took part in an activity to clean nearby Senbonhama Beach of Suruga Bay. This cleanup activity takes place every year in this season as one of the environmental activities held by three neighboring companies including Fujikura.
A total of 50 employees from the three companies joined in the activity.
Fujikura Numazu will continue to actively participate in social contribution activities as a member of the local community, aiming to be a company that the local community values and needs.