2015
(Posted Oct. 2015)
Valuing Dialogue to Build Trust
Mr. Hidenori Kobayashi: Minebea held its first community dialogue in 2012 at the Karuizawa Plant. Since then, the Karuizawa Plant has held a meeting with the local community on a semiannual basis, and the result is that communication with the local citizens has improved greatly. As an example, the plant has made an agreement with the town and local fire department to make the plant's heliport available to emergency helicopters during disasters and for medical helicopters. In the same way, we'd like to strengthen the bonds with the Yonago community.
Mr. Takiichi Senoo: As a local government body, we would strongly welcome a system under which we could contact Minebea directly during times of disasters and cooperate with each other on measures in a flexible manner.
Mr. Makoto Kanba: We operate the "Children's Shelter 110" program as one of our community safety initiatives, and we'd appreciate your cooperation by placing a program sticker on the plant's entrance showing children that they can take shelter there in times of danger. In this way, the plant could be used as a shelter in times of emergency.
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Mr. Yasuo Nozaka: I agree that it would be beneficial to have regular meetings to discuss the community's issues. It's important that we both appoint coordinators to improve daily communication. With this foundation, we could create an atmosphere where it's easy, for example, to request a Minebea employee to teach a lesson at an elementary or junior high school.
Mr. Tatsuo Matsuda: I agree completely. We need a hotline between groups conducting activities in the same community. Let's put formalities aside so that this hotline can enable us to continue our dialogue in a frank and informal way.
