2018

Mr. Kume: The Chitose Business Division began operations in this region in 1983. For the subsequent 35 years, the production site has manufactured semiconductors. It currently has a little under 500 employees, but during the prior and current fiscal terms, business has been extremely busy and the labor shortage has become a significant issue.

Mr. Hashimoto: In our relationship with the local community, the business division has placed particular emphasis on traffic safety since the very start of operations. Employees stand in the street and give traffic directions, and each year employees propose yearly traffic safety slogans for submission to the Traffic Safety Association as a part of educational programs. Slogans selected within the business division are submitted to the Chitose Traffic Safety Association, and nearly every year we win an award. The winning submissions are displayed at various locations throughout the city.
With regard to the environment, plastic bottle caps and pull rings collected at the site are donated to social welfare organizations, and each year we conduct cleanup activities and install flowerpots in the vicinity of the business site. We have also cooperated with blood donation drives for more than 20 years, and in 2017 we received a Golden Order of Merit from the Japanese Red Cross Society.