We have instituted the Environment and Labor Committee as an organization to promote the company's engagement in environmental and OH&S activities. Some of the OH&S-related initiatives we have adopted are as follows:

We have set up a safety and hygiene committee in accordance with the Industrial Safety and Health Act of Japan. The committee members patrol the workplace to check whether there is any OH&S hazard in the workplace and propose corrective actions. At the committee meetings, the members discuss what actions should be taken to improve the company's OH&S conditions.

We offer various educational and training sessions to our employees to ensure that they are properly educated and trained. Some of the examples of education and training we offer regularly are as follows:

We provide a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and actively support their effort to maintain and promote good health. Some of the initiatives we have put in place are as follows:

At the headquarters, we conduct a stress check and mental health training on a regular basis to promote the mental health of employees. Starting 2020, a professional counsellor visits our office at the headquarters once a month to provide mental health counselling during the working hours.

We give top priority to the protection and rescue of human lives in the event of disasters. In case of an emergency such as a major natural disaster or accident, we will set up an emergency response headquarters headed by the president, which becomes the command post to gather all information and dispatch instructions so that necessary actions can be taken promptly. We have drawn up an earthquake manual and a fire response plan to enable us to make a first response internally in case of a disaster event. We have also put a safety confirmation system in place to check the safety of all HQ employees in a timely manner in case of a major earthquake or any other disaster event. At subsidiaries, we are enhancing preparedness for emergencies by compiling disaster manuals and introducing alert systems, depending on their local disaster risks.

We conduct safety audits at manufacturing sites with the assistance of our manufacturing subcontractors. We check the appropriateness of their earthquake-proof measures and emergency escape routes, the identification of operational dangers in safety manuals, the records of their pre-operation checks and others to ensure that manufacturing is conducted in a safe manner.

There have been no occupational accidents that resulted in death or permanent damage for the last 10 years. As such, it is judged that our OH&S initiatives have been proven effective.