2018

Mr. Shimakura: I would like to take advantage of this opportunity to request cooperation with our disaster response efforts. Chitose City established the Chitose City Disaster Preparedness Plan in anticipation of a volcanic eruption of Mt. Tarumaesan, earthquake, wind or snow damage, or other disaster, and each year we conduct comprehensive disaster preparedness drills in cooperation with various organizations.
We have also entered into cooperative agreements regarding disaster responses with 50 businesses, shops, and other organizations. MinebeaMitsumi has not entered into a cooperative agreement, but I would like to ask the company to offer its cooperation in the event of a disaster by providing supplies to local residents and so on.

Mr. Hashimoto: The business site has established a business continuity plan (BCP) manual setting forth the actions that we need to take to protect employees and continue business operations in the event of an emergency situation such as an earthquake, abnormal weather, fire, or epidemic. If a disaster occurs, we will establish a disaster response headquarters at the business site. We have stores of food and water for about three days of activities by the 30 members of the disaster response headquarters as well as 60 employees who will be unable to return to their homes and for provision to 100 residents of company dorms. The quantity of supplies may be somewhat high, and if an emergency occurs, it may be possible to use those supplies throughout the industrial district.

Mr. Shimakura: Companies and business sites have various different characteristics, and I think it would be beneficial if we could encourage collaboration and cooperation in ways that make use of those characteristics.

Mr. Yokota: The Chitose Industrial Club, in which MinebeaMitsumi has participated for some time, and Chitose City signed a collaborative agreement the year before last.