In response to the disaster, AISIN Group companies coordinated to collect relief goods such as bottled drinks, instant foods like instant noodles, and everyday items including blankets and batteries. Delivery of relief goods by trucks commenced on the day after the earthquake. A total of 45 tons of goods were sent to the disaster regions, client companies and AISIN Group companies.

We modified our gas cogeneration units to build a system that can supply power and hot water in regions without power, and installed this system, along with shower rooms, onto trucks. Since June 2011, we have been dispatching these “energy vehicles” to isolated evacuation centers to provide electricity and hot water showers.

In particular, the private shower rooms are proving to be extremely popular with evacuees.

Immediately after the disaster, we dispatched a team of personnel from the general affairs, production management, production technology, maintenance, and other divisions, to provide recovery assistance to our partners and subsidiaries and distribute relief goods in the disaster region.

From June, Aisin Seiki employees participated as volunteers in a relief assistance initiative jointly organized by 15 Toyota Group companies. The participants underwent initial training to deepen their understanding of local conditions and then took part in tasks such as debris removal or drain clearance. The Toyota Group had dispatched six volunteer teams as of the end of July 2011. We intend to continue dispatching volunteers in response to the needs of the regions.

We are engaged in special Olympic activities aimed at enabling handicapped people to experience the enjoyment to be gained from sport and to enable them to play a more active role in society through the medium of sport.

In October 2009, Aisin AW launched its Social Contribution Point System to award points for participation in volunteer activities.

IPoints can be exchanged for donations to NPOs through the company, or for products from fair trade groups and vocational aid centers. The program aims to get employees actively and eagerly engaged in volunteer activities.

AISIN has held the Aisin Sawayaka (“refreshing”) Concert every year since 2003. These concerts enable local community members and employees with disabilities to enjoy classical music and other events along with their families. We pay careful attention to installing wheelchair paths at the concert venue.

In collaboration with regional organizations such as social welfare councils in nine cities in Aichi Prefecture, we are holding a course that we hope will give residents the chance to take part in volunteer activities.

Aisin Seiki provides a space in its cafeteria for the sale of bread, desserts, and more on behalf of an organization operating a bakery and supporting employment for disabled persons. At lunchtime, many of our employees purchase the sandwiches and desserts delivered by the group.

From January 2010, Aisin Seiki has participated in Table for Two (TFT), a program tying food aid for developing nations with the elimination of the lifestyle-related illnesses in developed nations.

Under the program, 10 yen from the price of cafeteria meals designated as healthy, and 10 yen in matching funds from the cafeteria operator company, combine for a total of 20 yen in donations that provide a meal for a child in the developing world. Through June 2010, we succeeded in supplying about 10,000 meals through the program. We plan to extend our participation to additional locations.

The All AISIN NPO Activities Support Fund, composed of 12 main companies, makes annual donations to NPOs and volunteer groups in Aichi, Fukui, and Toyama prefectures, homes to our Company sites. The donation funds come from charity concert collections and contributions from employees.