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FACT BOOK 2022

Basic Facts About Nippon Steel

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Social Contributions

Philanthropic Activities

Head Office and Steelworks

Head Office

Contribution to local communities

  • Open use of education and training facilities
  • Aid to disaster stricken areas

Support of cultural and sports activities

  • Establishment and management of Nippon Steel Arts Foundation
  • Construction and management of Kioi Hall
  • Nippon Steel Music Awards
  • Educational programs in Monodzukuri (an art of manufacturing) and environment
  • Contribution to universities, research institutes, and cultural/welfare organizations at home and abroad
  • Acceptance of school teachers for training at private enterprises (Keizai Koho Center)
  • Acceptance of trainees from government agencies, organizations/institutions, and universities at home and abroad
  • Publication and free distribution of picture book series, “New Monodzukuri”

North Nippon Works

Contribution to local communities

<Muroran area>

  • Support of Muroran Port Festival
  • Support of Wanishi Shrine
  • Open use of welfare facilities
  • Joint disaster-relief training with local fire stations
  • Cooperation for and participation in afforestation and cleaning campaigns
  • Steel making lecture for elementary schools around Muroran works

  • Plant visits by 3,700 people in 79 groups (Fiscal 2019)

<Kamaishi area>

  • Donation of sports facilities to Kamaishi City
  • Lending of sports ground to Kamaishi City
  • Participation in Kamaishi Festivals
  • Open use of welfare facilities
  • Lending of company-owned land and facilities
  • Provision of company owned land for reconstruction assistance
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Participation in traffic accident-prevention campaigns
  • Participation in environment preservation activities
  • Promotion of blood donation
  • Participation in career education project for highschool students in Kamaishi City

Support of cultural and sports activities

    <Muroran area>

  • Support of “Nippon Steel Muroran Sharks” baseball team
  • Skating workshop for primary school students held by Ice hockey team
  • Basketball workshop for primary school and junior high school students held by "IRONS" basketball team
  • Dispatching judo referee and judo workshop for primary school and junior high school students by judo team

<Kamaishi area>

  • Lending of materials and documents to Iron and Steel History Museum
  • Support of “Iron History's Week” events
  • Guidance of boys’ sports teams
  • Open use of sports facilities
  • Support of Rugby Festival
  • Support of “Kamaishi Seawaves RFC”
  • Dispatch of Kamaishi Works rugby men as lecturers and technical instructors and to the lessons to promote international understanding

East Nippon Works

Contribution to local communities

<Kashima area>

  • Cleaning of beach in Kashima City
  • Cleaning of roads surrounding Kashima Works
  • Promotion of landscaping Fureai-odori Boulevard (planting and maintenance)
  • Participation in the Kashima Festival
  • Sakura Garden (herb garden, opened in August 2006 = part of yard opening of steelworks)
  • Ouka Garden (part of yard opening of steelworks)
  • Invite welfare institution residents to watching games of Antlers
  • Receiving of school teachers for training
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity by new employees

<Kimitsu area>

  • Joint holding of Kimitsu Citizen’s Festival with Kimitsu City
  • Support of Kisarazu Port Festival
  • Receiving teachers for training
  • Receiving of trainees from local high schools (Support of internship and Super Science High School)
  • Participation in fund-raising, cleaning, afforestation and traffic safety campaigns
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Blood donation
  • Science experiment classroom/stand for school children

<Naoetsu area>

  • Naoetsu beach cleanup volunteers
  • Support of Joetsu summer fireworks festival
  • Joetsu summer festival participation
  • Support of local activities
  • Support of local elementary school athletic events
  • Blood donation

  • Plant visits by 51,126 people in 2,830 groups (total of all areas, fiscal 2019)

Support of cultural and sports activities

<Kashima area>

  • Planning and holding the Nippon Steel Cup sports competition (baseball, girls volleyball, table tennis)
  • Hosting baseball classes
  • Science experiment classroom

<Kimitsu area>

  • Social contribution prize of East Nippon Works Kimitsu（Clover award）
  • Support of "Nippon Steel Kazusa Magic-baseball team" (Baseball lessons for students)
  • Planning and holding the Nippon Steel Cup sports competition (baseball, mini basketball, foot ball, gate ball)
  • Holding of sports events and giving guidance by the Kimitsu Works club teams
  • Holding of periodic performances by East Nippon Works Kimitsu brass band

<Naoetsu area>

  • Hosting the Nippon Steel Boys Baseball Cup

Nagoya Works

Contribution to local communities

  • Support of Tokai Flower Show
  • Support of a display of fireworks of Tokai Festival
  • Joint holding of Tokai Autumn Festival with Tokai City
  • Cooperation for “A manufacturing classroom” by Tokai City
  • Support of Anniversary project by Tokai City
  • Support of Yokosuka･Ota festival
  • Support of fund-raising and local activities
  • Cleaning of major roads
  • Cleaning of surrounding area by new employees
  • Blood donation
  • Receiving of school teachers for training
  • Support of an illumination project
  • Contribution to shrine festival activities
  • Lecture at a local university
  • Visiting schools to give lectures

  • Plant visits by 25,912 people in 1,166 groups (fiscal 2019)

Support of cultural and sports activities

  • Support of classical concerts held by Tokai City
  • Holding of periodic performances by Nagoya Works brass band
  • Holding of periodic performances by Nagoya Works choir
  • Holding of Christmas charity concerts by Nagoya Works brass band and choir
  • Contribution to cultural promotion business owned by Tokai City
  • Open use of sports facilities
  • Sports guidance at primary and junior high schools
  • Support of “Tokai REX” baseball club
  • Support of Tokai City Marathon
  • Support of an area sports promotion business owned by Tokai City
  • Holding the Nippon Steel Cup sports competition (Seven kinds of competitions of Junior High Schools in Tokai City)
  • Holding the Tokai REX Cup (Baseball Cup of Junior High Schools in Tokai City)

Kansai Works

Contribution to local communities

<Wakayama area>

  • Participation in cleaning along Kinokawa River
  • Participation in cleaning in the city sponsored by Wakayama
  • Cleaning of Isonoura beach, participated by about 200 people
  • Sponsorship for in Kainan's hometown festival
  • Sponsorship for in Kainan's lacquer ware festival
  • Sponsorship for in Kainan's Geta market
  • Participation in Wakayama's Kishu dance
  • Support of a walking event at Kasei green tract of land
  • Cooperation for Sakai Festival and Citizen’s Olympics
  • Cooperation for youth activities at Sakai City
  • Cleaning activity with local authorities in Sampo area and Osaka bay area
  • Help handicapped-person sports events held by Sakai City
  • Promotion of blood donation
  • Sponsorship for tree planting of graduation festival in local schools
  • Sponsorship for Wakaura bay marathon with jazz
  • Sponsorship for anti-drug promotion movie by Osaka prefectual police

<Osaka area>

  • Cleaning of commuting roads
  • Cooperation for Japan Handicapped Table Tennis Championship
  • Cooperation for a Ubusuna Shrine summer festival float with a drum inside
  • Support of Konohana Ward residents festival
  • Receiving of a work place experience from local junior highschool
  • Cooperation for Konohana Physically Handicapped Person Organization
    Participation in strawberry picking event
  • Blood donation
  • Provision a place for a polling station

<Amagasaki area>

  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Regular cleaning with neighborhood communities
  • Cherry blossom festival (inviting residents in neighborhood communities and local authorities)
  • Participation in “The Amagasaki 21st Century Forest Project”
  • Participation in “Amagasaki station clean campaign” in Amagasaki City
  • Participation in "Watering streets"
  • Traffic safety campaigns
  • Joint disaster-relief training with local fire stations
  • Participation in "Working Experience Seminar" and "Open Factory IN Amagasaki"
  • Support of Amagasaki City Residents Festival
  • Support of summer festival of Kifune Shrine and the grand shrine at Hatsushima

  • Plant visits by 11,303 people in 815 groups (total of all areas, fiscal 2019)

Support of cultural and sports activities

<Wakayama area>

  • Enforcement of a sketch event for local primary school children, participated by about 120 fifth graders
  • Implementation of the following activities through a regional volleyball team Blazers Sports Club
    • Dispatch of volleyball technical instructors
    • Holding of Blazers Cup sports events
    • Holding of volleyball events in Sakai City (V-League home games, international friendship games and others)
    • Promotion of Sakai Jr. Blazers, Blazers Kids, and Blazers Judo Club
  • Join up Festival held in Sakai City
  • Volleyball workshop for students in Osaka held by Sakai Blazers

<Osaka area>

  • Support of local children rubber-ball baseball league

<Amagasaki area>

  • Holding of Nippon steel cup, women's volleyball tournament for junior high school in Amagasaki City and surrounding cities
  • Open use of the sports ground by an American football team and flag football teams (of school children) for their training from April 2001

Setouchi Works

Contribution to local communities

<Hirohata area>

  • Manpower and financial support of Green Town Building Club
  • Support of Hirohata Tenmangu Shrine Autumn Festival
  • Manpower and financial cooperation to Hirohata Economic Organization
  • Receiving of trainees from local junior high schools
  • Receiving of school teachers for training
  • Participation in cleaning campaigns for Himeji City streets
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Blood donation
  • Fund-raising activities

<Kure area>

  • Cleaning of traffic mirrors surrounding Kure Area
  • Cleaning of roads surrounding Kure Area
  • Receiving of a work place experience from local junior high school
  • Support of votive sumo tournament held by Usa Shrine
  • Blood donation

<Hanshin area>

  • Support of "Sakaiku Summer Festival "
  • Support of "Nishiku Fureai Festival"
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Takasu beach cleanup volunteers (once a year)
  • Receiving of trainees from local high schools(internship)
  • Osaka Marathon and Lake Biwa Mainichi Marathon “Clean UP Operation”
  • Blood donation

  • Plant visits by 34 people in 10 groups (total of all areas, fiscal2021)

Support of cultural and sports activities

<Hirohata area>

  • Coaching children in sports (judo, baseball, kendo)
  • Manpower and financial support of Yumesakikawa River Festival
  • Holding of the Nippon Steel Green town sports events
  • Rental of sports facilities
  • Support of HIMEJI CASTLE MARATHON

<Kure area>

  • Softball workshop for primary school student held by softball team

Kyushu Works

Contribution to local communities

<Yawata area>

  • Donation of basic-oxygen furnace and torpede car to Kitakyushu City in response to the improvement of the surrounding area of “1901 Blast Furnace Monument”
  • Donation of Megane Bridge at Kawachi Reservoir to Kitakyushu City
  • Free lending of Sayagatani track and field stadium and Otani baseball field to Kitakyushu City
  • Participation and support of the Yawata Festival implementation committee
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity
  • Participation in "Cleaning campaigns" for Kitakyushu City
  • Participation in “Kokura Gion Festival”
  • Support of "Wasshoi Summer Festival"

<Oita area>

  • Support of Joto Spring Festival
  • Support of local primary and junior high school events
  • Open use of welfare facilities
  • Visiting schools to give lectures
  • Cooperation for Hikari Festival
  • Cleaning of roads in steelworks vicinity (13 times/year)
  • Traffic safety campaigns
    • Fund-raising for orphaned children
    • Participation in local traffic safety campaigns
  • Blood donation

  • Plant visits by 32,887people in 1,679 groups (total of all areas, fiscal 2019)

Support of cultural and sports activities

<Yawata area>

  • Children’s sketch event in steelworks and ports
  • Open use of sports facilities.
  • Support of "V Premier League Kitakyushu Convention Charity Event"

<Oita area>

  • Oita Area drum band “Tesshin Taiko”
    • Spring performance at Gokoku Shrine
  • Sports guidance at primary and junior high schools
    • Field and track, baseball, table tennis,rugby
  • Support of sports events sponsored by Hikari City Sports Association
  • Rugby club
    • Rugby guidance at kindergartens and primary schools
    • Holding of the Nippon Steel Cup rugby event for junior high school students
    • Steelmaking class for junior high school students
    • Rugby guidance for high school students

    • R&D Laboratories

    Contribution to local communities

      　
    • Cooperation for Futtsu City Festival
    • Support of the Futtsu Citizens fireworks festival
    • Blood donation
    • Contribution to various charity programs
    • Agreement with Amagasaki City, Futtsu City and Kamisu City to make available certain facilities as safe shelter in case of tsunami alert issued as a result of a major earthquake
    • Clean-up in Hasaki Industrial Park (twice a year)
    • Kamisu beach cleanup volunteers (once a year)

    Overseas Offices

    NIPPON STEEL NORTH AMERICA, INC.

    • Support of programs which address fundamental needs and problems in public schools
    • Support of organizations dedicated to helping the disadvantaged
    • Support of Metropolitan Opera, museum, Public Library and other organizations of arts and culture
    • Support of children education via Japanese organizations and school
    • USA-Japan friendship exchange and participation in regional support via Japanese organizations (Japan Society and Japanese Business Association of Houston)

    NIPPON STEEL AMÉRICA DO SUL LTDA.
    (São Paulo・Belo Horizonte)

    • Participation in regional support and cultural/sports activities via Japanese organizations and Ipatinga’s local organizations
    • Support for promotion of Japanese cultural activities (ex. Japan Festival)
    • Promotion and development of the environmental cleanup activities among the youth, through the collaboration with youth football teams in Ipatinga

    NIPPON STEEL EUROPE GmbH (Düsseldorf)

    • Participation in social contribution activities and support to sports and cultural activities via Japanese organizations in Düsseldorf, e.g. the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Club, the Japanese School, etc.

    NIPPON STEEL AUSTRALIA PTY. LIMITED

    • Participation in social contribution activities and support to sports and cultural activities via Japanese organizations in Sydney, e.g. the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japan Club, the Japanese School, etc.

    Beijing Office of Nippon Steel Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

    • Promotion of China-Japan friendship exchange activities
    • Support of operations of Japanese schools
    • Participation in social contribution activities (ex. Chinese university students' Japan visit project including the homestay in our employee house and the acceptance of the visit in the steelworks) and making donations for flood, snow disaster, and tremendous earthquake via the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in China

    Shanghai Office of Nippon Steel Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

    • Participation in social contribution activities, support of China-Japan friendship via Shanghai Japanese Commerce & Industry Club
      (ex. Promotion of China-Japan friendship exchange activities, donations for flood, snow disaster, tremendous earthquake, and so on, support of operations of Japanese schools, and contributions to Japanese communities)

    Guangzhou Office of Nippon Steel Consulting (Beijing) Co., Ltd.

    • Participation in social contribution activities and community service via the Guangzhou Japanese Chamber of Commerce & Industry
    • Support of operations of Japanese schools

    PT. Nippon Steel Indonesia (Jakarta)

    • Participation in social activities via Jakarta Japan Club (Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Japanese Association).

    NIPPON STEEL VIETNAM CO.,LTD.

    • Scholarship awarding to Vietnam Japan University Students who has excellent grades and financial difficulties.
    • Scholarship awarding to University of Transport and Communications
    • Participation in social contribution activities via The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Ho Chi Minh City (JCCH) and The Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Vietnam (JCCI)
    • Donation to the ”Covid-19 Vaccine Fund”

    NIPPON STEEL SOUTHEAST ASIA CO., LTD. (Bangkok)

    • Participation in social activities via The Japanese Chamber & Commerce, Bangkok(JCC) and Japanese Association in Thailand (Ex. Scholarship activities of JCC)

    NIPPON STEEL SINAGAPORE PTE. LTD.

    • Aid to scholarship granting for studying in Japan, and activities involved in education, arts, sports and welfare via the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry Singapore and the Japanese Association Singapore

    NIPPON STEEL INDIA Pvt. Ltd.

    • Participation in social contribution activities via Japanese associations in New Delhi
      (Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry in India, Japanese Association Delhi)
    • Donation to organizations which are working to support underprivileged children and students, promotion of sports (Judo).

    Dubai Office of NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION

    • Participation in social contribution activities via Japanese associations in Dubai (Japanese Business Council, Japan Club, and a Japanese school)