Providing Education on Manufacturing and the Environment
Nippon Steel finds it important to be involved in educating young people and their teachers, who are helping prepare our future generations. We try to help them better understand the appeal of “monodzukuri (product-manufacturing)” and our various initiatives on the environmental issues.
Demonstrating the joy of product-manufacturing through “Tatara Ironmaking”
With the aim of showing children the joy of product-manufacturing, Nippon Steel has been holding demonstrations on “tatara ironmaking” – Japan’s indigenous ironmaking technique – at our steelworks and nearby schools in Japan every year.
Support of community-based education
Nippon Steel has been engaged in unique community-based environmental education support programs and educational activities on “monodzukuri (product-manufacturing).” For example, we organized a scientific stand at East Nippon Works Kimitsu Area, where our younger employees introduced the fascinating properties of iron and the mechanism of electricity generation to primary and secondary school children.
Our employees at Kyushu Works Oita Area gave “travelling scientific lectures” at local primary and secondary schools. Nippon Steel’s head office staff took part in an Energy and Environmental Workshop held by Masugata Junior High School in Kanagawa Prefecture, showing an example of waste plastics recycling at Nippon Steel to demonstrate the steelmaking industry’s environmental initiatives.
Nippon Steel also donates to Tohoku University’s endowment and supports its activities on behalf of children in the areas affected by the Tohoku Earthquakes and Tsunami of 2011. The fund aims at spreading knowledge on prevention and reduction of damage from natural disasters and developing the ability to judge risks of such disasters.
As one of ways to enhance deeply understanding of Nippon Steel and the steel industry, we accept tours at each manufacturing site. In fiscal 2023,approximately 70,000 people visited our steelworks. In addition, we are conducting 'outreach classes' by dispatching personnel from various steelworks and branches in response to requests, as well as providing online learning sessions at the East Nippon Works Kashima area.
