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Special Features: Our Ongoing Initiatives Following the Great East Japan EarthquakeFukushima Manufacturing Persists with Initiatives Aimedat Creating a Safe Working Environment Radioactivity MeasurementSince the Great East Japan Earthquake, Akebono Brake FukushimaManufacturing Co., Ltd. (Fukushima Manufacturing) has completedvirtually all the necessary restoration work and installed earthquakecountermeasures. However, the facility is only about 65kilometers distant from the now crippled and contaminatedFukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station. With this in mind, weare taking necessary precautions toensure the safety of associatesworking there. For example, radioactivityis measured daily at eightlocations throughout the premises,including plant facilities. The log ofthe readings is updated every dayand publicly disclosed. Cooperating with Municipal OrganizationsDecontamination EffortsSome local municipalities affected by the nuclear accident were designated“Intensive Contamination Survey Areas” by the Japanesegovernment. The local governments of such municipalities are thusstriving to promote decontamination by, for example, removingcontaminated soil in an effort to lessen the danger to human health.However, Koorimachi, where Fukushima Manufacturing operates, ishaving difficulty securing temporary storage space for soil removedfrom local residential areas. To help Koorimachi, we plan to providethe needed temporary storage space on Fukushima Manufacturing’spremises. Our plans call for carrying out the similar decontaminationof the Fukushima Manufacturing plant premises, with an eyeto ensuring the safety of student housing on the premises.Earthquake SimulationsOn October 1, 2013, Akebono conducted an earthquake simulationdrill that assumed an 8.1-magnitude major earthquake with a seismiccenter located in the fault belt on the Kanto Plain’s northwesternmargin. This drill was the seventh of this kind and entailedeach domestic facility exercising its crisis management procedures.On the assumption that a large portion of the Kanto area hadbeen hit by strong tremors with intensities of five to seven on theJapanese seismic scale, Akebono Brake Iwatsuki ManufacturingCo., Ltd. played the role of business site most devastated by thedisaster. For the drill, other locations assumed that they had simultaneouslysuffered injuries to personnel, damage to buildings andfacilities, the suspension of business operations and a snarled upcommuter system preventing associates from reaching home.Addressing a problem identified in the course of the previousdrill with regard toinformation sharingbetween the response headquartersand other locations,we introduced a teleconferencesystem that connectsevery domestic location andthereby ensures that data on the disaster and situation each locationis facing is promptly shared. Overall, the drill was comprehensiveand practical and provided insights into disaster response.“Ai-Village” Also Serves as Disaster Control CenterThe Ai-Village global training center (Hanyu City, Saitama Prefecture)complex encompasses a training facility housing multipurposetraining rooms and kitchen facilities as well as lounge areas toenhance communications and accommodations with 56 rooms forvisitors. The center was designed to provide associates from aroundthe world with a place for exchanging views, thereby facilitatingthe sharing of knowledge and experience to create new value.At the same time, the center is able to serve as the Company’sdisaster control center. With an earthquake-proof structure reinforcedto 150% of the Japanese standard, the center has an independentelectric power supply system in preparation for emergencyblackouts as well as a disaster-resistant information system thatensures 24-hour contact with domestic and overseas locations.Moreover, its accommodationscan be expanded tohouse approximately 200people. In addition,Ai-Village has a solarpower generation systemsthat allows it to operatewith less energy input fromexternal sources.Reconstructed “Ai-Ring” Facility Expands even FurtherNow that the immediate restoration work at the earthquake-hitfacilities of the Ai-Ring test course in Iwaki City, FukushimaPrefecture, has been completed, we plan to add multiple tracks,brake testing equipment and other verification facilities. This facilityexpansion plan was selected by the Japanese government as eligiblefor support in the fifth round of Subsidies for Establishment ofBusiness Facilities for Industrial Reconstruction in FukushimaPrefecture. In keeping with the spirit of this initiative, Ai-Ring willmake 20 new hires from the local area.Facility expansion will be completed in March 2016. Once completed,Ai-Ring will be more capable than ever of flexibly accommodatingtechnologicaladvancement, helping us tocreate new products and technologies.Going forward, wewill strive to develop Ai-Ringinto an ideal testing facility.Supporting Restoration: Ongoing Co-Sponsor of the LFATest Driving EventSeeking to encourage young people living in the earthquake-strickenFukushima region to keep their dreams and hope for the futurealive, on June 8, 2013, a Lexus Future Advance (LFA) test drivingevent was held at Ai-Ring, following up on a similar event held theThree Years after the Great East Japan EarthquakeEstablishing a Disaster-Proof Corporate Structure?Securing a Safe Workplace for Associates while Providing Ongoing Support forReconstruction Efforts since the Great East Japan EarthquakeCarrying out daily radioactivitymeasurement at eight locationsSolidifying information sharing structurethrough simulationsA Shinto ceremony heldat Ai-Ring to pray for safetyAi-Village’s emergency supply storage room(containing blankets, drinking water andemergency portable toilets, etc.)

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