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With Local CommunitiesFacilitating Communication with Local CommunitiesAkebono cherishes the local communities in the regions in which it operates, whether they are in Japan or abroad.Accordingly, we are putting great emphasis on interaction and maintaining good relationships between our facilities and local communities.Summer Festivals all over JapanIn Japan, every Akebono facility holds a summer festivals, invitinglocal residents to join associates in playing music, running foodstands and playing games at these events. While providing a funtime for associates and their families in which they can interact withlocal people, these events also help build even stronger relationshipsbetween the Companyand local communities.This is one way we arecreating a companythat deserves supportof society.Industrial Tourism Facility in Saitama Prefecture“Ai-Museum” Brake Museum Open to PublicFrom July to September 2013, Ai-Museum became a part of industrialtourism courses for the “WAKUWAKU Koujou Tanken Tai(An Exciting Plant Tour),” a program sponsored by the SightseeingDepartment of Saitama prefectural government with the aim ofproviding facility tours and hands-on experience of manufacturing.Ai-Museum participated in similar events in the previous year.Looking ahead, we will strive to facilitate community residents’interest in and understanding of Akebono and its products throughsuch and other initiatives.Donating Food in the United StatesSince 2012, Akebono Brake Elizabethtown Plant (ABE) inElizabethtown, Kentucky, USA, has been assisting the local branchof the non-profit organization Feeding America, Kentucky’sHeartland, with generous food donations. In 2013, Akebonodonated 1,072 pounds (approximately 486kg) of food. In this way,Akebono is striving to enhance the well-being of local people.Volunteer Activities in ThailandIn October 2013, Akebono Brake (Thailand) Co., Ltd. (AKBT)launched a fundraising campaign aimed at assisting approximately900 households affected by flooding that hit areas near andaround the AKBT plant. As a result, 17,210 bahts, or approximately?50,000, has been donated to supply drinking water to thesehouseholds. Of course, AKBT provided aid for its associates affectedby the disaster. Moreover, in March 2014, representatives of AKBTvisited an orphanage to present gifts, including monetary donations.In these ways,AKBT is contributing tolocal society helped byassociate volunteers.Providing Scholarship Programs in IndonesiaSince 2006, PT. Akebono Brake Astra Indonesia (AAIJ) has beenoperating scholarship programs to assist local children with theireducation. In 2013, a total of 117 children received scholarships.Akebono will continue to promote initiatives aimed at helpingfuture generations worldwide.Akebono President Attends a Breakfast MeetingHosted by French President HollandeIn June 2013, Akebono President Hisataka Nobumoto was invitedas the head of a major Japanese company operating in France toattend a breakfast meeting hosted by French President Mr. FrancoisHollande. In addition, Akebono’s officer in charge of developmentwas invited to a meeting of the Japan-France Joint Committee onCooperation in Science and Technology, sponsored by the Japaneseand French ministries of foreign affairs, to give a presentation onthe Company’s technologicaldevelopmentinitiatives in Europe.We continue to striveto facilitate exchangebetween the two countriesto build a morerobust relationship.A summer festival held atYamagata Manufacturing(August 2013)Akebono associate sharing information about brakes to tour participants Scholarship granting ceremonyCorporate managers of Japanese companies whoA food drive at ABE in Kentucky, U.S.A. attended the breakfast meetingAKBT staff conducting afundraiser to help peopleaffected by flooding

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