The NTT Group supports rich interpersonal communication through telecommunications services. It is also committed to a number of social contribution activities*1. Our concrete philosophy is that a company is also a member of society, and acts together with local residents as a good corporate citizen.
In 1992, NTT created Social Contribution Committee and Social Contribution Office, which have actively worked to contribute to society ever since. Based on this basic philosophy, the NTT Group is currently contributing to society in a variety of ways, with each group company acting according to a policy suiting its own business characteristics.
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We report some specific activities. See the Activity Topics on pages Activity Topics and Examples of Major Social Contribution Activities for some examples of efforts to contribute to society
The NTT Group is working to support volunteers in a number of ways. It believes that such activities are useful for contributing to the sound development of society, as well as diversifying employees' viewpoints through interest and involvement in society, and helping to foment rich sensitivity.
In order to support volunteers who focus on societal issues as contributing members of society, and work to resolve these issues, we implement support in three stages: cultivating a volunteer mindset, encouraging volunteerism, and supporting volunteers.
People who have retired from the NTT Group also actively volunteer their time in activities throughout Japan. Individually or in groups, they volunteer in regional promotion, social welfare, environmental conservation and beautification, education and culture, international exchange, and other activities.
Some specific examples of ongoing active commitments are: support activities at facilities for the elderly, disabled, and other locations; helping to promote local culture with the compilation of local histories and dialect glossaries and the like, and park cleanup.
Social Welfare
The NTT mimi-Project(Ear-Project)
 A Meeting of the NTT mimi-Project
The NTT mimi-Project, a working group for hearing-impaired and hearing employees from the NTT Group companies who provide services jointly to the hearing impaired, was started in 1998. The working group studies the NTT Group products and services from the point of view of the hearing impaired. Also, in fiscal 2004 we offered sign-language workshops and activities to promote understanding of hearing impairments to NTT employees.
Social Welfare
Support for Newspaper Reading Service Team
 Volunteers Read Newspapers for the Vision Impaired
In 1985, a group led by the NTT Group retirees began services to read newspapers and other publications over the telephone for persons with vision impairments. The NTT Group actively supports these volunteers, providing locations, telephones, newspapers, and other support.
Social Welfare and Sports Promotion
Support for the Special Olympics
 Volunteers at the Sporting Venues
The Special Winter Olympics, a sporting competition for persons with intellectual disabilities, were held in Nagano from February to March 2005. The NTT Group provided support in the form of equipment, such as communication systems, as well as financial support. In addition, about 250 NTT Group employees volunteered at the venues and in management of the event, and also helped to cheer on the athletes.
Social Welfare and Promotion of Education and Culture
NTT Group Presents NHK Symphony Orchestra Concert
 "Tokimeki" Vibrating Live Phones Use the Principle of Bone-conduction Technology
Taking the concept that music is communication, since 1985 the NTT Group has organized NHK Symphony Orchestra Concerts in many regions with the cooperation of the NHK Symphony Orchestra, with the wish of enabling as many customers as possible to savor and be moved by fantastic music. In fiscal 2004, concerts were held in Tokyo, Kyoto, and Kagawa.
Persons with hearing impairments are also invited to the concerts and use "Tokimeki" vibrating live phones to enjoy the orchestra's powerful performances.
Promotion of Education and Culture
Easy IT Classes and Other Events
The companies in the NTT Group offer IT classes and other opportunities designed to give the children who will lead the society of tomorrow first-hand experience with IT, and create opportunities for parents and children to interact.
 NTT Communications Organized the Easy Internet Class
 NTT DATA Organized IT Seminar for Students on Summer Holiday
Regional Promotion and Interaction
Participation in Local Events Nationwide
Branches and offices of the NTT Group companies nationwide are involved in projects in partnership with local communities. In particular, NTT employees actively participate in local events. We also work to interact with local communities. We independently plan events to help vitalize communities and create opportunities to interact with members of the local community.
 Employees of NTT East Participate in Nebuta Festival (Aomori pref.)
 Employees of NTT West Participate in Hinokuni Festival (Kumamoto Pref.)
International Exchange and Contribution
Supporting Relief to The Major Earthquake off the Coast of Sumatra
 The New FM Radio Station
The NTT Group donated a total of about ¥60 million in grants, employee donations, and supplies to help victims of the tsunami tidal waves caused by a major earthquake off the coast of Sumatra in December 2004.
As one part of the NTT Group's donations of supplies, NTT DoCoMo built an FM radio station through an NGO specializing in telecommunications in the city of Lhoksmawe, in the Indonesian province of Aceh, in order to help provide information to tsunami victims. The radio station began broadcasting in June 2005.
Protecting the Natural Environment
Environmental Beautification Activities
 NTT Facilities Employees and Their Families Pick Up Trash in an Environmental Beautification Project
The NTT Group employees and their families work together with members of their local communities on environmental beautification suited to the local situation.
They also actively participate in cleanup programs organized by various groups, including the Tokyo Bay Cleanup Project.
Below are some of the main ways in which the NTT Group companies contributed to society in fiscal 2004, by genre.
1.Social Welfare
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Support for Children |
Donation to "KIDS" |
Sponsorship of the NPO KIDS, which was established with the goal of nurturing autonomy and social skills in children with disabilities. Employees actively participate in and make donations to events organized by the NPO. |
NTT East
NTT DATA
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| Participation in ASHINAGA P Walk 10 |
Group companies participated in the ASHINAGA P Walk 10 walkathon organized to support educational opportunities for children who are victims of illnesses, disasters, and the like (participation fee as donation). |
NTT East
NTT West
NTT DATA
NTT DoCoMo
NTT Facilities
|
| Heart-warming Christmas |
Since the Christmas of 1997, the company has collected funds through a "Heart-warming Christmas" charity auction held within the company. The money collected is donated to such NPOs as Peace Winds Japan and Save the Children. |
NTT DATA
|
| Support for the Disabled |
Distribution of "Please Call" Notebooks |
Since 1983, the companies have been making "Please Call" notebooks. These notebooks are a communication tool, in which persons with speech or hearing disabilities write down a telephone number, name, and message, and ask a nearby person to make a telephone call for them. They are continuously distributed to persons with disabilities through government agencies, welfare groups, and others (220,000 copies distributed in fiscal 2004). |
NTT East
NTT West
|
| NTT DATA-style Valentine |
On NTT DATA Valentine's
Day, persons with disabilities sell sweets made at welfare work facilities, vocational facilities, and the like, and sell them to employees, with a donation included in the purchase. The company matches the donations collected from the sales of sweets one for one, and the donations go to support the activities of an NPO group in such fields as support for the disabled. |
NTT DATA
|
| Donations to Welfare Groups, NPOs, Etc. |
Donations to Japan UNESCO Federation and Others |
The companies make donations to the Japan UNESCO Federation, which promotes the protection of world and cultural heritages, the Japanese Red Cross, Socienty which conducts international relief activities, and others on an ongoing basis. |
NTT (Holding Company)
NTT East
NTT West
NTT Communications
NTT DoCoMo
NTT Facilities
|
| Donations of Used PCs |
In order to help elder people gain access to computers, the companies donated PCs to NPOs, NGOs, and foundations active in this area. |
NTT Communications
NTT COMWARE
|
| Charity Bazaars |
Charity Bazaars |
Employees from each of the companies' offices donate charity goods, which are sold and the moneys collected donated to location welfare organizations. Main bazaars organized and participated in in fiscal 2004:
Charity Bazaar to Celebrate Passing FLET'S
300,000 Subscribers (Kanagawa);
Group Charity Bazaar (Iwate); Yamagasa Bazaar (Yamagata); Charity Aid
Osaka (Osaka), etc.
|
NTT East
NTT West
|
2. Promotion of Education and Culture
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Concerts |
NTT East Friendship Chat & Music |
Since 1987, the company has organized the NTT East Friendship Chat & Music, which enables persons with vision impairments to enjoy music and conversation. In fiscal 2004, a poetry reading and a capella concert were held. |
NTT East
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| NTT DATA Concert of Concerts |
Since 1996, the company has organized classical music concerts at Suntory Hall, with the aim of broadening communication with customers through arts and culture. Two concerts were in Tokyo held in fiscal 2004, with 3,000 people from the general public attending. |
NTT DATA
|
| Painting & Arts |
DoCoMo Future Museum and Others |
The companies organized the Children's Drawing Contest, DoCoMo Future Museum, and others, in order to support the futures and dreams of children. The drawing contest is open to pre-elementary children to junior high-school students, with awards presented for winning drawings. |
NTT East
NTT DoCoMo
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| Promotion of NTT-ICC |
The NTT Inter-Communication Center (ICC) was begun to commemorate the 100th year of the telephone. It opened in April 1997 in Tokyo Opera City (Shinjuku, Tokyo), as a new type of museum that will create arts and culture in the 21st century. |
NTT East
|
| IT Education |
Opening of Web site for Children |
The companies offer the Web sites Super Media Kids and Communication World Adventure, which explain the combination of telephone and the Internet in an easy to understand way.
* NTT East 'Super Media Kids' (Japanese only)
* NTT West 'Communication World Adventure' (Japanese only)
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NTT East
NTT West
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3. Regional Promotion and Interaction
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Support for Restoration |
Support for Recovery from The Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake |
The NTT Group has provided grants for The Mid Niigata Prefecture Earthquake, which struck in October 2004, as well as donations from employees. Additionally, a large number of employees were dispatched to assist in ensuring communications services and in the recovery of communications equipment in the affected area. |
NTT (Holding Company)
NTT East
NTT West
NTT Communications
NTT DoCoMo
NTT Facilities
|
4. International Exchange and Contribution
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Education |
Children Anywhere Stories |
Children Anywhere Stories is a project that creates stories from images photographed by French and Japanese children using mobile phones, with the aim of promoting digital expressive power in children, and cross-cultural exchange. The children actively engage each other. |
NTT DoCoMo
|
| Aid for School Construction in Thailand |
Since 1998, the company has supported the building of schools in Thailand jointly with Japanese and Thai NGOs, as part of efforts to build an educational environment. Starting in 2005, the company is also donating used PCs and supporting IT education. |
NTT DoCoMo
|
| Nature |
Support for Indonesian Reforestation Program |
The company conducts tree planting in Indonesia, where the ecosystem is in peril due to clearing of rainforest and slowness in implementing conservation measures. The efforts promote environmental conservation, habitat protection, and improvement of the standard of living of local communities. |
NTT DoCoMo
|
5. Protecting the Natural Environment
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Cleanup |
Participation in Environmental Beautification at Mount Fuji |
Participation in the Mount Fuji Cleanup Program organized by the NPO Fujisan Club and the Association for a Beautiful Mount Fuji, which were established with the goal of beautifying the environmental of Mount Fuji, renowned worldwide for its beauty. |
NTT DoCoMo
NTT Facilities
|
| Greening |
DoCoMo Woods |
Since 1999, the company has conducted tree planting, clearing of underbrush, and other activities at 26 DoCoMo Forests nationwide. The company plans to have DoCoMo Forests in all 47 prefectures by 2012. |
NTT DoCoMo
|
| Others |
Nature Network Project |
The company agrees with the ideal of live broadcasts of wildlife and plants in their natural environment via the Internet, and has supported the program since its inception (2000).
* Nature Network
|
NTT DATA
|
6. Promoting Sports
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| Popularization of Sports |
Sports Classes |
The companies organize sports classes in close cooperation with local communities, including baseball, soccer, tennis, and badminton, with the goal of helping children grow up healthy through the promotion of sports. Employees volunteer at the classes. |
NTT East
NTT West
NTT DoCoMo
|
| NTT Triathlon Japan Cup |
The companies organized the NTT Triathlon Japan Cup in order to help popularize and develop triathlons. The companies continually support the national triathlon team. |
NTT East
NTT West
|
7. Others
| Genre |
Example |
Summary |
Main implementing
companies |
| NPO Activities |
Establishment of NPO Mobile Communication Fund |
The company presents awards, subsidizes organizations, and scholarships for personal study expenses for students from Asia, and other support with the aim of contributing to the creation of a healthy and prosperous society, and the development of telecommunications in the mobile and ubiquitous networking age of the 21st century. |
NTT DoCoMo
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| Cooperation in Management of National NPO Search Site |
The company cooperates as needed in the development and management of a Web site capable of searching for NPOs nationwide, in cooperation with Japan NPO Center.
* NPO Plaza(Japanese only)
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NTT Communications
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