[Shin Nippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.] Held an event to eradicate drunk driving with NPO Heart Space
*Shin Nippon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.*
Press release: September 6, 2024
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We held an event to eradicate drunk driving with NPO Heart Space. Shinnihon Pharmaceutical
Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Fukuoka City, President and CEO: Takahiro Goto), in conjunction with Fukuoka Prefecture’s “Drunken Driving Eradication Week*1,” announced that Yamamoto from the NPO Heart Space (Fukuoka City, Chairman: Miyako Yamamoto) We held an event to eradicate drunk driving with him at our head office on Friday, August 23, 2024. Additionally, on the same day, a total of 130 people, including our employees and partner organizations, held a “Flag Wave Movement,” in which they raised flags with a wish for the eradication of drunk driving on moving cars.
* [Implementation details] *
・Mr. Yamamoto’s lecture (theme: “Changing society through compassion – A wish to eradicate drunk driving”)
・Conversation between Mr. Yamamoto and our representative Goto (Theme: “How can we pass the baton to those who will carry the future?”) ・Report training by Fukuoka Prefectural Police Central Police Station ・Flag wave movement by 130 people
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As a member of the Citizens’ Association to Promote the Elimination of Drunk Driving*2, of which CEO Goto served as vice chairman until 2018, our company produced and screened the film “Wind from Zero” to raise awareness of the eradication of drunk driving. We have been actively engaged in efforts to eradicate drunk driving, such as providing support, installing a monument pledging to eradicate drunk driving, and holding charity auctions. In 2022, a lecture by Mr. Yamamoto will be held for young employees.
In 2023, we will launch the “Sunflower Seed Project” with Hakata High School, where Mr. Yamamoto’s eldest son Toro Yamamoto, who lost his life to a drunk driver in 2011 as a first-year high school student, and one of his classmates attended. ” is being carried out. In 2024, we aim to create an opportunity for more people to think about eradicating drunk driving by holding the “Flag Wave Movement” for the first time in Fukuoka City, in which driving cars display flags to eradicate drunk driving. .
*1 August 25th to August 31st *2 The citizens’ association promoting the eradication of drunk driving was disbanded on March 18, 2018, recognizing that it had fulfilled its certain role.
* [Photo report] *
■Scenes from the lecture
■Conversation situation
■Scenes from reporting training
■ Flag wave movement
– * Profile of NPO Heart Space Miyako Yamamoto *
NPO Heart Space Chairman / Fukuoka Prefecture drunk driving
eradication activity advisor / Nurse and sports instructor for people with disabilities
Heart Space, an NPO, was established in March 2010 with the aim of creating a caring space where both disabled and non-disabled people can enjoy living together. We will carry out campaigns to raise awareness of manners in wheelchair-friendly parking lots and support sports for people with disabilities. February 2011, my eldest son was 16 years old at the time.
Mr. Tomoya and his friend are lost in a drunk driving accident. Immediately after that, he began campaigning to eradicate drunk driving, and gave lectures all over the country, stressing the importance of life and the need to avoid both perpetrators and victims. In 2018, he also gave a lecture at the Cabinet Office, and has given more than 1,250 lectures to date. Through his lectures and the free paper “TOMOs” that raises awareness about the eradication of drunk driving, he continues to light the light on the eradication of drunk driving, and continues to appeal to the importance of life with the aim of living a wonderful life together.
– * Company Profile*
Company name: Shinnihon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Location: 1-4-7 Otemon, Chuo-ku, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture Representative: Takahiro Goto, Representative Director, President and CEO Established: March 1992
Business content: Planning, mail order, and wholesale sales of cosmetics, health foods, and pharmaceuticals.
U R L: https://corporate.shinnihonseiyaku.co.jp/