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Rubber Industry Feels Impact of Kumamoto Earthquakes – Special Report

on April 27, 2016 in Interviews, Market Background

Rubber manufacturers in the Japanese prefectures of Kumamoto and Oita have been greatly affected by a recent string of earthquakes that have centered on Kumamoto Prefecture, beginning with a foreshock at 9.26 p.m. on April 14. Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) and NOK Corp. (TYO:7240) suspended operations at their respective manufacturing plants in Kumamoto Prefecture. Meanwhile, damage to locally based Tsuchiya Rubber...

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Update on Yokohama Rubber’s Tire Business in China – Special Interview

on April 15, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Amidst an economic slowdown in the Chinese market, tire sales for Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101) have risen by double digits over the previous year. The chief secretariat and director of the company’s business planning division, Hiroaki Shioiri, recently discussed business conditions surrounding passenger car tires in China – as well as the outlook moving forward. Showing Double-digit Growth China’s...

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Think Globally – Toyo Tires President Shimizu

on April 11, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Message to New Employees Takashi Shimizu, president of Toyo Tire and Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5105), recently addressed the company’s new employees in a speech where he told them to take basic work principles on board. Shimizu told the new recruits that, since becoming president, he has been saying that employees should have a sense of crisis in the sense that...

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Always Be Open and Responsive – Yokohama Rubber President Noji

on April 11, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Message to New Employees At the recently held entrance ceremony of Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. (TYO:5101), President Hikomitsu Noji stressed three key points in his speech to new employees. First, he told the recruits to have a dream or a goal of what kind of person they would like to become. Noji told them to always imagine themselves five or...

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Nurture Relationships with Colleagues and Managers – Sumitomo Rubber President Ikeda

on April 8, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Message to New Employees In Japan, graduates traditionally start their corporate careers by joining new employers on April 1 of each year. At the recently held entrance ceremony of Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110), President & CEO Ikuji Ikeda spoke to the company’s new employees, saying that he would like them to keep four things in mind. First, he asked...

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Communication is Essential – Bridgestone CEO Tsuya

on April 8, 2016 in Interviews, Tires

Message to New Employees April is a period in Japan that sees recent graduates ushered into the workforce. With this, tire companies’ upper management have encouraged their new recruits by way of communicating their corporate identities. One such company to do this is Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108), which recently held an initiation ceremony that saw CEO Masaaki Tsuya lay out what...

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