We aim to be a company that enjoys friendly relations with its neighbors through cleanup activities in the surrounding areas, participation in community events and youth development programs, and promotion of sports.
TOCALO's community cleanup activities began as part of our activities to contribute to local communities. As always, the cleanups are conducted while paying close attention to traffic and wearing high-visibility orange bibs.
Quite a bit of garbage tends to find its way to the area around the Kobe Plant, often fireworks residue and barbecue leftovers discarded at a nearby park. Something that has been encouraging in our regular cleanup activities is that our neighbor companies have told us they would like to start their own activities based on ours.
A team from the Thermal Spraying Technology R&D Laboratories, with the proper permissions, cleans the green area of the nearby Akashi Seaside Park.
The Akashi Plant engages in monthly cleanup activities in conjunction with the cleanup activities of its industrial park.
At the Head Office, we pick up litter on sidewalks and in gutters around the office on a monthly basis.
We will continue our community cleanup activities in a way that is tailored to each business location and the characteristics of their surrounding communities.
TOCALO has been a special sponsor of the Akashi-jyoki Gakudo Soft Baseball Tournament since its launch in 2012. Teams from the local prefecture (Hyogo) battled it out in the 2024 tournament, and the head of the Akashi Plant presented the tournament awards at the closing ceremony.
Past Akashi-jyoki Gakudo Soft Baseball Tournaments and the Akashi TOCALO Baseball Stadium
In fiscal 2024, the Tokyo Plant‘s Gyoda Workshop once again hosted a school field trip by elementary students, who particularly enjoyed opportunities to experience our technologies in person. TOCALO is dedicated to continuing to provide educational activities for children in nearby communities.
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- Elementary students at the plant
Under the Dream Seminar program, which is part of the Be Kobe Mirai Project organized by the city of Kobe, various companies and organizations are invited to present on-site seminars. In fiscal 2024, TOCALO was one of 25 companies that ran seminars for children on topics such as work, study, dreams, and lifestyles. Comments from the children after the TOCALO seminars included “I can achieve independence thanks to the help I’ve received from various people. I want to show my gratitude to my family and other people,” and “In the future I want to shift from being a person who receives to a person who gives.” TOCALO will continue to work in partnership with communities to help children realize their dreams for the future.
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- At the Dream Seminar
We maintain a special annual budget for providing donations to community and social contribution activities. The following are a few of our recent activities.
We donated ¥200,000 to sponsor Stars Kobe, a professional ice hockey team based in Port Island, where TOCALO’s head office is located.
In fiscal 2025, we donated ¥500,000 to the Green Fund as part of our continuing support for the forest maintenance and greening activities of the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization.
As part of our contributions to the development of the local communities, we donated ¥300,000 to help sponsor the Tokai City’s midsummer Tokai Fireworks Festival.
In fiscal 2025, we again donated a total of ¥1.4 million to organizations promoting the healthy development of children, the creation of environments supportive of raising children, and to promote understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE). Donations were made to the following organizations.
- Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture (corporate hometown tax)
- Harima, Kako District, Hyogo (corporate hometown tax)
- Akashi Children’s Fund
- Hyogo Children Supporting Organization (Certified Specified NPO)
- Akashi Rainbow Fund
We contribute to local communities by donating ¥300,000 to sponsor the Kobe Festival, an open participation festival with parades and stage shows.
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FY2022 |
FY2023 |
FY2024 |
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Total spending for social contribution |
10,600 |
14,260 |
12,100 |
We donated ¥200,000 to foster young researchers involved in thermal spraying and to advance the development of the thermal spray industry.
We donated ¥220,000 to support activities to raise awareness about heart disease, which is the second-highest cause of death among women, and to promote efforts to prevent and treat such illnesses.
In memory of those lost in the Great Hanshin Earthquake, we donated ¥500,000 to the Kobe Luminarie illumination event to help foster the hopes and dreams for the city’s reconstruction and revitalization.
We donated a total of ¥500,000 to the following development initiatives in the city of Kurashiki.
- A program to help people realize their ambitions for marriage, childbirth, and child-raising
- A program to attract people to Kurashiki by promoting the city’s historical and cultural attractions
- A program to create safe working environments and enable diverse people to participate in the work force
- A program to connect communities and promote sustainable urban development so that people can live with a sense of security
We donated ¥200,000 to the “Green Funding” project of the Aichi Prefecture Revegetation Promotion Committee to raise funds for forest maintenance and greening activities.
We donated ¥500,000 to the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Osaka, to support R&D and human resource development activities leading to the realization of a decarbonized society in which offshore wind power is a key source of energy.
We donated ¥400,000 to support the creation of environments that provide meals, learning support, and opportunities for community interactions at over 300 children’s cafeterias located throughout Fukuoka Prefecture.
We donated ¥500,000 to support efforts to create blue carbon (carbon captured and stored in ocean and coastal ecosystems) through the development of coastal disaster prevention forests in coastal forest areas damaged by the Great East Japan Earthquake, as well as the creation of sustainable fishing areas.
We donated ¥380,000 to a project of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry to deliver Christmas presents to children and students at orphanages in Nagoya City.
In fiscal 2024, we donated ¥400,000 to sponsor this event (held in October 2024) with the aim of promoting cultural and artistic activities in Kobe.
In fiscal 2023, we donated ¥500,000 as part of our position as a corporate ambassador of the Be Kobe Mirai Project to support youth who will be the future leaders of the city.
Since fiscal 2023, we have been a corporate member of the Kobe Philharmonic Association (annual membership fee of ¥500,000), supporting the orchestra and showing a continued commitment to the arts in the Kobe area.
In addition to our TOCALO scholarship, we again donated ¥1 million to the Global Business Course International Student Support Fund in fiscal 2024. The fund is used for start-up scholarships for first-year international students.
In fiscal 2024, we again provided our annual ¥1 million scholarship for an international student in the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management, University of Hyogo. This marks the fifth grant of the TOCALO scholarship.
We donated ¥600,000 to contribute to the community development of Kurashiki City, including ¥200,000 each to health and welfare projects expanding home welfare and self-reliance support, to programs aimed at increasing participation in sports, developing athletes, and promoting participation in competitions, and to welfare projects working to create communities where people can live with peace of mind.
We donated ¥100,000 to Kanda Town in Fukuoka Prefecture to support activities promoting the healthy development of children and the creation of child-friendly communities.
We donated ¥1 million to the city of Funabashi in Chiba Prefecture (via the Corporate Hometown Tax Scheme) to support activities contributing to the healthy development of children and the creation of child-friendly environments.
We donated ¥500,000 to support educational and research activities fostering the next generation of young researchers.
In fiscal 2024, we donated ¥500,000 to the Green Fund as part of our continuing support for the forest maintenance and greening activities of the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization.
As part of our contributions to the development of the local communities, we donated ¥300,000 to help sponsor the Tokai City’s midsummer Tokai Fireworks Festival.
We donated a total of ¥1.3 million to organizations promoting the healthy development of children, the creation of environments supportive of raising children, and to promote understanding of sexual orientation, gender identity, and expression (SOGIE). Donations were made to the following organizations.
- Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture (corporate hometown tax)
- Harima, Kako District, Hyogo (corporate hometown tax)
- Akashi Children’s Fund
- Hyogo Children Supporting Organization (Certified Specified NPO)
- Akashi Rainbow Fund
We donated ¥1.0 million through the Japan Red Cross Society to aid victims of the 2024 earthquake off the eastern coast of Taiwan.
We donated ¥1.0 million to Funabashi City in Chiba Prefecture (via the corporate hometown tax scheme) to support activities contributing to the healthy development of children and the creation of environments supportive of raising children.
We contribute to local communities by donating ¥300,000 to sponsor the Kobe Festival, an open participation festival with parades and stage shows.
We donated ¥500,000 to the Eco-Run and Ene-1 extracurricular programs of National Institute of Technology (KOSEN), Akashi College, which is educating leading engineers for the future. Eco-Run is a competition in which student-designed vehicles compete to travel the furthest on one liter of gasoline. Ene-1 is a competition in which student-designed vehicles and motorcycles running on 40 batteries compete in speed and distance.
- Eco-Run is a competition in which student-designed vehicles compete to travel the furthest on one liter of gasoline.
- Ene-1 is a competition in which student-designed vehicles and motorcycles running on 40 batteries compete in speed and distance.
We donated ¥200,000 to foster young researchers involved in thermal spraying and to advance the development of the thermal spray industry.
In addition to our TOCALO scholarship, we donated ¥1 million to the Global Business Course International Student Support Fund. The fund is used for start-up scholarships for first-year international students.
In fiscal 2024,We provided our annual ¥1 million scholarship for an international student in the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management, University of Hyogo. This marks the fourth grant of the TOCALO scholarship.
We donated ¥100,000 for trail maintenance of popular trekking trails in the Kobe area.
In memory of those lost in the Great Hanshin Earthquake, we donated ¥100,000 to the Kobe Luminarie illumination event to help foster the hopes and dreams for the city’s reconstruction and revitalization.
We donated ¥3 million to Ishikawa Prefecture to aid in the relief of victims of the 2024 Noto Peninsula Earthquake and the reconstruction of affected areas.
As in fiscal 2022, we again donated ¥1 million a to NPO Hoboku in Kitakyushu City, which is promoting the construction of a social welfare complex under its philosophy of creating a society in which no one is left behind.
We donated ¥360,000 to a project of the Nagoya Chamber of Commerce & Industry to deliver Christmas presents to children and students at orphanages in Nagoya City.
We donated ¥300,000 as part of our sports promotion activities to sponsor the Japan Beach Games held on Kobe’s Suma beach under the Japan Beach Games Invitation Project. The games at Suma were the first official beach games to be held in Japan.
We donated ¥200,000 to the “Green Funding” project of the Aichi Prefecture Revegetation Promotion Committee to raise funds for forest maintenance and greening activities.
We donated ¥1 million to the project to help the prestigious department continue cultivating materials researchers for another 100 years.
On the 120th anniversary of the founding of Kobe University, we donated ¥500,000 to help generate knowledge, develop human resources, enrich and improve the environment, and provide grants for student scholars.
Following the ¥1 million scholarship provided in February, we decided to provide an additional ¥1 million scholarship for a second international student in the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management, University of Hyogo.
We donated ¥100,000 to a flower and green event held in Akashi Park, which is home to the Akashi TOCALO Baseball Stadium*
Note: ※TOCALO has acquired naming rights to the stadium。
We donated to the following organizations to support their activities helping to raise healthy children and create environments that facilitate raising children.
- Kurashiki City Children's Fund (¥100,000)
- Food Bank Kitakyushu Life Again (¥500,000)
- Tokai City Picture Book Support Project for Families (¥500,000)
We donated ¥100,000 to be used for educational and research activities to foster the success of talented individuals in society.
Since fiscal 2023, we have become a corporate member of the Kobe Philharmonic Association (annual membership fee of ¥500,000), supporting the orchestra and showing a continued commitment to the arts in the Kobe area.
In fiscal 2023, we once again donated ¥500,000 to the Green Fund to support the forest maintenance and greening activities of the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization.
We contributed ¥300,000 to the Kobe Jazz Street event, which will be held in October 2023 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of jazz music in Kobe.
We became a corporate ambassador and donated ¥500,000 the Be Kobe Mirai Project to support the youth who will be the future leaders of the city. Kobe Mayor Kizo Hisamoto is the honorary project leader.
We continued our scholarship program in fiscal 2023 by providing a ¥1 million scholarship to an international student in the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management, University of Hyogo.
J Blue Credits are offset credits for “blue carbon,” which is carbon dioxide absorbed by marine and coastal ecosystems, such as seagrass beds. The funds generated by this project will be used to support private organizations working to conserve and create blue carbon as part of the Port of Kobe’s efforts to become carbon neutral and Kobe Airports’ efforts to decarbonize its operation. TOCALO has announced its endorsement and contributed ¥900,000 to the project.
We donated a total of ¥2.2 million to the following organizations to support their activities helping to raise healthy children and create environments that facilitate raising children.
- Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture (Corporate Hometown Tax)
- Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture (Corporate Hometown Tax)
- Harima, Kako, Hyogo Prefecture (Corporate Hometown Tax)
- Akashi City Children’s Fund
- Hyogo Children’s Support Organization NPO
We donated ¥200,000 to foster young researchers involved in thermal spraying and to advance the development of the thermal spray industry.
We donated ¥1 million to help Houboku, an NPO in Kitakyushu City, build an integrated social welfare facility based on its concept of “a city where anyone can ask for help when they need it.”
We donated ¥500,000 to the Green Fund to support the forest maintenance and greening activities of the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization.
At the request from the Kobe Philharmonic Association, we donated ¥1 million to promote cultural and artistic activities in our hometown of Kobe.
We donated ¥3 million to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) for humanitarian aid to those affected in Ukraine and surrounding areas.
In fiscal 2021, we again provided TOCALO Scholarship, a one-year monthly scholarship of ¥80,000 to one international student of the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management.
We donated a total of ¥5.5 million to the following organizations to help healthcare professionals working day and night to protect society from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Under our agreement with the University of Hyogo to support the “development of human resources to play an active role in the international community,” we provided a one-year monthly scholarship of ¥80,000 to one international student of the Global Business Course of the School of Economics and Management. We are the first corporate entity to create a program at the university to provide continuing scholarship support to an international student.
We donated a total of ¥3.9 million to the following organizations to help healthcare professionals working day and night to protect society from the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture: Donation to the Kobe Medical Support Fund
- Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture: Donation for pandemic response measures
- Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture: Donation to the Funabashi pandemic response measures
- Akashi, Hyogo Prefecture: Donation to the Akashi pandemic response support
- Harima, Kako, Hyogo Prefecture: Donation to support pandemic response measures of medical staff and childcare workers
- Tokai, Aichi Prefecture: Donation to purchase goods for medical professionals engaged in pandemic response activities
- Miyako Medical Association (Yukuhashi, Fukuoka Prefecture): Donation of 6,000 masks
We donated ¥1 million to the reconstruction efforts of the city of Sano in Tochigi Prefecture, site of the Sano Factory of our subsidiary Japan Coating Center, and the town of Osato in Miyagi Prefecture, site of the Miyagi Technical Service Center, in the wake of Typhoon Hagibis in October 2019.
We donated ¥3 million to the Hojo Railway Revitalization Support Project to improve the local public transportation infrastructure in the city of Kasai in Hyogo Prefecture, which is within commuting distance from both our Kobe Factory and Akashi Factory.
We created a three-year fund to donate ¥1 million annually to the Global Business Course International Student Support Fund at the University of Hyogo. The fund will provide first-year scholarships for new international students.
We donated ¥3 million to the city of Kurashiki in Okayama Prefecture, site of our Mizushima Plant, to provide aid to victims and help reconstruct the city following the heavy rain events.
We donated ¥5 million to the Kumamoto Reconstruction Assistance Project of Kumamoto University to help the reconstruction of Kumamoto University from damage incurred during the Kumamoto earthquakes in April 2016.
We donated ¥20 million to the reconstruction efforts of Miyagi Prefecture and ¥10 million to the town of Osato in Miyagi Prefecture, site of our Miyagi Technical Service Center, which was under construction, from damage caused by the Great East Japan Earthquake.