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Supporting Post-Earthquake Recovery
Performance with Terumasa Hino Terumasa Hino and the students invited from Iwaki
Alpine’s head office is in the city of Iwaki in Fukushima Prefecture, and we are therefore still committed
to supporting recovery in that area on an ongoing basis, even now that four years have passed since the
Great East Japan Earthquake.
On November 28, 2014, Alpine installed its navigation systems and rear view cameras in multi-purpose
compact commercial vans donated by Nissan Motor Co., Ltd., and donated them to eight town and village
governments in Fukushima Prefecture’s Futaba County. Alpine’s navigation systems are acclaimed for
their excellent operability while the company’s rear view cameras improve driving safety; by installing
these devices we therefore hoped to make the vans safer, more reliable, and more comfortable for those
using them. Since the earthquake, the governmental operations of Futaba County’s municipalities have
been dispersed throughout Fukushima Prefecture and beyond, and local authority employees have been
forced to travel long distances to deliver services for residents across a wide area. These donated vehicles
are now being used for day-to-day tasks, including liaison among the local governments’ branch offices.
In a separate initiative, Alpine collaborated with Iwaki’s city government to jointly organize and sponsor a
concert held on February 21, 2015. It co-starred the world-famous trumpet player Terumasa Hino and a big
band made up of Alpine’s President, Toru Usami, and employees of Alpine. The event came about as a
result of the organizing entities’ shared desire to support recovery after the Great East Japan Earthquake by
contributing to local culture through music. Played to a packed hall, the concert proved to be a huge
success, with the applause continuing well after the performances were over. We invited approximately
100 students from Iwaki’s high schools, technical colleges, and universities to attend free of charge,
offering them an opportunity to experience a professional live performance.
Alpine will continue to be actively involved in supporting the recovery in its home prefecture of
Fukushima.