Press Release (March 1, 2024)
Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau
Ai Corporation has donated a total of 100 million yen to the city’s projects, including childcare support, through the corporate version of the Furusato tax system.
A letter of appreciation presentation ceremony will be held as follows.
(1)
Donor
: Ai Corporation (1-9-17 Shinsaibashi-suji, Chuo-ku, Osaka City)
(2) Total donation: 100 million yen
(3) Donation projects: The following five projects
Donation-applied projects | Outline of donation-appropriated projects |
Childcare support | Operation and renovation of children’s centers and Kobekko Land, etc. |
Support for certified NPOs | Support for activities by certified NPOs to create places for women and children |
SDGs projects in collaboration with students | Demonstration of spelt wheat cultivation using abandoned farmland in collaboration with university students |
Urban greening projects | Creation of shade trees as a countermeasure against abnormally high temperatures, protection of ecosystems, and transplantation of trees to urban streets, etc. |
KOBE2024 World Para Athletics Championships | Hosting of the world’s premier para-athletics championships to be held in Kobe from May 17 to 25, 2024, and related events |
2. Certificate of Appreciation Presentation Ceremony
(1) Date and Time March 7, 2024 (Thursday) 11:30 a.m. to
(2) Location Reception Room 2, 15th Floor, Kobe City Hall Building 1
(3) Attendees
① Ai Corporation
President Tatsuya Sakai
Director Ryusuke Saito
② Kobe City
Mayor Kizo Hisamoto and others
(4) Ceremony
① Presentation of donation list from Ai Corporation
② Presentation of a letter of appreciation from Kobe City
(3) Reception
(4) Closing
3. To members of the press
If you wish to cover the Certificate of Appreciation Presentation Ceremony, please contact the following e-mail address by 5:00 p.m. the day before, indicating your company name and the names of those who will be covering the event (any format is acceptable). If we do not hear from you, we may refuse to cover the event.
Please send the e-mail to: kigyo_furusato_kobe@office.city.kobe.lg.jp ( Industry-Academia Collaboration Promotion Division, Planning and Coordination Bureau)
Please note that interviews will be permitted up to the beginning of the welcome talk. After that time, we ask that you leave the room following the instructions of the staff.