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Research Center

Research Center

Relocated to its present location in 1965, the Research Center continues to aim to have the positive autonomy and to be more open place with the basic policy "1. Useful research and development, 2. Building and exerting the power of execution, 3. Global activities".

Location: Hazawacho 1150, Kanagawa-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa, 221-8755, Japan
Start of operation: 1965
Representative: Tomoya Takigawa
Employees: 537 (as of July 2009)
Main business activities: R&D of products in such fields as optics, communications, electronic materials and devices, energy and the environment

Environmental Performance Data

  2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Air CO2 (thousands of tons) 10 23 13 11 13
NOx (tons) 0.9 2 0 0 0
SOx (tons) 0 0 0 0 0
Soot and dust (tons) 0 0 0 0 0
Water Wastewater (1,000 m3) 52 100 47 53 85
COD (tons) 0 0 0 0 0
Waste Waste finally sent to landfill (tons) 269 268 170 70 3.4

Frequency Ratio of Accidents Requiring Leave

2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
0.00 0.00 0.00 0.79 1.57

* The data cover all employees at the center (including cooperating companies).

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