July 19^th, 2022    Fukuyama Transporting Co., Ltd. (Head office: Fukuyama City, Hiroshima Prefecture; President: Shigehiro Komaru) and the Komaru Koutsu Foundation (Chief Director: Shigehiro Komaru) donated 290 traffic safety books, 'Raise and Learn the Heart of Safety', to eight elementary schools in Fuchu City and the Fuchu City Board of Education on 14 July at the Fuchu Municipal Asahi Elementary School (Hiroshima Prefecture). This was the fourth donation of the books to Fuchu City, and the Fuchu City Board of Education presented a letter of appreciation to the company for its activities to raise children's awareness of traffic safety and create a community free from traffic accidents.

The books provide children with easy-to-understand explanations on how to safely cross the road and ride a bicycle, and parents with instructions on how to educate their children on traffic safety.

Through the donation of more traffic safety instruction books, the foundation will continue its efforts to raise awareness of traffic safety in order to reduce even one traffic accident for children.

Komaru Koutsu Foundation was founded on September 9th, 2013 to promote traffic safety awareness, hosting various traffic safety lectures in Elementary schools across Japan and carrying out educational activities to prevent traffic accidents. Overseas, it holds Japanese composition speech contests to provide opportunities for students to present the results of their Japanese language studies and to promote cultural exchange with Japan and also raise awareness of traffic safety that is relevant to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) we support.

【Relevant sustainable Development Goals】

(Traffic safety book is explained by Chief Director Komaru)

(From left to right: Mr. Yasuhiro Yano, Principal of Asahi Elementary School; Mr. Masahiro Ogino, Fuchu City Board of Education; Mr. Komaru, Chief Director of Komaru Koutsu Foundation; Mr. Matsui, Secretary General of Komaru Koutsu Foundation.)

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