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All of us at TI Asahi would like to express our sympathies to those who have suffered and are suffering, and our deepest condolences to the families whose loved ones have been tragically taken from them as a consequence of COVID-19, which has ravaged the world for almost a year.

In light of such a situation, TI Asahi (TIA) would like to use this opportunity to let you know how TIA is working in this new environment by introducing the efforts we are making in various countries, and hopefully provide some useful advice to help you protect yourselves.

TIA: current situation and initiatives
First of all, regarding the situation in Japan, the government instructed the Tokyo area to reduce the attendance ratio of employees to 30% from April to May, and TIA has built a system that allows everyone to work from home. In particular, TIA has established a system for online communication and online meetings of employees by digitizing all documents pertaining to accounting application, settlement, and approval. TIA has adopted a mechanism for using a personal computer to send and receive faxes, which are still widely used. As a result, although manufacturing and service department employees are working in rotation and the minimum level of required work has continued, other department employees are holding meetings online as appropriate and are now able to work in a new environment while reducing in-person attendance as far as possible.
TIA staff are working to prevent infections, such as wearing a face shield when attending presentations.

Regarding the current situation in Japan
Although the Japanese government has launched a GOTO (“go to travel”) campaign as an economic measure, the increasing number of infected people means that the overall mood is that of reluctance.
(*GOTO campaign refers to*: The travel price will be cut by half via a government subsidy to revitalize the economy through travel when you participate in the campaign through travel agents.) In addition, teleworking is moving ahead in large companies. Since there is no resistance to masks in Japan, most people wear masks. When masks ran out of stock, many people made their own. Hand sanitizers are placed at the entrances of places where people gather, such as restaurants and supermarkets.
In regard to compulsory education, each student checks their temperature every day when attending school, and summer vacation was reduced to 2 weeks instead of a month and a half; sports competitions and events have also tended to be scaled back. For elementary school students, classes have shifted more towards online.