IHI Employees Enthrall Students at Elementary School Near Head Office with Class about their Neighborhood
On June 12, IHI employees conducted a class about the Toyosu district for 181 third-year students at Toyosu Kita Elementary School in Koto Ward, Tokyo, near the company’s Head Office. They illustrated the past and future of the area and local urban development initiatives.
Every year, the school invites IHI representatives to help students become experts about their neighborhood through this class. The employees outline Toyosu’s origins, the company’s shipbuilding operations there, and how IHI helped transform the area into a vibrant urban district after ending six decades of shipbuilding there in 2002.
Presentations of photos and other materials relating to Toyosu’s shipyard days fascinated the children, who took notes diligently. Relics installed around the district to highlight its manufacturing history for future generations also interested the students, many of whom eagerly participated in a related quiz.
The focus of the class this year was the future of Toyosu, which has transitioned from shipbuilding into a working, residential, educational, and recreational urban space that will leverage advanced digital to become even more convenient and livable. The gathering was an excellent opportunity for the students to contemplate Toyosu’s potential.
IHI will continue to treasure its ties to neighborhoods in which it operates and remain a good corporate citizen.
