Our Response to the Great East Japan Earthquake

Note: The following is a report on the status of our efforts as of May 31, 2011. For the latest information, please refer to Response of MHI and its Group companies to the Great East Japan Earthquake on the MHI website.

The MHI Group not only transported emergency relief goods and materials by corporate aircraft to affected areas immediately after the March 11, 2011 disaster, but also carried out repairs and inspections to the products our Group companies delivered there previously. The Group companies have done their utmost to carry out these and other activities as emergency countermeasures in the wake of the disaster and subsequent recovery support. In particular, MHI worked to restore damaged thermal power generation in conjunction with the construction of gas-turbine power generation equipment and increased production of small to midsize diesel power generating equipment as emergency measures to recover power generation capacity. It is the solemn mission of the MHI Group to help Japan rapidly recover its economic base by providing the infrastructure upon which society and industry is built. We will continue to exert our full strengths to that end. In respect to nuclear power plants, we began collaborative tasks with clients immediately after the disaster to further strengthen the safety levels of existing facilities. We believe that nuclear power will continue to play an essential role well into the future given society's power requirements and the need to curb global warming. We will make a concerted effort to provide products high in safety and reliability.

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• Response of MHI and its Group Companies to the Great East Japan Earthquake

Status of MHI Production bases, etc.

• No major production bases in the MHI Group sustained significant damage as a direct consequence of the disaster, and all facilities are currently operating normally. Although some difficulty is being experienced in securing necessary parts and other supplies, we are checking suppliers' situation and making every effort to obtain the needed items.

Donations and fund raising

• MHI Group to provide relief assistance equivalent to approx. 500 million yen. Total includes monetary aid and emergency supplies. (For daily needs, etc.)
• In addition to employee fund-raising campaigns that collected approx. 45 million yen, company plans to provide a matching amount, which makes total value equivalent to 100 million yen.
• Group companies provided approx. 28 million yen worth of photovoltaic power generation systems and other related materials.

Medical treatment support

• Approx. 500 kg of medical supplies were transported to Fukushima by company aircraft.
• Dispatch of doctors and nurses from company medical facilities, at request of Japan Medical Association et al.

Providing shelter for disaster victims

• Registration at municipalities of company facilities available to accepting victims.
  Company housing: 179 households
  Dormitories: 328 persons (5 locations)
  Recreational facilities: 285 persons (2 locations)

"Support Tohoku" project at company dining rooms

• "Support Tohoku" menus have been prepared at the dining halls of the Head Office and employee dormitories featuring foods from the disaster areas, now victim to fear mongering.
  Gradually, this project will be expanded to the dining halls of all our works.

Dispatch of employee volunteers

• Approx. 100 employees from our Tokyo area works were dispatched as volunteers to disaster areas.
• Employee volunteers were also dispatched from other regions as needed.

Thermal power generation plants recovery support

• Transport of personnel and materials by company helicopters immediately after the disaster.
• Dispatch equivalent to approx. 10,000 man-days to thermal power generation plants operated by TEPCO and Tohoku Electric, now supporting efforts to recover power supply capacities.
• Efforts at production sites being strengthened for the early delivery of power generating equipment.

Recovery support at the Fukushima No.1 Nuclear Power Plant

Even though the reactors used at the Plant are different from the pressurized water reactors (PWRs) handled by MHI, we are provided proposals and cooperation useful to recovery efforts based on common nuclear power technology.

• Reconstruction of the "Mega-Float" provided to TEPCO from Shizuoka City for countermeasures against low-level radiation contaminated water stored at the Plant
• Construction of two special vehicles based on our 15-ton forklift to handle rubble near the nuclear power plant
• Examination of different measures including treating contaminated water, shielding against radiation, prevention of spread of radioactive materials, etc. in response to requests from TEPCO

Other support activities

• Support being provided toward early restart of waste treatment facilities in the disaster-affected municipalities; also responding to inquiries from affected municipalities and regional organizations regarding simple incinerators.
• Response under way toward restoring social infrastructure, such as bridges, mechanical parking facilities, electronic toll collection systems, in the disaster-affected area.
• Supporting affected customers to restore machine tools (600 personnel) and air-conditioning (400 personnel); product support system has been established.