TOP DIALOGUE

We actively engage in dialogues concerning the MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLE with outside experts. Details of the dialogues are reported in This is YKK (Integrated Report).

Affiliations and titles indicated in the articles below are current as of the publication date.

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• Further Evolving Global Management based on the Cycle of Goodness®

  Erica Okada, Outside Director, YKK Corporation; Professor, Department of International Corporate Strategy, Graduate School of Business Administration, Hitotsubashi University & Masayuki Sarumaru, Chairman, YKK Corporation; Director, YKK AP Inc.

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• "Contributing to a sustainable society, based on the "Cycle of Goodness" Purpose"

  Takashi Nawa, Visiting Professor, Hitotsubashi ICS & Masayuki Sarumaru, Chairman, YKK Corporation; Director, YKK AP Inc.

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• Contributing to a sustainable future through YKK philosophy of the "Cycle of Goodness"

  (Charles D. Lake II, Chairman and Representative Director, Aflac Life Insurance Japan, President, Aflac International Incorporated & Masayuki Sarumaru, Chairman, YKK Corporation; Director, YKK AP Inc.)

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• Aiming to Contribute to a Sustainable Society Through Our Core Business
  YKK philosophy of management as seen in the "Cycle of Goodness" philosophy chart

  (Keinosuke Ono, YKK External Director, Professor Emeritus Keio University, Professor Emeritus Chubu University & Tadahiro Yoshida, Corporate Advisor of YKK Corporation and YKK AP Inc.)

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• Contributing to a sustainable society by building businesses of long standing based on the shinise spirit

  (Takeshi Fukuzawa,Honorary Adviser, Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd. Chairman, Spirit of SHINISE & Tadahiro Yoshida, Director, YKK Corporation; Director, YKK AP Inc.)

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• The Strength of a Philosophy Born of Actual Practice
  — The "Cycle of Goodness" and "Forest Management" as Seen by Professor Nonaka —

  (Dr. Ikujiro Nonaka, Professor Emeritus, Hitotsubashi University & Tadahiro Yoshida, Director, YKK Corporation; Director, YKK AP Inc.)

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• Heading with the World toward a Better Future.
  — Using Monozukuri to Make a Better World and Enrich the Future of Children —

  (KidZania Founder & President Xavier López and Chairman & CEO Tadahiro Yoshida)

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• Striving to Create Social Value
  — YKK Group Business Activities as Seen in the"Cycle of Goodness" —

  (Professor Philip Kotler and Chairman & CEO Tadahiro Yoshida)