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The Activating Committee, which consists of representatives of various departments, promotes various activities that concerns to enhance communication and self-development.

Such examples include end-of-the-year parties and New Year's garden parties, which are big events where almost all employees gather. At last year's end-of-the-year party, employees made ingenious plans and put in a lot of practice before entertaining us with various performances as well as games and a beauty contest. We really appreciated the efforts of the people who worked on planning these events because we knew it was a tough job to deal with a party of this size.

Another activity that we promote is our own photography contest to help employees' pleasures of photography using our products as well as to provide employees with an opportunity to actually experience the corporate slogan, "Your Vision, Our Future." We held two photography contests in 2005 (spring and autumn). The first-prize photos were pieces of art with lyrical complexity and depth as well as a sense of humor, as shown in the pictures on the right. We interviewed the winners, who expressed their thoughts and responded with such quotes as, "I broadened my taste and enhanced my leisure activities," "I participated in this contest because I like photography; I shared this pleasure with other participants," and "By actually using the products, I learned a lot about the performance of Olympus cameras; I think I improved my camera techniques. "In June 2005, we held an essay contest under the theme "Olympus and I." We received many essays that gave a vivid picture of employees working at the plant.

Furthermore, at the end of 2005, five employees who made a positive impression on Olympus were selected and commended. Candidates were first recommended by the department to which they belong. Then, we shortened the list of candidates through the processes of performance lectures and selection by the Activating Committee. Finally, individual department heads chose five award winners from among the remaining candidates. They were commended and presented with a Certificate of Honor by our president for their achievements (e.g. good working attitude, a long length of service, quality management, and IE^※). These activities are expected to provide individual employees with an opportunity to enhance their capabilities, deepen communication, foster teamwork, and provide incentives, thus leading to the creation of a corporate culture.

※IE = Industrial engineering (IE) means technology to efficiently conduct production activities combining human resources, materials, and equipment.

Five employees who made a positive impression on Olympus in fiscal 2005 and received a commendation from our President. From upper left to right, Tèchéng Lí (IE Improvement, Production Technology Section, Manufacturing Department), (Assistant Manager, Material Section, Manufacturing Department), (Team Leader, Tape Recorder Manufacturing Section, Manufacturing Department), (Assistant Manager, Camera Manufacturing Section, Manufacturing Department), (Manager, Mounting Technology Section, Manufacturing Department)