Reconstruction Assistance Following the Great East Japan Earthquake

Nomura has been supporting disaster victims and stricken areas through our regular operations and volunteer efforts by employees. We are continuing to provide support as needs have shifted from emergency relief to reconstruction.

Employee Volunteer Activities / Donations

• Participated in volunteer relief and recovery programs, including debris removal in stricken areas such as Rikuzentakata city in Iwate.
• Provided employee volunteer support to hold sports days for elementary and junior high schools through the "Sports Festival Support Caravan 2011."
• Collected funds in-house in Japan, EMEA, AEJ, and the Americas, and made donations to five prefectural governments in stricken areas through Japan Platform and the Red Cross, etc.
• Donated over 170 pieces of office furniture to five fisheries facilities in three towns through "Signal of Hope Project" for the recovery of fishing ports and markets.
• Employees in New York and Washington, D.C. participated in "Run for Japan" and other charity events.
• Served salads and sandwiches using vegetables from stricken areas at company cafeterias to counter harmful rumors and encouraged the purchase of fruit from Fukushima within the Group.

Donated Musical Instruments through PMF Charity Concert

Nomura held a charity concert on August 4, 2011, together with the Pacific Music Festival (PMF), an international educational music festival we have supported for 20 years. A total of 30 instruments were donated to elementary and junior high schools in stricken areas using ticket proceeds and donations collected at the concert and from employees.

"This has really made the students think about what they can do to repay such kindness, and we are all working hard to foster them as forces of reconstruction so that they can contribute to society in the future." stated one junior high school principal in a word of thanks.

Continued to Support Stricken Areas through "Sakura Project 3.11"

Nomura supported "Sakura Project 3.11" by helping to plant cherry trees in Tohanayama in Miyagi Prefecture and through donations. Plans are to continue supporting tree planting and nature conservation activities in this area.

Nomura Foundation Scholarship Supports Regional Revival

The Nomura Foundation provides ¥100 million in scholarships over five years (¥20 million annually) to students of Iwate University, Tohoku University and Fukushima University that are in stricken areas to provide much-needed financial support, help developing researchers and promote regional education.