Social Contribution, Community Involvement Activities | Community Involvement Initiatives by Other Group Companies

Nomura Group's corporate citizenship activities are not limited to Japan. As a member of their respective communities, our overseas subsidiaries take part in variousactivities organized in those communities, and also provide needed support.

Our Initiatives in Asia

We are active in support for local communities, education, culture and the arts in Asia, primarily through Nomura Asia Holding N.V. We are working towards building regional prosperity through our support for the Community Chest, a Hong Kong public entity established to give grants to social welfare facilities, the We Care Education Fund, a fund providing economic assistance and education for children suffering from SARS or who have lost a parent due to SARS, and the Hong Kong Society for the Aged, a NPO, and a number of other bodies.

Donation to Medical Campaigns to Prevent Blindness

Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited donated 1 million yen to Dr. Tadashi Hattori, a Japanese ophthalmologist, who continues his unpaid medical work to prevent blindness in Asian countries, chiefly in Vietnam. Dr. Hattori visited Vietnam for the first time in April 2002, since which time he has treated more than 3,000 patients, and has also provided technical guidance to Vietnamese doctors. His work has been highly praised both inside and outside the country, and he has been presented with numerous certificates of appreciation and awards from the Vietnamese and Japanese governments. On 20 April 2007, at a ceremony held at Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited's offices, Yoshinori Go, the COO of Nomura Asia Holdings N.V., presented a check to the Asia Prevention of Blindness Association, which supports Dr. Hattori's activities. This donation will be used to pay for ophthalmic operations and to purchase surgical equipment.
As part of the ceremony Dr. Hattori gave a talk on the work he performs. Many opinions were expressed by the participants, such as "it was a good opportunity to reflect on my own work and life." Some participants even expressed a wish to make a personal donation.

Charity Race in Hong Kong

On 3 December 2006, Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited took part in the Two International Finance Centre's charity race.
This event is organized by the Hong Kong Community Chest, and all proceeds go to activities to help people with disabilities acquire work skills to help them integrate into the community. Nomura donated HK$38,000 through this event.
Nomura took part in the race along with other companies that included the MTR Corporation, Sun Hung Kai Properties, the Bank of China, Standard Chartered Bank, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, UBS, and Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ. Starting from the first floor of Two IFC, Hong Kong's tallest building, teams of four competitors raced to reach the 88th Level (420m above sea level) via three relay points. With encouragement from a cheer squad and help from some fill-in team members, the Nomura team came in 26th place, in a time of 20 minutes 52 seconds.

"Kojafe 2006"

2005 was the 40th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Japan and South Korea. The Japanese and South Korean governments established "Japan-Korea Friendship Year 2005", and a number of events were held, including "Kojafe", a Japan-Korea Exchange Festival, to allow people from both countries to deepen their understanding of each other. Kojafe attracted more than 1,500 participants and 50,000 visitors from both countries, and contributed to mutual exchanges between Japan and Korea.
Rather than end it as a one-time event, under the lead of private sector organizations it was decided to hold Kojafe 2006, so as to provide an ongoing forum for further mutual understanding and citizen exchanges. Like its predecessor, Kojafe 2006 attracted over 50,000 people and was a major success. Kojafe is now expected to be held as an annual event in 2007 and beyond.
Nomura International (Hong Kong) Limited's Seoul Branch was the first foreign securities firm to establish business in Korea, and it has promoted investment between the two countries. Nomura Group supports the deepening of mutual understanding between Japan and Korea by promoting cultural exchange in addition to economic cooperation. Since Japan- Korea Friendship Year 2005, Nomura Group has provided support for such activities.

Nutrition Programs for Children in India

The Akshaya Patra Foundation was set up by a group of representatives of the Indian financial world to provide nutritional school meals for poverty stricken children in their country. By doing so, they hope to attract children to attend school, and to provide opportunities for their intellectual and physical development. The number of schools benefiting from Akshaya Patra nutritional programs has grown from 1,500 to over 300,000. Nomura Asia is a co-sponsor of this program along with Nomura Holdings, Inc. because it serves to address two major problems confronting India - hunger and the lack of educational opportunities.

JCCI Singapore Foundation

The JCCI Singapore Foundation was established by the Japanese Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI) Singapore in May 1990 with the goal of supporting the arts, culture, sports and education in Singapore. Nomura Singapore Limited is an ongoing supporter of the Foundation.

Our Initiatives in the USA

Nomura America Foundation

The Nomura America Foundation has, since its establishment in New York in March 1994, contributed to children's welfare groups, community project groups and educational institutions across the country, with the assistance of Nomura employees.

Mentor Program in New York City

Our U.S. subsidiary, Nomura Holding America Inc. (NHA), participates in a student mentoring program for university students interested in a career in finance. NHA staff participate as mentors in the Baruch College Mentoring Program (career counseling program). During the program, a mentor helps one student throughout a year, with the purpose of improving the student's chances of receiving a desirable job placement. According to Ralph Piscitelli, Director of Corporate Communications, who has been a mentor in the program for two years, "I am enjoying my experience as a mentor, and I appreciate being a part of the program."
Also, he was invited to the "Career Hour" on campus and spoke to a class of 30 business students on "A Career on Wall Street and How Communication and Presentation Skills Impact Your Career." The 45-minute event included a 20-minute Q&A session.

University of Delaware Visits to Nomura Holding America

University of Delaware visit to Nomura Holding America Inc. (NHA) is an annual event. In 2007, Professor Jeffery Harris brought 42 undergraduate business students to NHA. The students met with senior company leaders during the morning in the Board Room. NHA employees provided a half-day program including a breakfast meeting and seminars on topics including interviewing skills, equities, investment banking, compliance, and the economy. The staff and students engaged in lively discussions through out the event.

10K Charity Walk in New York City

The March of Dimes 10K Charity Walk was held in April 2006 in New York City. This charity event has been held for the past 36 years by the March of Dimes, which was founded with the goal of preventing premature births, birth defects, and infant death, as well as to promote the raising of healthy babies. Many Nomura Holdings America Inc. (NHA) and NSI employees and their families participated in the event.

Our Initiatives in Europe

Our UK subsidiary, Nomura International plc's Elementary School Reading

Program was launched just over a year ago to help children improve their reading ability. It was extended to include math from November 2006.
Every Wednesday, a group of approximately 30 employees travels south across the river Thames to Southwark Park Primary School, where they spend their lunch break reading with students.
Volunteers coach individual children, reading books chosen by the class teacher, while math tutoring involves group games to practice counting and simple sums.
According to the school's head teacher, over the past year, the reading program has been "one of the contributing factors" boosting the school's Standard Attainment Tests (SATs) results.
A desire to "give something back" to the local community is driving employees to invest valuable time and energy in a London school.

Sponsoring Merseyside Community Youth Games 2006

In Merseyside, England, Nomura Asset Management U.K. Limited. has become a sponsor for the first time for the sports event "Merseyside Community Youth Games". The purpose of the Games is to encourage participation in sports and cultural activities by children who are socially and economically disadvantaged. The Games encourage disadvantaged children to become healthier and acquire physical and social confidence in themselves through sport.
Programs have been developed to extend the children's sporting abilities so as to give them the means to express themselves through sport. The competition sports include football, athletics, basketball, badminton, quick cricket, rounders and tag rugby, for children from the ages of eight to sixteen. A non-profit event that kicked off in 1992, the Games are now the biggest sports event for children in Merseyside, with as many as 60,000 children taking part.

Project Kiungo: Connection Between Nomura London and Schools in Kenya

Project KiungoNomura International participates in this project for the donation of PCs to schools in Africa. The London office has donated all PCs that are no longer useable by the business but are perfect for the schools' use. Over 400 of these PCs were sent to more than 25 schools across Kenya, where over 12,500 students are putting them to good use.
The project is run by Digital Links International, a British nonprofit organization that provides access to information technologies with the goal of improving the lives of people in developing countries. Nomura International used kiungo, the Swahili word for "link" in creating the name "Project Kiungo." Nomura International plans to continue supporting its relationship with the schools in Kenya, and is looking into other ways to further its contribution, such as by involving other companies and sponsoring charity drives.

Matching Gift Program (U.K.)

Nomura International plc adopted a Matched Giving program in 1999. This system entails the company committing either 100% or a certain proportion of the amount of employee donations to a particular cause in support of the volunteer activities.

UNICEF Foreign Currency Collection Campaign

Foreign currency notes and coins have been collected from Nomura Group companies since 2002 for donation to the UNICEF foreign currency collection campaign.