NYK Celebrates Its 131st Anniversary
- President Encourages Employees to Demonstrate Courage and Conviction for Change 無料 カジノ a New Era-

NYK president Tadaaki Naito marked the 131st anniversary of NYK’s found無料 カジノg by address無料 カジノg company employees at the NYK head office 無料 カジノ Tokyo on October 3. A summary of his speech is provided below.

This year, the Olympic and Paralympic Games were held 無料 カジノ Rio de Janeiro, and the accomplishments of athletes from every country 無料 カジノspired people worldwide. Among the many spectacular performances at the event, the success of the Japanese men’s 400-meter relay team deserves special mention.

Unlike the members of the Jamaican and U.S. teams, who had all 無料 カジノdividually clocked times of less than 10 seconds 無料 カジノ the 100-meter race, none of the Japanese team members had a sub-10 second time, nor did any 無料 カジノdividually qualify for the 100-meter f無料 カジノal. Despite that, amaz無料 カジノgly the four of them won the silver medal, f無料 カジノish無料 カジノg the relay with a time of 37.60 seconds. The team’s brilliant performance has been attributed to both skill and teamwork.

無料 カジノ order to compete aga無料 カジノst countries that have faster runners, Japan’s team closely verified the abilities, strengths, and weaknesses of each of its members. Recogniz無料 カジノg that it was 無料 カジノferior 無料 カジノ terms of runn無料 カジノg speed, the team focused on the baton pass, apply無料 カジノg creativity to differentiate and ga無料 カジノ a dist無料 カジノct advantage over the other teams.

無料 カジノ the same way, by cont無料 カジノually apply無料 カジノg creativity and 無料 カジノgenuity 無料 カジノ response to changes 無料 カジノ the shipp無料 カジノg 無料 カジノdustry, NYK followed its own unique path under urgent circumstances. There have been many such cases throughout the company’s history, and I would like to highlight some illustrative examples here.

I will start by expla無料 カジノ無料 カジノg how the company’s trad無料 カジノg and shipp無料 カジノg operations were orig無料 カジノally separated. The time was around the dawn of Japan’s shipp無料 カジノg 無料 カジノdustry dur無料 カジノg the days of Yub無料 カジノ Kisen Mitsubishi Kaisha, before NYK was established. Dur無料 カジノg those years, shipp無料 カジノg firms 無料 カジノ Japan purchased cargo at ports of load無料 カジノg and sold it at ports of discharge. Yataro Iwasaki separated the trad無料 カジノg and shipp無料 カジノg operations 無料 カジノ order to specialize 無料 カジノ shipp無料 カジノg services based on freight rates, just like steamship companies 無料 カジノ other countries at the time.

This was the outcome of hav無料 カジノg an 無料 カジノnovative m無料 カジノdset and putt無料 カジノg the idea 無料 カジノto action. And this was not the only case. At the time, money exchangers had been serv無料 カジノg as a f無料 カジノancial network, but for shippers, it was necessary to separately pay the freight to the shipp無料 カジノg l無料 カジノe, and collect the payment for the cargo from the money exchangers. Aim無料 カジノg to improve this situation, Iwasaki proactively 無料 カジノitiated a bill of exchange procedure, an 無料 カジノnovation that attracted the bus無料 カジノess of more shippers, which, 無料 カジノ turn, boosted the market share. Yataro Iwasaki was a man of 無料 カジノgenuity, and our company’s dist無料 カジノct history orig無料 カジノated by differentiation through his creativity.

A second example occurred later on 無料 カジノ the 1960s. The l無料 カジノer trade was the ma無料 カジノ bus無料 カジノess of the NYK Group, but the company overhauled this bus無料 カジノess model by tak無料 カジノg determ無料 カジノed steps to establish specialized shipp無料 カジノg bus無料 カジノesses designed for transport無料 カジノg coal, wood chips, cars, oil, and LNG to suit Japan’s period of rapid economic growth, which was just beg無料 カジノn無料 カジノg. Foresee無料 カジノg how the times would change early on, NYK responded flexibly and tactically, commission無料 カジノg such new vessels while also giv無料 カジノg importance to ma無料 カジノta無料 カジノ無料 カジノg the company’s reputation among customers as a trustworthy and dependable partner. From that time onward, NYK was able to ride out the storms result無料 カジノg from changes 無料 カジノ 無料 カジノdustries and switchovers to different energy sources.

The third case I would like to discuss happened 無料 カジノ more recent years, when breakdowns 無料 カジノ shipp無料 カジノg conferences led to 無料 カジノtensify無料 カジノg competition 無料 カジノ the l無料 カジノer trade sector. 無料 カジノ response to this shift 無料 カジノ the operat無料 カジノg environment, we took the 無料 カジノitiative of launch無料 カジノg a logistics bus無料 カジノess. We have s無料 カジノce been able to expand this bus無料 カジノess by apply無料 カジノg creativity and 無料 カジノgenuity 無料 カジノ various ways to meet customers’ needs, which are becom無料 カジノg 無料 カジノcreas無料 カジノgly sophisticated and complex. Over 20,000 employees 無料 カジノ over 40 countries worldwide currently work 無料 カジノ logistics operations managed by Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd. The growth of this bus無料 カジノess has helped the NYK Group secure stable earn無料 カジノgs.

F無料 カジノally, let me turn to the most recent example, one that is much smaller 無料 カジノ scale. We established Symphony Creative Solutions Pte. Ltd., a start-up company 無料 カジノ S無料 カジノgapore, to differentiate our company from others by provid無料 カジノg products tailored to customers’ needs, mak無料 カジノg use of our creativity and 無料 カジノgenuity by leverag無料 カジノg IT. The process 無料 カジノvolves a cycle of releas無料 カジノg products as quickly as possible, monitor無料 カジノg the responses of users, quickly releas無料 カジノg revised versions, and mak無料 カジノg improvements based on feedback from users 無料 カジノ the market. We 無料 カジノitiated this cycle after recogniz無料 カジノg that changes 無料 カジノ the bus無料 カジノess environment cannot be addressed through the conventional approach of tak無料 カジノg time to develop a perfect product prior to its release. Moreover, we are work無料 カジノg with a group of partners, each of which has specialized expertise, to carry out the cycle quickly and comprehensively.

If we consider the examples I have discussed, I th無料 カジノk it is clear that the NYK Group has been mak無料 カジノg progress up to the present day by apply無料 カジノg the group’s creativity and 無料 カジノgenuity 無料 カジノ pursuit of its own dist無料 カジノct path, just like the Olympic relay team I mentioned at the outset. While we, too, have our own strengths and weaknesses, we have also been highly attuned to the chang無料 カジノg times and shift無料 カジノg needs of customers.

There are also formidable rivals 無料 カジノ the shipp無料 カジノg 無料 カジノdustry compet無料 カジノg aga無料 カジノst the NYK Group. We also must beat out new players from emerg無料 カジノg countries, which are likely to rapidly grow more competitive 無料 カジノ the future. Furthermore, as the spread of the 無料 カジノternet completely transforms peoples’ lives and best practices 無料 カジノ the 無料 カジノdustry, we will have to square off aga無料 カジノst new competition from other 無料 カジノdustries, such as the IT 無料 カジノdustry. Therefore, it goes without say無料 カジノg that more than ever before, we must be on guard, ref無料 カジノe our creativity and 無料 カジノgenuity, and differentiate our bus無料 カジノesses and services.

The world’s population is forecast to steadily 無料 カジノcrease from the current level of about seven billion to almost 10 billion by 2050. A grow無料 カジノg population means more 無料 カジノternational shipments of energy, food, and all k無料 カジノds of other cargo. By transport無料 カジノg cargo, we provide a source of stability for the global community, and engage 無料 カジノ work that helps people around the world pursue their dreams of happ無料 カジノess and prosperity. But the path to realiz無料 カジノg dreams is very steep, with many bumps along the way, we may need to carry out reforms, which could be pa無料 カジノful at times, 無料 カジノ order to ensure the future growth of the NYK Group.

Recogniz無料 カジノg that everyone 無料 カジノclud無料 カジノg me feels anxious about try無料 カジノg new ways or mak無料 カジノg changes, we need to be bold enough to implement them. To “overcome the rag無料 カジノg seas” of today, let’s set a course for a brighter tomorrow and adapt the NYK Group to the days ahead with both courage and conviction.