Support for the Next Generation

The Kawasaki Group supports the next generation who lead the future technology.

Online Education Events

Participation in online career education programs

The Kawasaki Group participated in “Career Challenge Day On-Line-Meets,” an online career education and training event for junior high school students. At the event, we introduced Kawasaki Group initiatives that address the SDGs through solutions to social issues, while also introducing the actual work tasks of company employees and work-life balance.
 We will continue to actively offer online classes as an alternative to in-person work experience and participate in events as part of our social contribution activities in the post COVID-19 era.


Handicraft and Experiment Courses

Original programs implemented

We believe that nurturing the engineers who will support the foundations of technology in the future and ensuring the succession of manufacturing skills is an important social issue for the Kawasaki Group, which conducts manufacturing using advanced technological capabilities. It is said, however, that there is a tendency for children in Japan to turn away from the sciences, and there are concerns about the future of manufacturing.
 To address this issue, the Group conducts experiment-based crafts workshops in various regions using original programs based on the Group’s products to raise interest in science and manufacturing among children and contribute to the advancement of next-generation technology.

Introduction to original programs
The Group, working in collaboration with Leave a Nest Co., Ltd., developed original programs to support the development of next generation.

Make Your Own Helicopter! Make Your Own Crane! Make Your Own Power Plant! Make Your Own Motorcycle!
Scientific Keywords
  • Lift Force
  • Airfoil
  • Tail Rotor
Scientific Keywords
  • Pascal’s Theorem
    (a small amount of power to move a large object)
Scientific Keywords
  • Convert “Power” around Us to Electricity
Scientific Keywords
  • Weight
  • Center of Gravity, Balance
Make Your Own Train! Make Your Own Ship! Make Your Own Jet Engine!

Scientific Keywords
  • Frictional Force
  • Circumference, Lean of wheel
Scientific Keywords
  • Buoyancy
  • Weight, Volume
Scientific Keywords
  • Driving Force
    (generate power by controlling the air!)

Young employees from each internal company participated in the development of the original programs, devising ways for children to have fun while gaining science knowledge related to our products.

Participants learned how hydraulics work.
Experiments were conducted with a coach.

The Future Creation Division’s Miraihon Project

Miraihon Project initiatives

The Miraihon* Project is a social contribution initiative administered by employee volunteers which aims to foster human resources for the next generation, including among high school students. The activities offered as part of the project are intended to convey the enjoyment of both science and technology and manufacturing to such students, who stand at a major crossroads in their lives in having to choose a career path. By doing so, these activities aim to serve them in making the most of their choices for the future.

* "Mirai" in Miraihon means "future" in Japanese.

Activity details

Early career engineers from diverse departments including research & development, aerospace, ship & offshore, rolling stock, and hydrogen, which engage with the world’s most advanced technologies, play a central role in providing opportunities to experience authentic technologies to the next generation. The engineers are also pivotal to the planning of projects to address complex and involving challenges which allow the next generation to acquire the practical skills to deal with these challenges when they encounter them in society itself. Through these activities, we hope to induce in participants the “capacity to think and learn at their own initiative,” which will be essential to future society.
 To date, we have hosted learning events on hydrogen energy and programs for high school students co-created with universities and various companies, among other initiatives. Such next-generation educational programs will be conducted in the future so that the baton of technology can be passed on to the next generation.

Activities examples:Archive

“Ocean’s 17 Event,” learning program to develop maritime personnel in Kobe


Source of reference:Kobe City Website(Japanese language only)outerlink


Kawasaki Good Times World

To allow as many people as possible to experience the wonders of technology and the importance of craftsmanship and to deepen communication with members of the community, we opened Kawasaki Good Times World in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, in 2006.
 This facility introduces our history of over 120 years and representative products for the land, sea, and air that have contributed to the development of society with our leading-edge technologies.

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Learning about Kawasaki’s World through the At-Home Time Series of Coloring Books

We created pictures (in PDF format) of Kawasaki products for coloring in at home.
 Download pictures from the URL below and print them for a fun time for children and the whole family.


Download (on the "Kawasaki Good Times World" site)

https://www.khi.co.jp/kawasakiworld/english/coloring/outerlink


The PDF version of the pictures are A4 size, but for small children, enlarge the images and print A3 size as needed.


【Sample】

Volume 1
Sea and Air Version
Volume 1
Land Version

Kawasaki Robostage

In 2016, we opened the robot showroom Kawasaki Robostage in Odaiba, Tokyo so that visitors can watch, touch and experience Kawasaki's state-of-the-art robotics technologies and knowledge. Setting a main concept of human-robot coexistence and collaboration, the facility continues to display the latest robots. Kawasaki Robostage also hosts the “Become a Kawasaki Robot Engineer!” event for children to learn more about industrial robots and to think about “a society where people and robots coexist.”

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Receipt of the Children's Smiles Award

The “Become a Kawasaki Robot Engineer!” event hosted by Kawasaki was awarded the Children’s Smiles Award as part of the Children’s Smiles Odyssey, an initiative of the Children’s Smile Movement organized by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. The Children’s Smiles Award is bestowed, with recipients chosen via a ballot system, on companies and other organizations that have implemented outstanding initiatives and events for children, with Kawasaki selected in the “We Want to Experience It for Ourselves” category.


The Children’s Smile Movement (Japanese language only)outerlink


Children’s Smiles Award presentation ceremony on September 18, 2023
(left: Governor of Tokyo Yuriko Koike)

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