TOKYO, November 5, 2020 – FUJIFILM Holdings Corporation (President: Kenji Sukeno) continues to counter novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) through its business activities by applying its proprietary technologies in the areas of prevention, diagnosis, and treatment in healthcare. Fujifilm, as a corporate citizen, is also making company-wide efforts to address and resolve broader social issues.
Fujifilm is providing relief donations to the NPO “Single Mothers Forum,” which provides job seeker assistance and consultation to single-parent families, and the NPO “Japan Kodomo Shokudo Support Center Musubie,” which supports the operation of Kodomo-Shokudo (project to provide free or inexpensive meals to children), to extend assistance to those financially affected by the spread of COVID-19. Other measures include providing the products designed to prevent infectious diseases to elementary schools in the cities of Inashiki and Ryugasaki in Ibaraki Prefecture, and donating funds to medical institutions in Kumamoto Prefecture, affected by the Heavy Rain Event of July 2020.The relief donations, totaling 37 million yen, partially comes from the prize money for the cancelled Senior Golf Tour, “FUJIFILM Senior Championship 2020” (originally scheduled for November 5 – 7 in Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan).