Mar. 12, 2021
Komatsu Ltd. (President and CEO: Hiroyuki Ogawa), jointly with Rio Tinto Japan Ltd., a leading mining company of mineral resource, has offered continuous assistance to students of Tohoku University who suffered financially from the Great East Japan Earthquake and tsunami under the Komatsu-Rio Tinto Scholarship established in 2011. On March 31, 2021, we will complete the designated term of 10 years. The Scholarship was created to support students for their studies when their lives were drastically affected by the unprecedented disaster. We are pleased to announce that the cumulative total of 333 students have used the Scholarship.
We have kept in touch with the recipient students, and received encouraging messages, such as “I am happy to secure sufficient time for studying without burning out on part-time jobs” and “I am relieved that I will be able to attend graduate school without financially burdening my parents”.
We feel proud to have been able to help students, to some extent, who will support the future of Japan’s manufacturing industries. At the same time, we also wish that other students and graduates, who also suffered from the disaster, will continue to do their best in their daily studies or work without worries by overcoming hardships.
We at Komatsu will continue to offer a variety of recovery assistance in the disaster-damaged areas.
<Outline of the Komatsu-Rio Tinto Scholarship >
Name: Komatsu-Rio Tinto Scholarship
Description: A grant-type scholarship program for Tohoku University undergraduate and graduate students majoring in science and engineering and experiencing financial difficulties in continuing their studies. 10-year term from 2011 to 2021 for the total amount of JPY400 million.
No : 0082(3013)
Corporate Communications Department
Sustainability Promotion Division
Komatsu Ltd.
tel: +81-(0)3-5561-2616
mail: JP00mb_cc_department@global.komatsu
*The information described is at the time of presentation and may be subject to advance notice.
