Editors Script
This is my first time to be a member of the editorial board of the Technical Review, a great honor for me as an engineer. It reminds me of the days when I myself was working on research and development, writing an article for the Review and beingpressed by deadlines. Compared to those days, the world has become even more complex and engineers must be struggling day
by day in a situation where it is difficult to foresee the future. Under these circumstances, this issue focuses on prediction technology using simulation. This technology involves a significant theme on how we provide new value to customers by modelling realworld systems and processes with high precision based on rules and principles and applying them to products. As an engineer andeditor, I will continue making effort to provide valuable information to readers, in order to create new technologies and solve social issues with them.
(FUJINAMI)
I have been involved in the editing of the Technical Review since last year. As a non-scientific administrative staff member, I
am mainly in charge of editing essays and also request staff to write articles. Recent returnees from overseas stationing have haddifficulties in dealing with COVID-19 infection in foreign countries. When I asked them to write an essay, some of them said thatthey had no story to write because the pandemic meant they only had a round trip between work and home every day during their
expatriation. I guess that they had a lonely and difficult time. Although the current situation is sometimes referred to as "withCorona" or "after Corona", I believe that it is my important responsibility to share with you not only the work (work stories) ofexpatriates in their destination countries, but also the joys, difficulties, and attractions outside of work in each location. We hopethat you will continue to contribute your experiences.
(AMANO)As COVID-19 has been downgraded to a category 5 infectious disease, regulations on COVID-19 have been loosened andholiday resorts have begun to region their former liveliness. On the other hand, we have been having extremely hot days as therainy season has not yet ended, and the heatwave is so intense that I feel like I might melt, hesitating to go out. This reminds methat global warming is progressing without any doubt. With the reduction of CO2 emissions regarded as a global standard today, itbrings me peace of mind that this issue contains articles on technologies for energy saving such as weight reduction and efficiency
enhancement. I am grateful to the engineers who are continuously working on research and development while anticipating future
possible environmental changes. I also expect them to address the challenge of elevating KYB’s engineering expertise to newheights.
(HAGIDAIRA)

Editorial board members◎ITO Takashi

Basic Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

UMEDA Yoshinori

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations

KABASAWA Ryoichi

Basic Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

YONEKAWA Norihide

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations

FUJINAMI Taro

Production Technology R&D Center, Engineering Div.

KOBAYASHI Hirotaka

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations

SUO Shiro

Intellectual Property Dept., Engineering Div.

HAGIDAIRA Shinichi

Engineering Dept., Aircraft Components Div.

AMANO Genki

Corporate Planning Dept., Corporate Planning
Headquarters

KAWASHIMA Shigeru

Engineering Dept., Kumagaya Plant, Special Purpose
Vehicles Div.

OTA Yasuhiro

Engineering Headquarters, AC OperationsOKUMURA Kazuyuki

Design Sect. No.3, KYB Motorcycle Suspensions (KMS)

MIYATANI Osamu

Engineering Headquarters, AC Operations

KAWANO Yoshihiko

SASAKI Kazuhiro

Engineering Headquarters, AC Operations

Development Dept., Engineering Div.,
Takako Industries, Inc.

NOGUCHI Yoichi

Production Engineering Dept., MD Headquarters
AC Operations

SAITO Keiji

Engineering Headquarters, HC Operations○KOBATA Hiroshi

Engineering Planning Dept., Engineering Div.

○OBAYASHI Yoshihiro

Engineering Planning Dept., Engineering Div.

◎Editorial Chief○Editorial Secretariat
HC Operations: Hydraulic Components Operations
AC Operations: Automotive Components Operations

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Published on October 1, 2023
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