ASUKA ALUMINIUM NEWS NO. 643 JANUARY 2015
Greetings for 2015
Takashi Amano, President
Allow me to wish you a very Happy New Year for 2015. Following my usual custom,I am taking the opportunity to send some of my recent thoughts together this New
Year’s greeting.
*While year-end or New Year holidays, I have had a short time to visit a vaudevilletheater to enjoy traditional Japanese comic story -telling, or rakugo, but regrettably, it
is rare to laugh or chuckle from bottom of my heart recently. It made me uneasy alittle.
But at a genial conversation with friends of same generation, they concluded thefeeling of anger or pleasure seems to get weaker definitely year by year. The conclusion
makes me easy. The aging is a natural process, and at our daily life, we would like tofeel and realize it ourselves.
*Nobel Prize winner, Ms. Malala Yousafzai’s speech impressed me so deeply that I
would like to extract from it here.
There are still conflicts in which hundreds of thousands of innocent people havelost their lives. Many families have become refuges in Syria, Gaza and Iraq. Thereare still girls who have no freedom to go to school in the north of Nigeria. In Pakistan
and Afghanistan we see innocent people being killed in suicide attacks and bomb
blasts.
Many children in Africa do not have access to school because of poverty. Manychildren in India and Pakistan are deprived of their right to education because ofsocial taboos.
As we are living in the modern age, the 21st century and we all believe that
nothing is impossible. We can reach the moon and maybe soon will land on Mars.
Then, in this, 21st century, we must be determined that our dream of quality
education for all will also come true.
So let us bring quality, justice and peace for all. Not just the politicians and world
leaders, we all need to contribute. Me. You. It is our duty.
And furthermore, her speech at the United Nations was more impressive as follows.
Let us pick up our books and pens, they are our most powerful weapons. One child,
one teacher, one pen and one book can change the world, education is the onlysolution.
*The excessive evaluated yen was revised, and today the price up of variousimported
materials is going on by devalued yen.
Thankfully under these circumstances, our production has been running favorably
at our new plant, and at the same time, all the time the quality level up and the energy
saving are studied by all staff. I believe that our company will be more reliable year
by year with a great support of all our business contacts.
May you and yours be happy and prosperous in the New Year, 2015.

Nishio Tea drink is marketed
An aluminum canned NishioTea drink was marketed by Nishio Chamber ofCommerce and Industry recently. It is made from the blended fresh Nishio tea under
the collaboration with Nishio Tea Cooperative Association and Nishio Liiquor Sales
Cooperative Association.
The chamber revealed that the net volume is 290 gram and the consumer price is
130 yen. The photo on page two is aluminum canned Nishio Tea drink marketed.
Mikawa Comic celebrates New Year
Mikawa Comic is one of the New Year events in Nishio area, and it has beenpraying every January since 1250 years ago. It has declared an intangible cultural
asset by Japanese government in December 1995.
The photo on page three is the stage show of Mikawa Comic, and everyone realize s
the New Year has come enjoying this classic and interesting performance.
Market process in 2014
The movement of aluminum price at London Metal Exchange and yen/US dollar atTokyo market in 2014 are showed on page three.
Dark line is aluminum at LME, left graduation. Light line is yen/US dollar at Tokyomarket, right graduation.
The 31st New Year praying meeting is held soon
The 31st business prosperity and traffic safety praying meeting is going to be heldon January 16 at the Kira Kanko Hotel, Kira Waikiki Beach in Mikawa Bay NationalPark, and the Kannon Temple , top of Mt. Sangane.
At first, Chairman Hisashi Amano will have a talk entitled “New Year random talk”
at the hotel, and then all attendants will visit the Kannon Temple by bus. After business prosperity and traffic safety praying meeting, a grand New Year party will be heldat the hotel in traditional Japanese fashion.
All arrangements completed, and all we have to do is welcome guests. The photo on
page four is Kira Kanko Hotel.
Company news
We received a delightful number of greeting cards from various countries’ friends,and since then they have been displayed in our dining hall. We enjoy them very much.
Thank senders ever so much!
On December 26, a staff convivial meeting was held, at which seven full attendances below were awarded.
Ms. Ayumi Tani
Mr. Bunji Yamauchi
Ms. Maya Yamazaki
Ms. Yuri Kodama
Mr. Daisuke Hatta
Mr. Tasuka Suzuki
Mr. Hiroya Matsumoto
Congratulations everyone! Take care of yourself in 2015
When it comes to New Year, Praying Meeting is a feature. All we expect to welcome
so many guests at the Kira Kanko Hotel on January 16.