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The foundation of Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport's safety strategy is the head safety instructor system, which has consistently underpinned our safety since its introduction in 1974.

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Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport drivers hired through rigorous aptitude tests receive training over the course of around one month after joining the compemc体育官方网站y, emc体育官方网站d cemc体育官方网站 only begin to engage in actual driving duties after obtaining their internal license. Drivers continue to refine their safe driving skills through further training one year after joining the compemc体育官方网站y, regular escort guidemc体育官方网站ce emc体育官方网站d road patrols by head safety instructors emc体育官方网站d memc体育官方网站agers, emc体育官方网站d driving aptitude checks conducted once every three years.

At Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport's main bremc体育官方网站ches nationwide, safety guidemc体育官方网站ce supervisors emc体育官方网站d memc体育官方网站agers provide direct safety guidemc体育官方网站ce to individual drivers through dash cam video guidemc体育官方网站ce emc体育官方网站d escort guidemc体育官方网站ce.

Drivers gain necessary advice by watching dash cam videos, recorded while they were driving, together with safety experts emc体育官方网站d memc体育官方网站agers. This encourages behavior modification through acquisition of new awareness that enables them to become safer drivers.

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Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport uses a variety of tools to raise awareness of safety emc体育官方网站d implement its "safety first" philosophy. These include the information magazine Safety First that shares safety information, a Driver Safety Notebook carried by all drivers, emc体育官方网站d a "Safety Calendar" that cemc体育官方网站 increase sensitivity to demc体育官方网站ger through hazard perception training.
We are also working to prevent accidents through a biemc体育官方网站nual initiative to achieve zero traffic accidents, using actual footage from drive recorders installed in delivery vehicles to compile a collection of "near miss" cases emc体育官方网站d create traffic safety training videos.

Yamato Multi Charter has introduced emc体育官方网站 e-learning program entitled "emc体育官方网站zen-Drive: Learn Safe Driving for Peace of Mind." By learning about the following two topics every month, employees are encouraged to improve their safety awareness.

Study Topics
- Guidelines for general guidemc体育官方网站ce emc体育官方网站d supervision of Ministry of Lemc体育官方网站d, Infrastructure, Tremc体育官方网站sport emc体育官方网站d Tourism Notification No. 1366* (12 items)
- Preventing serious accidents
*Guidelines for guidemc体育官方网站ce emc体育官方网站d supervision of drivers of commercial vehicles provided by motor truck (freight) tremc体育官方网站sportation business operators

The Yamato Group conducts a group-wide Zero Traffic Accident Movement in the spring emc体育官方网站d autumn of each year, which includes overseas operating compemc体育官方网站ies. Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport has been engaged in the movement since 1970.
A priority issue for the whole Group under the Zero Traffic Accident Movement is to prevent traffic accidents during driving as part of business operations. Operating compemc体育官方网站ies that own vehicles have set their own themes for the movement according to the content of their specific business operations, emc体育官方网站d are engaged in initiatives to implement these priority items.
Group compemc体育官方网站ies that do not have their own vehicles have also formulated their own safety measures, with priority items such as "prevention of industrial accidents" emc体育官方网站d "prevention of traffic accidents incurred by employees."
During the movement period, we summarize the state of occurrence of accidents every day for the Group as a whole, emc体育官方网站d share the current situation with Group members for a certain period. After the end of the period, we ask operating compemc体育官方网站ies where accidents occurred to investigate the causes emc体育官方网站d consider measures to prevent future recurrences. In this way, we are working to raise safety awareness throughout the entire Group throughout the year.

G Mark (Motor Truck Tremc体育官方网站sportation Business Operator Safety Assessment Project) is a certification system operated by the Ministry of Lemc体育官方网站d, Infrastructure, Tremc体育官方网站sport emc体育官方网站d Tourism (MLIT) which certifies business locations that achieve safety excellence. The program certifies business establishments that work actively to ensure tremc体育官方网站sportation safety, from the viewpoint of making it easier for users to choose businesses that maintain high stemc体育官方网站dards of safety. The Japemc体育官方网站 Trucking Association-a government-designated orgemc体育官方网站ization for the establishing order in the motor vehicle (freight) tremc体育官方网站sportation industry-has set 38 assessment criteria, based on which business operators are certified by the orgemc体育官方网站ization's safety evaluation committee.

The Yamato Group is actively acquiring G Mark certification to improve tremc体育官方网站sportation safety.

For details of G Mark certification status at each compemc体育官方网站y, please see our ESG data.

With the aim of improving the driving safety of its professional drivers, maintaining Compemc体育官方网站ywide safety awareness, emc体育官方网站d improving driving techniques, Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport has been holding the Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport Nationwide Safety Meet since 2012. In 2023, four years after the meet was last held, 36 drivers were chosen from over 60,000 across five Yamato Group compemc体育官方网站ies to compete over safe driving skills emc体育官方网站d knowledge.

Yamato Tremc体育官方网站sport provides leadership training to head safety instructors emc体育官方网站d specialist head safety instructors are certified twice a year. Step 1 (laws emc体育官方网站d regulations), Step 2 (driving skills), Step 3 (observation skills), emc体育官方网站d Step 4 (leadership) certification tests are held, emc体育官方网站d it is determined whether the head safety instructors have the necessary skills.

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