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May 26, 2011
East Nippon Expressway Co., Ltd.

We would like to extend our deepest sympathies to all the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.

NEXCO EAST (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo), in the service area (SA) and parking area (PA), under the slogan “HEARTLINK NIPPON-Tsunago, Kokoro. I will proceed.

Image of HEARTLINK NIPPON

1 Provision of volunteer information

Tohoku Expressway "Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo Voluntary Plaza" set up a volunteer information center at the site of the former Izumi Main Line toll booth facility, where volunteer related information was provided.

Since the activities of this center have been completed, with the cooperation of "Hyogo Prefecture Hyogo Voluntary Plaza", in the information of SA in the Tohoku area, access to the disaster volunteer center etc. Will provide the information of.

In addition, the correspondence is only at the information desk, not by telephone or e-mail.

○Start date: Implemented from Thursday, May 26, 2011

○ Implementation location

  Area name Up and down Weekday Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays
Tohoku Expressway Maesawa SA (Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture) In-bound line 8:30~19:00 8:30~19:30
Out-bound line 8:00~18:30 7:30~18:30
Chojahara SA (Osaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) In-bound line 8:30~19:00 8:30~19:30
Out-bound line 8:00~18:30 7:30~18:30
Taro Adachi SA (Honmiya City, Fukushima Prefecture) In-bound line 8:30~19:00 8:30~19:30
Out-bound line 8:00~18:30 7:30~18:30

2 Expand sales of products in damaged areas

At SA/PA, we are in the process of creating “regional show windows” to enhance local specialty products, but in addition to selling souvenirs from the disaster area in order to support regions affected by the earthquake , We are actively dealing with local products, such as offering menus using local ingredients.

Tohoku Expressway, Joban Expressway, and Kan-Etsu Expressway main service areas will be donated with a portion of the proceeds from the disaster area product sales section from June 1 (Wednesday) to August 31 (Wednesday).

Image of Pasar Miyoshi Atrium Fukushima Bussan City Nasu Kogen SA (above) selling vegetables from Fukushima Prefecture

3 Initiatives in collaboration with local governments

In cooperation with local governments in the area damaged by the earthquake, we will hold a sales event of vegetables and fruits in that area.

Joban Expressway Tomobe SA (In-bound line) on May 28th (Sat) and 29th (Sun) for 2 days, and Yatabe Higashi PA (In-bound line) on May 28th (Sat) for sale of vegetables from Ibaraki prefecture I will do it.

Image of (Ichihara SA (In-bound) sales event held from May 3 to 5)
  • In addition to the above, we will plan and implement various initiatives to support the areas affected by the earthquake.
    As for the contents of implementation, our website "DraPla (http://www.driveplaza.com/)”.