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NIKON SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

2021＞Corporate Citizenship Activities

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Approach to Corporate Citizenship ActivitiesWith the strong desire to be a good corporate citizen, the Nikon Group engages in corporate citizenship activities in order to develop in partnership with the community. In December 2020, we revised the Nikon Community Contribution Activities Policy into the Nikon Corporate Citizenship Policy, clearly expressing this thinking as well as indicating our approach of engaging primarily in activities that target the next generation. The Nikon Group has been implementing corporate citizenship activities in line with the new policy so that the activities will be beneficial for both the community and the company. Nikon Corporate Citizenship Policyhttps://www.nikon.com/about/sustainability/citizenship/

Approach and Policy

Corporate Citizenship Activity Promotion SystemThe Nikon Group promotes the implementation of corporate citizenship activities by all Group companies through the CSR Promotion System, in which the CSR Committee plays a central role. By implementing the annual survey on Nikon Group Corporate Citizenship Activities, we are able to monitor whether the initiatives adopted by individual Group companies are in conformity with the Corporate Citizenship Policy; the survey results are reported to the CSR Committee.Sustainability Promotion System （➡P9）

Framework and System

◉ Employee Participation in Corporate Citizenship Activities

The Nikon Group is working to improve the environment surrounding employee participation in corporate citizenship activities. Besides providing support through systems such as Nikonʼs volunteer leave system, we also plan activities that are easy for employees to take part in, and encourage employee participation.

Participation in the Nikon Group’s Corporate Citizenship Activities

Total participants (fiscal year ended March 31, 2021) 1,888


Art andscience58.2%

Education　20.6%

280,890thousand yen

Environment　2.6%Disaster relief assistance5.7%

Others　7.4%

Health　5.5%

Expenses for Corporate Citizenship Activities by Area (Fiscal year ended March 31, 2021)

Main results achieved in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021

Next generation who received the support and encouragement by the Nikon Group through our

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14,244 people

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Main Corporate Citizenship Activities

◉ Helping the Next Generation to Appreciate the Global Environment Issues

With the aim of passing the global environment onto the next generation, the Nikon Group implements environmental awareness raising activities for children.As part of its support for the Akaya Project, which aims to restore biodiversity, Nikon created a booklet “AKAYA NOTE” for children, and has been distributing it to schools for free. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, 240 copies of the booklet were delivered. In the Netherlands, working together with the local branch of an international environmental education NGO, Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), Nikon Europe B.V. provides the “Light on Small” environmental education teaching materials, which employ Nikonʼs Fabre Photo stereo microscopes. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, these teaching materials were used by 405 school children in the Netherlands.Support for Biodiversity Conservation and Restoration （➡P72）

Participation in Nikon Group’s Environmental Awareness Raising Activities

Total participants (fiscal year ended March 31, 2021) 645

Activities and Results

Helping to Preserve Biodiversity with TechnologyNikon is using its technology to help with the wildlife monitoring surveys conducted under the Akaya Project. In collaboration with The Nature Conservation Society of Japan (NACS-J), Nikon developed an application that automatically detects animals for extracting images of animals only from the vast amount of image data collected through the survey. The application was developed using deep learning technology and not only reduces the onsite survey workload, but also reduces the number of animal images overlooked by humans. Nikon is currently working on applying the application to low density management of Japanese deer, which is a pressing concern for the Akaya Project.

◉Supporting Children with SchoolingThe Nikon Group has been working to assist children with school enrollment and attendance who find it difficult to go to school for economic reasons, primarily in regions involved in our products.Three companies, Nikon, Nikon (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and Nikon Lao Co., Ltd., provide scholarships in Thailand and Laos through international education NGOs. In Thailand, we provided scholarships for 171 junior and senior high school students and university students in the year ended March 31, 2021, bringing the total number of scholarship recipients over 14 years to 2,408. In Laos, we provide scholarships to 100 junior high school students each year, with 700 total recipients over seven years.In addition, the Nikon Group in Japan provides support for the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) school feeding which improves the health of children in developing countries as well as encouraging school attendance. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, we donated 1,088,153 yen, enough for 36,272 school meals, and we believe this helped 145 children attend school for a year.

Children Receiving Financial Assistance from Nikon Group

Recipients (fiscal year ended March 31, 2021) 416

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The booklet AKAYA NOTE helps children to learn about biodiversity, by taking the animals and plants that live in the forest as its subject matter and making extensive use of photographs and illustrations.

Automatic animal image detection application jointly developed with NACS-J

Scholarships in Thailand are provided through Shanti Volunteer Association in Japan and Sikkha Asia Foundation in Thailand.






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◉Disaster Relief AssistanceAs a good corporate citizen, the Nikon Group provides emergency aid for large-scale natural disasters based on its relationship with the community. In the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, the Nikon Group offered emergency support through monetary donations for areas affected by the heavy rain event of July 2020 in Japan. In addition, since January 2020, the Group has been providing a variety of assistance from the standpoints of measures to control infection, promotion of basic research, and support for medical facilities as part of its support activities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Related InformationPlease see the corporate website for more details on Corporate Citizenship Activities.Corporate Citizenship Activitieshttps://www.nikon.com/about/sustainability/citizenship/

◉Sustainable Community Well-beingCommitted to helping local communities to become better places to live, and to sustain this over the long term, the Nikon Group implements activities that contribute to the well-being of local people.Nikon India Private Limited (India) Nikon India Private Limited has been helping to provide home-based fostering for 40 children in need of social care, through SOS Childrenʼs Villages of India.Optos Plc (UK)Optos Plc contributes to local healthcare through its support for Blood Bikes Scotland, a volunteer group which delivers medical items to patients free of charge.

Nikon Precision Inc. and Nikon Research Corporation of America (U.S.)Nikon Precision Inc. and Nikon Research Corporation of America contribute to activities that deliver meals with high nutritional value to economically vulnerable households and children, homeless people, and facilities for the elderly, through support for local foodbanks.

◉ Encouraging the Next Generation to Build the Future

The Nikon Group implements a range of activities aimed at identifying and cultivating the industrial, artistic and cultural talent of the future.Nikon Imaging Japan Inc. presents the Miki Jun Award to the most outstanding photo exhibit by up-and-coming photographers in the Nikon Salon—a photography exhibition venue, which Nikon established to popularize and strengthen photographic culture. Moreover, Nikon is helping to train the engineers who will lead the next generation of the optical industry through the Nikon Chair of Imaging Science established at the Institute of Industrial Science (IIS), The University of Tokyo. In addition, in Laos, we strive for the cultivation of industrial talent who can understand Japanese through the Nikon-JICA Scholarship (offered at Savannakhet University), operated jointly with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).The Group companies outside Japan also provide scholarships for young people looking to enter the photography industry and support for local STEM* education programs. * STEM: An acronym for education in Science, Technology,

Engineering, Mathematics.

People Participating in Nikon Group Initiatives for Identifying and Cultivating Human Talent

Participants (fiscal year ended March 31, 2021) 13,183

* As the Nikon Photo Contest is held every other year, the results for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021 is half the number of the 26,167 applicants in 2020 - 2021.

Out of the 40 recipients of the Nikon-JICA Scholarship offered at Savannakhet University in Laos, 16 are Japanese language students. The other students are majoring in IT, electrical engineering, business and other subjects.

Main Support Activities in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Measures to control infection

Donations to COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund for the WHO, China Charity Alliance, and PM Cares Fund, a fund affiliated with the Indian government

Promotion of basic research

Donations for basic research into elucidation of the virus at the Department of Infection Biology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba and the Department of Cell Biology and Neuroscience, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine

Support for medical

facilities

Donation of face shields manufactured by Sendai Nikon Corporation and supplies owned by Nikon business facilities (N95 masks and clean room clothing, etc.) to medical institutions, local governments, and others

Blood Bikes Scotland supported by Optos Plc

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