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June 5, 2025

Biodiversity Conservation Initiatives at Tsukuba Plant

Furuya Metal Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Toshima-ku, Tokyo, President: Takahito Furuya, hereinafter referred to as "the Company") has endorsed the "Koajiro Forest Daylily Project"* conducted by the NPO Koajiro Outdoor Activity Coordination Council (Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Representative Yuji Kishi) and has engaged in the activities to conserve biodiversity since the fiscal year of 2023.

As part of these activities, 110 stumps of daylilies were planted at the Tsukuba Plant in Chikusei City, Ibaraki Prefecture on May 28, 2025. On the day of the event, Tanaka Precious Metal Group Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Chuo-ku, Tokyo, President: Koichiro Tanaka) also participated, and seventeen people including our employees planted them. We started cultivating thirty daylilies at our employee dormitory in Tsuchiura City, Ibaraki Prefecture in December 2023. This is the second time we have planted them. The increased stumps will be replanted in their original habitat, Koajiro Forest (Miura City, Kanagawa Prefecture) through Koajiro Outdoor Activity Coordination Council.

Every one of the employees of the Company will continue to keep in mind the importance of protecting the irreplaceable global environment and contribute to the conservation of biodiversity.

*"Koajiro Forest Daylily Project": The purpose of this project is to suppress the colony of non-native plants and promote an environment where biodiversity is preserved by transplanting native species of orange daylily and replacing non-native species such as hybrid ryegrass that flourish in various places and induce hay fever. Orange daylily is a type of plant native to Japan that represent the genus Myosotis and grow in clusters on the warm coast west of the Kanto region. It is a beautiful orange-red flower that bloom from August to September in the Koajiro Forest. Orange daylily has been beloved by the Japanese, as was often referred to as "forget-me-not" in the Manyou-shu and Kokin-shu, anthologies of “Tanka” poetry in ancient times.

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