NTN Corporation (headquartered in Osaka City, hereinafter "NTN") is producing and sequentially releasing video content featuring interviews with municipal leaders and private organizations to introduce regional characteristics, challenges, disaster preparedness initiatives, and future outlooks.

This press release previews the background, purpose, and highlights of the content ahead of the video releases.

Background: Conveying the “Reality of Local Communities” Through the “N³ Cube”

Environmental challenges facing local communities—such as aging populations and responses to natural disasters—are becoming increasingly complex. While each region faces unique challenges and has developed distinctive solutions, opportunities to widely share these insights and experiences remain limited.

In response, this initiative will use interviews with municipalities and private organizations that have adopted NTN’s mobile, off-grid power unit “N³ Cube,” which operates on renewable energy, to comprehensively communicate each region’s current situation and future vision—highlighting their challenges, initiatives, and aspirations.

Interview Content

In these videos, local leaders and officials discuss the following themes:

- Regional history, characteristics, and strengths - Urban development strategies - Disaster prevention and mitigation efforts and challenges - Future outlooks

While the “N³ Cube” is referenced, the focus remains on the region’s authentic perspectives, evaluations, and candid impressions made visible through its presence.

Highlights: Value Conveyed Through Local Voices

The greatest strength of these videos lies in the authentic words of those on the ground.

By carefully capturing, through interviews, the “real feelings” and “reasons behind decisions” that numbers and data alone cannot convey, the content enables deeper understanding of:

- Why specific initiatives were chosen - What challenges currently exist - What motivations drive community management

Distribution Details

The interview articles and videos will be sequentially released on NTN’s dedicated natural energy products website and YouTube channel (“N³ Cube” channel).

[Left] Hideki Umimoto (NTN) [Right] Makoto Tsujimoto (Mayor of Oyodo Town)

Episode 1: "There Is Something This Town Must Protect" – The Quiet Resolve for Disaster Preparedness, as Shared by the Mayor of Oyodo Town, Nara

Release Date: July 14, 2026 (Tuesday)

[Left] Hideki Umimoto (NTN) [Right] Masato Maetomari (Mayor of Taketomi Town)

Episode 2: "What Must Be Protected Are the Lives of Islanders and Visitors"

The Quiet Resolve for Disaster Preparedness on Remote Islands, as Shared by the Mayor of Japan’s Southernmost Town, Taketomi

Release Date: July 21, 2026 (Tuesday) (planned)

Distribution Media: Articles and videos

Distribution Methods: NTN Natural Energy Products Special Site: https://n3.ntn.co.jp/ YouTube ("N³ Cube" Channel): https://www.youtube.com/@ntn-green_energy

Future Plans

This series aims to facilitate knowledge sharing among municipalities and inspire new initiatives.

Upcoming episodes (to be released sequentially):

(Tentative) "An Advanced Collaborative Model Where Citizens’ and Government’s Aspirations Converge" — Hiroshima Town, Marugame City, Kagawa Prefecture

(Tentative) "From a Showa-Era Factory to a Reiwa Smart Factory" — NTN Wakayama Manufacturing Plant

(Tentative) "Temples and Disaster Preparedness Cannot Be Ignored" — Report on Ganshoji Temple’s Disaster Prevention Lecture

NTN will continue to disseminate information on local communities and strive to deliver valuable content from diverse perspectives.

Company Overview

Company Name: NTN Corporation

Head Office: Dai Building Main Building, 3-6-32 Nakajima, Kita-ku, Osaka City 530-0005, Japan

Founded: March 1918

Business: Manufacturing and sales of bearings, drive shafts, precision machinery products, etc.

NTN Corporation Website: https://www.ntn.co.jp/japan/index.html

Responsible Division

Future Creation Development Division, Natural Energy Products Unit

Natural Energy Products Website: https://n3.ntn.co.jp/

Natural Energy Products YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ntn-green_energy

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