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February 3, 2021
TOKYO February 3, 2021 YKK Corp. has launched an experimental trial to visualize carbon dioxide absorption using “e-kakashi,” an AI-powered brain for agriculture provided by SoftBank Corp. that includes a carbon dioxide absorption estimation system. The trial is taking place at YKK Center Park’s Furusato-no-Mori (Hometown Forest) on the grounds of the Kurobe Manufacturing Center.
The YKK Group has established the “YKK Group Environmental Vision 2050” and the “YKK Sustainability Vision 2050,” and undertakes business activities to achieve the goals set out in those visions. Furusato-no-Mori was initially created to realize YKK founder Tadao Yoshida’s ideal of a factory in a forest, but the forest is also helping to reduce greenhouse gases, one of the goals of YKK’s two visions. YKK collected the seeds of trees that are native to Kurobe and systematically planted 20,000 seedlings representing 20 species. Today, the company continues to observe the