NEC Corporation

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Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner

Product Category : Specialist Public Safety Equipment and Software (biometric authentication, behavior detection and analysis, and drones) , Network Equipment (SDN, wired and wireless networks) and Private Network Radio Systems

Comments from partner

NEC is working to create new social value in the form of public safety through leading-edge technologies such as biometric authentication, behaviour detection, and software-defined networking (SDN) . By offering a variety of activities in sports and culture while promoting Paralympic sports, NEC strives to create a diverse and inclusive society in which everyone in the world can realise their full potential.

Our mission is to create a safer society for future generations as part of the legacy of the Tokyo 2020 Games.

Employees are proud to support initiatives for public safety and security at the Tokyo 2020 Games —the world’s largest sports event — as NEC serves as a Tokyo 2020 Gold Partner for state-of-the-art public safety products and network products.

NEC Corporation

Partner Activation

  • Reflecting our commitment to realising a society in which all people can live fulfilling lives, we at NEC have been supporting international wheelchair tennis tournaments tour and the championships that determine annual champions for more than 25 years. Its goals have been to popularize Paralympic sports, to ensure people with disabilities to participate in society, to promote social understanding and more. We’ve also offered an array of support to the top-level national championships that determine top national wheelchair tennis rankings for close to 30 years. We help stage tournaments by having members of our tennis club volunteers to serve as line judges and compete in “new mix tennis,” in which people with disabilities and able-bodies players compete in pairs. In addition, many employees attend matches with families and friends to offer their enthusiastic support to athletes.
  • NEC is working to make Paralympic sports familiar to realise a society everyday presence in order to realise a society based on coexistence. We believe that by seeing people with disabilities and able-bodied people compete in the same sport, both groups will be able to eliminate the emotional walls that keep them apart to realize a truly barrier-free society. Boccia, a sport that requires an element of advanced strategy while simultaneously offering a competitive environment that facilitates easy, enjoyable participation by all, is an ideal entry into the world of Paralympic sports. NEC created a boccia club in FY2017, and we’re working to spread this sport to a broad audience, for example by participating in tournaments and hosting sessions where people can experience how it’s played. Working with The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, NEC and the NEC Group Federation of Workers’ Unions have donated boccia balls to 30 groups, including local governments, schools, and facilities for individuals with disabilities as a caravan to popularise boccia throughout the nation, and we’re undertaking initiatives to ensure they are used.