Promote Health and Productivity Management
NTN Health Declaration and Non Smoking Declaration
NTN Group recognizes that the health of its employees and their families is the base on which the Group will grow sustainably. Based on our Safety and Health Basic Policy, as part of our strategic approach to KENKO Investment for Health, we have promulgated a Health Declaration and are implementing various initiatives to promote workplace, mental, and physical health.
We have also made a Non Smoking Declaration and are working to promote actions to reduce the health risks of smoking, including passive smoking.
■Health Declaration
■Non Smoking Declaration
＊ KENKO Investment for Health is a registered trademark of the NPO Health Management Research Association.
Certified as Health and Productivity Management Organization (White 500) for Six Consecutive Years
Our Company has been recognized as a “Certified Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization 2026 Large Enterprise Category (White 500)” jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Health Conference. This marks our sixth consecutive year of recognition. The “Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program” is a system that recognizes companies that practice particularly excellent health and productivity management. This year, 3,765 organizations received recognition, with the top 500 organizations, including our company, obtaining “White 500” certification.
The Company positions the ensuring of safety and health for all people working within the Group as a fundamental foundation of management, taking precedence over all business activities, and aims to realize a workplace environment where employees can work safely and healthily. The management team, including the CEO, together with the occupational health and safety division, industrial health staff, health insurance association, and labor union, works in an integrated manner to promote health and productivity management.
■Certification Logo
History of KENKO Investment for Health
NTN has maintained the philosophy of safety and health since our founding, and has been actively engaged in health management for a long time under our Safety and Health Basic Policy. More specifically, with regard to physical health, we have provided, together with the NTN health insurance society, physical fitness measurement, exercise guidance, health education, etc., for all employees since 1985. As measures for mental health, we have conducted interviews for all employees using industrial counselors since 2002, and added brief items to check work-related stress to our living condition survey (health check sheet) in 2003. We have actively promoted self-care-focused mental health initiatives since an early stage. Against passive smoking, we have taken measures since 2004. As for measures to balance work and life, we have aimed to improve the rate of paid leave taken since the 1980s, in collaboration also with the labor union, with an average rate maintained at over 80% at present. These health management initiatives have been published widely in an article on “advancing health and productivity management” by Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun on March 30, 2022, and a supplier interview by Doctor Trust Co., Ltd.
Health and productivity management promotion and awareness activities for business partners
Survey of Business Partners
As we strive to realize a sustainable “NAMERAKA Society,” and as a leading company promoting health and productivity management, we are working to expand the promotion and implementation of health and productivity management not only for our company, but for our business partners. As part of this effort, we conduct surveys to investigate the status of health and productivity management initiatives among our business partners. The results showed that 136 business partners responded that they “know the content” of health and productivity management, an increase of 30 from the previous year, confirming an improvement in awareness. On the other hand, 71 business partners responded that they “don’t know the content but have heard of it” or “have never heard of it.” We will continue to implement promotion and awareness activities regarding methods and effects of health and productivity management initiatives.
■Awareness of “health management”
Joint implementation of health and productivity management seminars
To further promote KENKO Investment for Health among our business partners, we organize joint seminars on various health-related topics.
Following the revision of Japan’s Industrial Safety and Health Regulations in June 2025, employers became legally required, with penalties for non-compliance, to implement heatstroke prevention measures for certain work activities under specified conditions. As another extremely hot summer is expected this year, we held a Heatstroke Prevention Seminar.
Dr. Trust Co., Ltd. was invited as the guest speaker. A total of 260 participants attended the seminar, including employees from 51 departments across Japan and representatives from 72 business partner companies.
■Scenes from the Seminar
Opinion exchange sessions with business partners
Like our company, many of our business partners are manufacturing companies, and many business partners are located in the Kansai region. We hold opinion exchange sessions among health and productivity management personnel to introduce challenges and concerns in promoting health and productivity management, as well as our company’s health and productivity management initiatives to our business partners. In fiscal year 2025, we conducted an opinion exchange session with Kotani Corporation, which was recognized as a “Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization 2025 Small and Medium Enterprise Category (Bright 1000).” In FY2026, we held an opinion exchange session with Uchiyama Industry Co., Ltd., which was certified as a “Health Promotion Company” by the Japan Health Insurance Association and achieved the highest “S” rating among such certified companies.
■Opinion exchange session
Passive smoking prevention measures
Preventing passive smoking
NTN No smoking Day / Non-smoking call-out activities
NTN Group has been working to prevent passive smoking more proactively than in the past. In 2004, we began to ban smoking during working hours at headquarters and sales offices, and in 2020 we abolished indoor smoking areas. Since 2022, in conjunction with World No smoking Day on May 31 and National Occupational Health Week in October, non-smoking call-out activities have been conducted at our business sites nationwide, with “Non Smoking Express” leaflets distributed containing information on smoking risks. Also beginning in FY2022 was NTN No smoking Day. This heralds measures to protect employees from the health risks of smoking, with actions to discourage smoking all day, including outside of commuting and working hours, such as awareness-raising notifications to staff computers and placement of no-smoking posters in smoking areas.
■Non-smoking express, an awareness-raising no tobacco day poster
Smoking cessation approach to smokers
Non smoking challenge system, online smoking, cessation program, non smoking supporter system
NTN Group has various initiatives in place to encourage smoking cessation. We have introduced the Non smoking challenge system (2008), a smoking cessation support system in which the company partially subsidizes the cost of smoking cessation aids, and the “Online Smoking Cessation Program” (2021), which gives employees the opportunity to consult with specialist staff by email or chat. In addition, we have introduced a “non smoking supporter system” in which non-smoking employees support those trying to give up smoking, creating an environment in which smokers and non-smokers can work together toward quitting the habit.
■NTN smoking rates
Quit smoking campaigns through life events such as weddings and childbirth
Since the health damage caused by smoking extends not only to smokers but also to their families in the form of passive smoking, the Group conducts educational outreach to all employees — regardless of whether they are smokers or non-smokers — who have just married or had a child about the health hazards of smoking. In addition, employees and dependent spouses who have just married or had a child can participate in the online smoking cessation program at no cost, and we will provide support to quit smoking to employees and their families.
■Guide distributed to employees
Mental health support
Strengthen return-to-work support
We have been working on prevention and early response to mental health problems, and since 2000, we have been implementing workplace return support for employees who have taken leave due to mental health issues. In 2021, we established regulations for the “Manual for Supporting the Return to Work for Personal Injury and Sickness Leave” and have been informing employees about it.
■Return-to-Work Assessment Meeting
Enhanced line care ＊
The Company conducts annual stress checks and individual interviews with industrial counselors for all employees. In addition, we work to prevent mental health issues through mental health training at the time of joining the Company and upon promotion, and through the establishment of counseling rooms. As a result of these initiatives, the ratio of high-stress employees has been maintained at or below the national benchmark of 10%. Furthermore, to promote line care — the provision of psychological health support by supervisors and managers in the workplace — we conduct line care training annually for all managers, including those at domestic subsidiaries.
＊Training for line managers to learn about mental health to prevent mental disorders of their subordinates.
■Scene of line care training
Remote work support
Physical and mental health management in remote work
Our company began the remote work system in 2019. Remote work expanded rapidly due to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, but as it was predicted to cause many health problems, our company has been conducting annual surveys on health conditions in remote work since 2020. In the 2025 survey, the positive effects of remote work were ranked as follows: 1st: Reduced commuting burden, 2nd: Increased personal time and time with family, 3rd: Ability to work at one’s own pace. On the other hand, physical and mental health issues caused by remote work were ranked as: 1st: Eye strain, 2nd: Stiff shoulders, 3rd: Weight gain, 4th: Back pain. About half of respondents are aware of these health issues, and we are promoting initiatives to reduce presenteeism.
■Positive effects of remote work (multiple responses)
■Physical and mental health issues during remote work (Multiple responses)
■Awareness flyers distributed to employees
Initiatives for Lifestyle and Exercise Habit Improvement
Feedback to Managers on Overall Workplace Health Status via “Workplace Health Report”
The health of each individual employee contributes to improving the safety and well-being of the entire workplace. Accordingly, since FY2025 the Company has begun utilizing a “Workplace Health Report” to promote initiatives aimed at enhancing communication within the workplace. This report summarizes health trends for each workplace based on the results of regular health checkups and lifestyle surveys, enabling an understanding of health checkup results and psychological safety across the workplace, as well as providing tips for health promotion. To enable the effective use of this report, we are also conducting e-learning targeted at department heads, with a view toward encouraging daily communication, fostering a more supportive work environment, and contributing to the prevention of injuries and ill health.
■Workplace Health Report distributed to managers
Promote “Minnade arukatsu (Everyone’s Walking Activity)”
Our company encourages participation in the individual and team walking event “Minnade arukatsu (Everyone’s Walking Activity)” hosted by the health app “kencom,” introduced by the NTN Health Insurance Association, and many employees participate. Walking can be expected to have various effects, not only in preventing metabolic syndrome and lifestyle-related diseases, but also relaxation effects. Most participating employees walk an average of more than 8,000 steps daily, leading to improved walking habits among employees.
■Trends in Participation Numbers for “Minnade arukatsu (Everyone’s Walking Activity)”
Certified as Sports Yell Company Silver
Our company has been recognized as “Sports Yell Company 2026” by the Japan Sports Agency as a company that actively engages in sports activities to promote employee health. This marks our seventh consecutive year of recognition, earning the Silver title, which is given to companies with seven or more consecutive years of recognition. At our company, we position health-related measures as important management elements that affect the company’s sustainable growth, and we work to improve employee health and vitality through eliminating lack of exercise and sports activities, while also working to improve productivity.
Improve health literacy
Women’s health e-learning
As part of promoting health and productivity management, our company implements e-learning on the theme of working women’s health, with the aim of creating workplaces where everyone can work healthily and energetically, and improving employees’ health literacy. In fiscal year 2025, we focused on “menstruation and PMS,” which is one of the health issues that greatly affects work performance.
Understanding women’s health issues is essential for creating an inclusive workplace where women can work in good health and with confidence.
■E-learning content (excerpts)
Online AED seminar
Since 2008, we have been carrying out training to protect the lives and safety of our employees. In these sessions, many employees, including many from our affiliates around Japan, learn about responding to emergencies in the workplace, including knowledge of first aid and how to use AEDs. Looking ahead, we will continue to hold these sessions on a regular basis, including during National Occupational Health Week in October.
■Scene of AED seminar
E-learning for dietary improvement and exercise habit enhancement
The rate of abnormal findings in our company’s regular health examinations has been on a long-term upward trend. To reduce health risks and improve health literacy, we held e-learning sessions for all employees on the theme of dietary improvement and exercise habit enhancement.
■Trends in prevalence rates
■E-learning content (excerpts)
Collaborative Health Initiatives with the Health Insurance Association
Establishment of the Health Management Business Promotion Committee
The Company utilizes health and productivity management initiatives and health checkup and medical data to enhance the quality and effectiveness of health management programs, while efficiently promoting the health improvement of employees and their families, with the aim of controlling medical costs and improving productivity.
To this end, the Company, the NTN Health Insurance Association, and the NTN Labor Union have established a “Health Management Business Promotion Committee” as a framework for collaboration and cooperation.
This committee holds regular meetings to formulate medium- to long-term plans for health management programs, develop implementation plans, and analyze and evaluate results.