About Us
Mono Zukuri Vocational Research Institute, LLP
Member
Yoshikazu Tanaka, Editor, Parnas Co. Ltd
Yoshihiko Yagisawa, Photographer, Atom Co. Ltd
Yoshikazu Kashiwazaki, Editor/Writer, Ecru llc
Office
Toshima-ku,Tokyo, Japan
E-mail
info＠jskill.jp
What is “Mono Zukuri” ?
“Mono Zukuri” is a key phrase used in Japan to describe the action of bringing into existence by shaping, modifying, and put together materials in the workplace. The phrase contains two words, the first is “Mono”, objects and visible entity, and the second is “Zukuri”, derived from verb “tsukuru” which implies shaping materials or making objects. So “Mono Zukuri” denotes manufacturing and producing something useful with practical skills and techniques to solve problems.
In childhood, we were probably enjoying building a castle of sand, constructing a house of LEGO, and baking cake of toy. Having an interest in “Mono Zukuri” is the common ability given to every person.
Although most people cannot spend a day without help of a lot of products with which manufacturers provide, most young people except for who are studying and major in manufacturing do not know exactly how the skilled people involved with “Mono Zukuri” including planning, designing, managing resources, using tools and operating machines for handling work in the shop floor.
It is very essential to let present youth to whom will be handed over the future, particularly in Junior and senior high school, have more positive attitude to contribution to society and build their career with “Mono Zukuri”.
Vision
To encourage the young generation to be interested in learning vocational skills and to enhance the social status of skilled workers by introducing those young skilled people who engage in “Mono Zukuri” in the various fields. We give opportunities to know the message from and the attitude of young skilled people who compete at the skill competition such as WorldSkills.
Mission
- To tell young people, especially to junior and senior high school students in Japan, how important they have a dream and make efforts to overcome the wall to achieve it.
- To provide information as teaching materials to school teachers, which is useful for students to build their professional career in industry and commerce.
- To create new media that enables young skilled people in Japan and overseas to share knowledge and thought of experiences in training skill and to help connecting between people.
- To introduce the value of vocational skills which are needed to realize the wide variety of technical innovation and to provide new products and services with fine quality.
Corporate Timeline
2007 |
As the host media of the 39th Worldskills competition held in Shizuoka, Japan, our LLP was assigned to taking and editing still photographs of youth competitors.
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2008 |
Our LLP jointly conducted the educational project, in cooperation with Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and NHK Enterprises, Inc., that sent the medalists awarded in Worldskills competition held in Shizuoka to the Junior and Senior high school in Japan who demonstrated their skills in front of students so that they were able to more easily understand the vocational skills.
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2009 |
As the official media of Japanese team which competed in the 40th WorldSkills competition held in Calgary, Canada, our LLP was assigned to taking and editing still photographs of youth competitors.
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