"One team will consist of four people. Once you have organized a total of seven teams, immediately go and assess the damage situation."
Sapporo Beer Sendai Plant Manager Nakamoto Shigeya Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1961. Joined the company after graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Osaka University. Worked in the brewing fields at plants and research laboratories across the country, from Osaka to Hokkaido. Has held current position since 2009.
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Sapporo Beer Sendai Plant Manager Shigeya Nakamoto Born in Shizuoka Prefecture in 1961. Joined the company after graduating from the Faculty of Engineering at Osaka University. Worked in the brewing field at plants and research laboratories across the country, from Osaka to Hokkaido. Has held current position since 2009.
When he gave these instructions, Shigeya Nakamoto realized remove background image that they had entered an "unknown stage." There was no manual, and from now on, he, the factory manager, would have to make many snap decisions and motivate his subordinates.
Thirty minutes had passed since the large, long-lasting tremor. Sapporo Beer's Sendai Factory in Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture, is the company's oldest factory, celebrating its 40th anniversary this year. On March 11, about 150 people, including those from outside companies, were working at the factory. The 150 people acted according to the disaster prevention drills that were carried out every year in the spring and fall. A rescue team rescued an employee of an outside contractor who had fallen from a high place while working on the construction site on a stretcher. They put him in an ambulance and sent him off, and within 30 minutes of the earthquake, they confirmed the safety of all the people involved. Everyone first evacuated to the ground near the main gate. A response headquarters was set up in a large conference room in a building across from the ground and the road on the premises, with Nakamoto at the center.
If this had been training, we would have ended the training here. "We were able to do it a little faster than last time. Let's try our best again next time," he said, and the training ended. However, this time it was not training, but a rare real battle. Powdery snow was falling, and the temperature was beginning to drop.