Contribution to the Local Community

Expansion of Times CAR for the Revitalization of Local Communities

Revitalization of Local Communities through Collaboration with Local Governments and Public Transportation Agencies

In collaboration with local governments, we are actively taking action to revitalize local communities by offering a service that benefits users in combination with the use of rail transport, car sharing services, and tourist attractions. We also offer car sharing services as transport infrastructure in sparsely populated areas where the population is decreasing due to outmigration, the aging population, and the decline in birth rate. In doing so, we are taking actions that help revitalize these areas by offering a means of transport and attracting tourists.

Examples of our initiatives​

2022
2022
  1. Expansion of Tourist Car Sharing Business Area in Kyoto
  2. Introduction of Times CAR Welfare Vehicles by Kyoto Katsura Hospital 
  3. Collaboration with Five Local Governments in Environmental Development and Revitalization of Local Communities in the Mozu-Furuichi Kofun Group Area (*Service has concluded)
  4. Expansion of Tourist Car Sharing Business Area in Kyoto
2021
2021
  1. Launch of Transportation IC Rail & Car Share with Tobu Railway
2020
2020
  1. Collaboration with the Miura Peninsula for the Revitalization of Local Communities
  2. HAYAKAKEN Rail & Car Share Promotion with the Fukuoka City Transportation Bureau
  3. Expansion of Tourist Car Sharing Business Area in Kyoto

Holding judo classes for children

PARK24’s Judo Club holds free judo classes for elementary school children every week for the purpose of youth development and to broaden the base of those practicing judo. Classes were cancelled between 2020 and 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic but started back in April 2023. For more details, please see Information about the PARK24 Judo Club(別窓で開く).

​Conducting educational activities to promote zero on-street parking ("Parking Day")

In 1998, the PARK24 GROUP registered August 9th as "Parking Day" as a commemorative day in the hope that "even just one day out of the year, we would like people to think about the various social problems caused by on-street parking. Every year around August 9th, the PARK24 GROUP conducts educational activities to promote the elimination of on-street parking.

Donation activities

Support for Areas Affected by Natural Disasters

We called Times CLUB members for donations of Times POINTS to aid areas afflicted by natural and other disasters, and contributed collected funds to the Japanese Red Cross Society and other entities. The PARK24 GROUP also donated the same amount to these entities.

May 2022
May 2022
  1. UNHCR Ukraine Emergency Fund
December 2019
December 2019
  1. Japanese Red Cross Society's 2018 Typhoon Hagibis Disaster Assistance Fund
November 2018
November 2018
  1. Japanese Red Cross Society's 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi Earthquake Disaster Assistance Fund
  2. Central Community Chest of Japan's Typhoon Jebi Disaster Relief Funds
August 2018
August 2018
  1. Japanese Red Cross Society's Cash Grant for Japan Floods and Landslides 2018
June 2016
June 2016
  1. Japanese Red Cross Society's 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake donations and relief funds
October 2014
October 2014
  1. Hiroshima City 8/20 Torrential Rain Disaster Assistance Fund
October 2011
October 2011
  1. Japanese Red Cross Society's Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Relief and Recovery Plan

The Foundation for Orphans from Automobile Accidents (FOAA)

Each year since 2002, on August 9 (Parking Day), we make a donation to the FOAA to provide aid for traffic accident orphans. Times CLUB has introduced a system under which Times POINTS are exchanged with money to be donated to FOAA.

Donation to the National Land Afforestation Promotion Organization (Green Fund)

Times CLUB has introduced a system under which Times POINTS are exchanged with money to be donated to the Green Fund. This fund supports various greening projects including planting in the nearby environment, forest maintenance, spreading and raising awareness about green and forest environmental education.

Related SDGs

GOOD HEALTH AND WELL-BEING
QUALITY EDUCATION
PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE GOALS