
Accept special greetings and best wishes for the New Year.
First, I would like to start by extending my heartfelt condolences to the families and victims of the Great East Japan earthquake. Also, I wish to express my sympathies to all the people who were in one way or the other affected by the disasters.
With You Group welcomes the new staff including Ms. Fumiko Tomizawa ? dentist and Dr. Kazuki Miura ? specialist in internal medicine. We have made some major achievements in 2011. One of which is that our two nursing homes GREEN and HONOKA did obtain the ISO 9001 certification. Moreover, Friends of IFA Japan (FOIFA) made some outstanding contributions in support of Akita City to join the WHO Age Friendly Cities Global Network.
In April this year, we will welcome a medical doctor to join the team in the hospice section in Sotoasahikawa hospital. This is to enrich the quality of service on palliative care in the hospital. Next is that construction work for two new group homes are programmed to start soon. Mr. Junya Ishigami the young and energetic architect who designed the group homes will give elderly housing a unique concept with great hopes for the future.
With You Group continues with positive steps working on various types of projects to make valuable contributions to our communities as well as create new sense of values in the world.