NTT has decided to distribute some of its headquarters functions in Tokyo to two cities, Takasaki City and Kyoto City, Gunma Prefecture, so that it can continue its operations even in the event of a large-scale disaster.
We will start trial operation in October this year and will verify the issues for full-scale introduction.
According to the people concerned, NTT has a policy of distributing some of the headquarters functions of the holding company in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo to cities other than Tokyo so that it can continue its business even in the event of a large-scale disaster such as an earthquake directly under the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Specifically, we have decided to establish new bases for disaster response departments and general affairs in Takasaki City and Kyoto City, Gunma Prefecture, where there are multiple transportation routes from Tokyo to the Shinkansen and the risk of tsunamis is low.
The company wants to establish a base other than Tokyo that can be used in the event of a disaster so that it can quickly grasp information, etc., so we started trial operation in October, verified issues, etc., and introduced it in earnest. We are going to proceed with the examination for.