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| Honda (photo on the left, center) and Fujisawa (photo on the right, center) chat with employees |
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All 8,000 Honda employees gathered the following day, September 23, at the Kyoto City Gymnasium for the ceremony honoring the company's momentous 15th anniversary. The Kyoto City Fire Department Band was invited to provide music.
The ceremony took place in the gymnasium, in which the employees surrounded a circular podium placed at the center of the floor. The solemn mood was a complete change from the frenzied atmosphere of the All-Honda Friendship Game Finals for table tennis and volleyball, which had been held prior to the ceremony.
The 15th Anniversary Photo Album shows photos of President Honda and Senior Managing Director Fujisawa addressing the audience from the podium, and in their faces one can easily see they were brimming with pride and joy. The caption reads, "At this moment, our trust in the president and senior managing director reached its zenith."
"It's a shame that I can't recall what our Old Man (Honda) told us at the time," a participant recalls, "but I know I couldn't stop trembling. I was simply, overcome with excitement and inspiration."
The event, which had been proposed, planned and implemented by the employees of Honda in commemoration of the company's 15th anniversary, had in fact generated considerable excitement. It was a major force in the unification of employees on behalf of rapid progress for Honda Motor. |
