Learning and Education

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. accepts junior and senior high school students from children's homes as participants in a work experience (internship) program organized by the NPO Bridge for Smile. As part of this program, the company offers clock disassembly and assembly classes to allow participating children to experience what it means to work, what kinds of jobs are available, and how joyful it is to make things while interacting with Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. employees, thereby encouraging them to think about their own future. Teaching these classes provides the company’s employees with the opportunity to deepen their knowledge of social issues, such as the existence of children living in children’s homes and the reality that these children must leave the home and live on their own after reaching the age of 18.

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. is dedicated to supporting classes for comprehensive inquiry-based learning at junior and senior high schools across Japan with the aim of helping students develop the qualities and skills necessary to effectively address challenges and to reflect on their personal lifestyles. To serve this aim, the classes are designed to apply inquiry-based perspectives and approaches to navigate a rapidly changing society, thereby achieving comprehensive, interdisciplinary learning. Specifically, the company endorses and participates in the TWICE PLAN corporate internship program, which focuses on practical problem-solving education, and supports students from participating schools by assigning them diverse tasks, interacting with and advising them in the solution process, and providing feedback on their presentations. By helping hone their critical thinking, decision-making, and communication skills, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. contributes to developing the proactive personalities, career perspectives, and ethical awareness they will need when becoming adult members of society in the future.

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. endorses the philosophy of Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) Japan, which works to promote and raise awareness of an international forest certification system run by the FSC. In 2024, the company sponsored the organization’s Learning Program and 5th FSC Award for junior high and senior high school students.

This learning program has been developed by FSC Japan for use in junior and senior high school classes throughout Japan to create and raise awareness of the current state of forest destruction and the importance of forest conservation and the FSC logo among the students. The FSC Award is given in an idea contest held to popularize the FSC logo for forest conservation. The top prize winners are designated to serve as FSC Junior Ambassadors. To pass on our rich forests to the next generation, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. will face the responsibility of using precious forest resources on a daily basis and will continue to work with FSC Japan to popularize the FSC logo.

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Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. employees visit local elementary schools to serve as instructors in outreach classes for comprehensive learning to share their commitment to manufacturing wristwatches and the company’s environmental initiatives. These classes are designed to give children insights into how companies engage with society and to provide them with the opportunity to interact with working professionals other than their teachers, thereby encouraging them to contemplate their own future paths.

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. and CITIZEN WATCH MANUFACTURING CO., LTD. make active efforts to offer watch assembly workshops to children as an enjoyable opportunity for them to learn how to assemble a watch with the aim of sharing with them knowledge of watches and the appeal of manufacturing.
Since 2023, Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. has hosted parent-child watch assembly workshops at its Tokyo Works during the summer vacation season, where children can have an exciting experience learning about watches with their parents. Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. also holds watch assembly workshops as part of local events.
Since 2007, CITIZEN WATCH MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.’s Iida Plant has taken part in Iida City’s Super Science Promotion Project for youth development by holding hands-on workshops to assemble watches titled “You are the future ‘Meister’!” for children and their parents. Since 2013, the company’s Tohoku Kitakami Plant has displayed an exhibition at Kids Job Kitakami Oshigoto Park, a work experience event for elementary school students in Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture.

CITIZEN WATCH MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.’s Tohoku Plant offers plant tours to children and the local community with the aim of fostering an interest in manufacturing and promoting communication with children and local residents. In cooperation with Kitakami City, Iwate Prefecture, the company is widely encouraging participation by posting information on the city’s website and in the directory of local companies. Many schools in Kitakami City as well as other parts of Iwate Prefecture and people from other prefectures participate in the tours.

Citizen Watch Co., Ltd. and CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD. have jointly opened a store on the free social experience mobile app “Gokko Land” (provided by KidsStar, Inc.), where children as next-generation leaders can enjoy learning about how society works through games. By doing so, both companies aim to provide children with the opportunity to feel a sense of accomplishment in making things and obtain new knowledge. The app has a total of approximately nine million registered users, with the games in the app having been played a total of six million times (as of February 2026).