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Embrace and Create Value via Ecosystems

I can do things you cannot. You can do things I cannot. Together we can do great things.

—Mother Teresa

Japan’s construction industry faces a fundamental problem: “one-third of the workforce is fifty-five and older, heading toward retirement, and younger people aren’t taking jobs in construction anymore,” says Tetsuji Ohashi, Komatsu’s chairman of the board and former CEO. By 2025, according to a projection by the Japan Federation of Construction Contractors, there will be a shortage of some 1.3 million skilled construction workers. Meanwhile, the need is only increasing. “The social infrastructure—roads, bridges, and so forth—is deteriorating, and the many natural disasters we have in Japan, like ...