Thirty little reporters for the Yomiuri Shimbun visited Yatsushiro Mill on August 6, 2005. The visit takes place each year, as part of the “Yomiuri Summer Social Studies Lesson” hosted by the Yomiuri Shimbun. Yatsushiro Mill has offered the children opportunities to act as “reporters,” as one of the regional public associations and enterprises that support the Kyushu region. The children were full of energy when they arrived at the Mill. After watching a video on the Mill, they listened intently to explanations on the paper manufacturing process and took notes as if they were real newspaper reporters. They then observed the manufacturing process for de-inked pulp and newsprint making machines. On the last day of the summer recess, the best reports (compositions) among those written by the young reporters were printed in the Yomiuri Shimbun.   Children listen to general explanations in a seminar room   Did you know there are vertical and horizontal sides to papers?   Peeping into the DIP (ink removal) process   The children seemed astonished at the piles of waste paper →Go Back to Major Activities