Takane Electric Co., Ltd.

03 HomesInto the rooms where people live

The Regional Division works in homes where people live: lighting, air conditioners, ventilation fans, communications such as fibre-optic cable, and voltage changes. When a unit falls vacant, the electrics are put right before the next residents move in. The division also repairs common-area lighting and replaces intercoms.

When S. M. (joined 2020) started out, the work included fitting dedicated outlets for air conditioners and helping to run spare fibre-optic lines. On the spare lines, S. M. said:

“If a spare line gets kinked, it becomes useless, so we handle it with particular care.”

Y. S. was hired as Takane Electric’s first woman site worker. At her previous company, she had inspected equipment such as pumps that draw water up from underground. At her interview, she heard from Yumiko Murakami, then president, that the company wanted more women workers who could handle sites on their own. The work is not mainly a matter of physical strength, Y. S. says, so once it is learned, women can do it. The job advertisement also states that women electricians are welcome.

On site, the work includes replacing worn outlets and light bulbs. Much of it takes place in units that have just been renovated, and in rooms that have been cleaned she takes particular care. The next person to enter will be the resident, so nothing may be left dirty. Y. S. gave one example of what she can do:

“For example, not leaving shoe marks in the entrance after the work.”

04 LearningA book a senior colleague ordered

S. M. joined as a part-timer on a friend’s recommendation and became a full employee eight months later. Looking back on those first days, S. M. named one book.

“What stayed with me was that a senior colleague gave me a book as a present to celebrate my joining.”

It was the same book the colleague had read to pass the Class 2 Electrician exam, ordered online. S. M. studied with it and checked on site whatever was unclear. When a calculation problem caused trouble, the colleague at the next desk offered help.

S. N. accompanied site work for two weeks on a university internship, kept working part-time afterwards and joined the company after graduating. S. N. went on to qualify as a Class 1 Electrician and can now take on work in larger buildings such as apartment blocks and office buildings.

“With encouragement and advice, the sense of achievement when I can do something I couldn’t do before is like nothing else.”

Next, S. N. said, the aim was to qualify as a Fire Protection Equipment Engineer and extend the work to automatic fire alarm systems. The company pays the full cost of national qualification exam fees and training courses.

According to S. M., everyone is serious at work, but in the vans and back at the office they get on well and it is lively. In 2025, Takuhiro Murakami became Representative Director, with his elder brother Yuji Murakami alongside him as Director. Seventy years have passed since the founding, and more than forty since the head office was built in Matsugaoka.

Around 16:30, the site is tidied up and everyone gets into the vans. Around 17:00 the vans return to the head office and the paperwork is put in order. The working day ends at 17:30; on days when they can leave early, they leave the office at that time.