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class="l-gnav-new-contents__main__list__item">Innovation</a></li></ul></div></nav><form class="header-search" action="/search" method="get" role="search"><input type="text" title="Type search word here" name="pb_kw" tabindex="0" placeholder="Search Here" class="header-search__input"><button type="submit" tabindex="-1" class="header-search__submit"><img src="/assets/img/ico_search.svg" width="16" height="16" alt="Search" /></button></form> </header>   <main class="main"> <section class="p-mv"> <h1 class="p-mvLead"> <span class="p-mvLead__text1">The Ajinomoto Group is</span> <span class="p-mvLead__text2">contributing to <br class="only-sp">the well-being <br>of all human beings, <br>our society and our planet <br>with “AminoScience”.</span> </h1> <div class="p-mvLead2"> <p class="p-mvLead2__text1">Eat Well, Live Well.</p> <p class="p-mvLead2__text2">That’s what has driven us since we launched our flagship product AJI-NO-MOTO<span class="text-reg">®</span> umami seasoning over 100 years 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We have always been dedicated to helping people build good health. And now more than ever, we are committed to the well-being of people, society and the planet.</p> </div> <ul class="p-mvSlider"> <li class="p-mvSlider__item" id="mv1"> <div class="p-mvSlider__img"></div> </li> <li class="p-mvSlider__item" id="mv2"> <div class="p-mvSlider__img"></div> </li> <li class="p-mvSlider__item" id="mv3"> <div class="p-mvSlider__img"></div> </li> <li class="p-mvSlider__item js-show js-animated" id="mv4"> <div class="p-mvSlider__img"></div> </li> </ul> <div class="p-movieBtn"> <a href="javascript:void(0);" class="p-movieBtn__link js-btn__modal2-click" data-modal2="conceptMovie">Concept<br>Movie</a> </div> </section> <div class="p-modal-video2" data-modal2="conceptMovie"> <div class="container--narrow is-modal-video"> <nav class="p-modal-video__nav"> <input type="image" data-video-close="" class="p-modal-video__nav__close js-btn__modal2-close" src="/assets/img/ico_close.svg"> </nav> <di> <div class="p-modal-video2__content"> <style> 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.removeClass('js-animated'); break; } if(num > 0) { mv_main_stop(); } if(!stop) { // MV.timer = setTimeout(mv_main, MV.speed); MV.timer = setTimeout(mv_main, MV.speedArr[next]); } } // デバッグ用 const mv_main_stop = function(){ clearTimeout(MV.timer); } let MV = { timer: null, speed: 2500, speedArr: [0, 1400, // 2つスライドイン 3400, // 「The Ajinomoto Group is」 5400, // 「contributing to〜」 3800, // 文字消える、2つスライドイン 240, // 3枚目消える 9800 // 「Eat Well〜」 ], current: 0, count: 10, init: function(){ // this.count = $('.p-mvSlider__item').length; //初期表示 $('#mv1').attr('data-status', 1); $('#mv2').attr('data-status', 1); $('#mv3').attr('data-status', 1); MV.timer = setTimeout(mv_main, MV.speed); // mv_main(); } } $(function(){ // MV MV.init(); }) </script> <section class="p-actions"> <div class="c-semicircle"><img src="/assets/img/ico_arrow_bottom_red.svg" alt=""></div>  <h2 class="c-heading1 u-ta_center">Our Actions</h2> <section class="slider__wrapper"> <div class="swiper-container js-swiper-container"> 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