| Support for Kyoto Sanga F.C. |
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In response to requests by local residents to create a professional soccer team in Kyoto, Kyocera supported the establishment of the Kyoto Purple Sanga (now Kyoto Sanga F.C.) in 1994. In agreement with the vision of the J-League's fs 100-Year Project, through which professional soccer teams strive to become community-based organizations, the Kyocera Group believes that supporting community activities is the responsibility of local companies. Kyocera, along with municipal governments and other prominent companies, strongly support the Kyoto Sanga F.C.
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| Establishment of Scholar-Athlete Project |
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| Kyocera established the Scholar-Athlete Project with Ritsumeikan University and Kyoto Purple Sanga (Kyoto Sanga F.C.) in 2005 to develop world-class professional soccer players. Kyocera provides the project with both material and intellectual support. |
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| Support for Promotion of Youth Soccer |
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| Along with community sports promotion, Kyocera supports soccer as a way for youth to cultivate healthy minds and bodies. Kyocera supports the Sanga Cup Kyoto Youth Soccer Tournament, in which children from Kyoto Prefecture participate. Also, in places such as Kyoto and Kagoshima, Kyocera holds soccer classes led by Kyoto Sanga F.C. professional coaches. |
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| Support for National Wheelchair Ekiden Road Relay |
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| The National Wheelchair Ekiden Road Relay is held in Kyoto every year to encourage people with disabilities to excel in sports and society, enhancing understanding and recognition of people with physical challenges. Kyocera has supported the Ekiden Road Relay since the first race was held in 1990. |
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| Supporting the Pink Ribbon Movement |
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| Kyocera concurs with the aim of the Pink Ribbon movement to
promote early detection and diagnosis of breast cancer. In 2008,
Kyocera began selling pink-colored fine ceramic kitchen ware. Part
of the profit from these goods
is donated to the Japan Fund
for Breast Cancer, run by the
Japan Cancer Society. Similar
donation activities are being
undertaken in North America
and Australia. |
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| Support for the Olympic Training Center in California |
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In 1995, as a part of our community support efforts, Kyocera contributed to the establishment of the U.S. Olympic Training Center in San Diego, the home of Kyocera's first U.S. manufacturing facility. The center's four grass fields form the Kyocera Soccer Complex, used by local residents as well as olympians in training.
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| Recent Disaster Relief Support |
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Many Kyocera Group companies worldwide have made disaster relief donations, and have organized employee charity drives.
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San Diego, United States (California Wildfire Relief) |
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Niigata and Fukui, Japan (Flood Relief), Niigata Chuetsu (Earthquake Assistance), Indian Ocean (Tsunami Disaster Relief) |
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United States (Hurricane Katrina Relief), North Pakistan (Earthquake Assistance) |
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Indonesia / Central Java (Earthquake Assistance) |
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2007 |
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Niigata Chuetsu, Japan (Earthquake Assistance) |
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2008 |
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Central and Southern parts of China (Snow Disaster Relief), Sichuan, China (Earthquake Assistance) |
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