| Support in Managing the Kyoto Prize Ceremony |
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| Kyushu University's Inamori Frontier Research Center |
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| In 2008, Kyocera began sponsoring scholarships in support of the newly founded Inamori Frontier Research Center at Kyushu University. The center's goal is to foster collaboration among young researchers through activities that create harmony between advanced technology and the human spirit. |
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| The Kyocera Management Philosophy Course at Kyoto University |
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| The Kyocera Management Philosophy Course was created at the Kyoto University Graduate School of Management to enrich students through exposure to an organized system of management philosophy, a curriculum not previously available. Through these courses Kyocera helps cultivate well-rounded business professionals who understand universal management philosophies and corporate ethics. |
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| Inamori
Academy Building at Kagoshima University |
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| In September 2008, a new lecture building named Inamori
Academy Building was opened at Kagoshima University. Kyocera
supported establishment of the facility. In 2000, the Kyocera Chair
of Management Studies was established in the Department of
Engineering. In 2005, the course was expanded and upgraded to
a university-wide organization
named “Inamori Academy of
Management & Technology.”
In 2008, it was reorganized
into the Inamori Academy. The
academy offers education aimed
at comprehensive cultivation of
human strengths. |
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| Contribution to Alfred University (New York, USA) |
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| In March 2005, Kyocera established the Kazuo Inamori
School of Engineering at Alfred University (New York State,
USA). The university is renowned worldwide for education
and research in ceramics and glass. Fine ceramics research
is conducted at the Kazuo Inamori School of Engineering,
which features a Fine Ceramics
& Nanotechnology Laboratory
and “Inamori Professorships.”
Additionally, construction of the
Inamori Kyocera Fine Ceramics
History Museum is advancing
toward opening in 2010. |
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| Support for the Nanostructures Research Laboratory |
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| The Japan Fine Ceramics Center established the Nanotech Center in April 2007 using its core technologies for evaluation and analysis in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology that were developed through fine ceramics-related research. Kyocera supported the establishment of this laboratory, which is engaged in advanced R&D activities such as microstructure analysis using electron microscopy and computational material design employing first-principle calculations. |
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| Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics |
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| The Kyocera Museum of Fine Ceramics was opened in 1998, on completion of the new Kyocera Headquarters building. The purpose of the museum is to contribute to further development of fine ceramic technology and the industry by displaying the process by which Kyocera developed its fine ceramic technology over the years. The museum includes a library with a collection of books and reference materials on fine ceramics. A similar facility was opened in the Kokubu plant in Kagoshima Prefecture in 2001. |
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| The Kyocera Collection of British Parliamentary Documents |
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| In 1998, Kyocera donated to Japan's National Museum of Anthropology over 12,700 volumes of British parliamentary documents (dating from the 19th century), encompassing some 8 million pages and regarded as one of the world's most valuable resources for the study of modern history. The documents, now known as the Kyocera Collection, were transferred to the Center for Integrated Area Studies at Kyoto University (CIAS) in 2006. |
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| Support for the Japan-China Shejang Civilization Survey |
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| Kyocera provided the funds and technology required for scientific research undertaken by the Japan-China Yangtze River Civilization Survey in China when it started in 1995. In addition, with Takeshi Umehara, former director of the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Kyocera participated in excavation and research of various sites including the Long-maguchen Baodung ruins in the upper reaches of the Changjiang River. The results of this research led to the rewriting of histories for ancient civilizations around the world. |
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| Kyocera Professorships at Universities in the United States |
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| Kyocera Professorships were established at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Case Western Reserve University in 1984, and the University of Washington in 1985 with the purpose of promoting further development in research related to fine ceramics. |
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