KYOCERA Invites Forty Chinese Children to Japan
The Eighth Friendly Exchange Mission of Chinese Children
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(This document was translated from the Japanese press release.)
July 27, 2005
Kyocera Corporation (Chairman and CEO: Yasuo Nishiguchi) is conducting a tour for the Friendly Exchange Mission of Chinese Children visiting Japan as a part of its social activities. Under the exchange mission, children from China are invited to Japan for nine days from July 31 to August 8 this year. A total of 40 children from Beijing and Tianjin will be given opportunities to visit Japanese schools and stay at the homes of Kyocera employees to experience the Japanese way of living. Kyocera hopes the tour will help children from China get to know Japan and cultivate their awareness of international society and the need to build good relations between China and Japan. Kyocera also hopes the tour will be an inspiring and exciting experience for the Asian children.
<Schedule for the Eighth Friendly Exchange Mission of Chinese Children to Japan>
Period: eight nights and nine days from Sunday, July 31 to Monday, August 8, 2005
Itenerary:
Sunday,
July 31 |
Arrive at Narita Airport |
Brief orientation at the hotel |
Monday,
August 1 |
Sightseeing in Tokyo |
Visits to National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation, Tokyo Tower and other venues |
Tuesday,
August 2 |
Wednesday,
August 3 |
Travel to Kyoto |
Visit to Ritsumeikan Junior & Senior High School (Biwako-Kusatsu Campus) and meet the students for cultural exchange |
Thursday,
August 4 |
Sightseeing in Kyoto |
Visits to Kyocera head office, showrooms, Zhou En-lai Monument and other venues |
Friday,
August 5 |
Travel to Kagoshima
*Have a home-stay for two nights and three days at the homes of Kyocera employees |
Courtesy call on the City Office of Kokubu.
Visit to Kyocera Kokubu Plant and meet the host families |
Saturday,
August 6 |
Attend a summer evening party at the Kokubu and Sendai Plants |
Sunday,
August 7 |
Farewell party with host families |
Monday,
August 8 |
Travel to Osaka |
Brief farewell meeting at Kansai International Airport. Leave Japan for home |
Participants: As a rule, children from the fifth to the ninth grades in the designated areas(20 children from Beijing, another 20 from Tianjin).
Number of participants: Nine supervisors and 40 children, 20 boys and 20 girls.
<Scenes from the visit to the head office last year>
Visit to the Kyocera showroom
Visit to Daigo-Nishi Elementary School, Kyoto
<Brief background>
Shortly after Kyocera was established, the current Chairman Emeritus Kazuo Inamori visited the United States on business, and was exhilarated by the experience of witnessing a different culture. Based on his experience, Kyocera has invited children from other countries to Japan each year since 1976. His desire is to offer children the opportunity to experience the culture of another country during their youth, while they are still impressionable and their views are unbiased. Kyocera hopes the experience will help these children widen their views and become capable of making judgments from a broader perspective. Children participating in the tour can learn many things by coming to know a different culture and by experiencing heart-warming exchanges with the local people. The tour has helped expand the network of international exchanges at the non-government level.
This year marks the eighth year of tours targeted at the children of China. The tours started in 1997 when 10 children from Dongguan City, Guangdong Province, were invited. The area from which participants are drawn has expanded since 2001, and the number of children invited has increased. Invitations are extended to children in three areas that have a close connection to Kyocera, namely Beijing, Shanghai and Dongguan City in Guangdong Province and Guiyang City in Guizhou Province. Children from these areas are invited alternately each year. This year, 20 children from Beijing and 20 children from Tianjin, the fifth city newly added, making a total of 40 children, will visit Japan.
<Note>
Those wishing to report on or take photographs of the Friendly Exchange Missions of Chinese Children to Japan are asked to contact Kyocera's Corporate Communications.
<Reference>
1. Kyocera Overseas Study Tour
The tour started in 1976, and ended with the 25th tour in 2000 because its objectives were attained. Initially, it started with the dispatch of 20 children of our employees in Japan to the United States. The scope was expanded in the fifth year, 1980, and a total of 40 children, including 20 elementary school and junior high school students who were also invited from the public, traveled overseas each year. The number of participants changed from time to time, but altogether, 860 elementary and junior high school children visited the United States as part of the tour over the past quarter century.
2. Horizon Tour
This tour started in 1978, two years after the Overseas Study Tour started, and ended with the 25th tour in 2002. It initially started out by inviting to Japan eight children of employees of our affiliates in the United States. In line with the expanding scope of participants and the number of invitees on the Overseas Study Tour in 1980, calls for participants from the public also started in the United States. Since then, 30 elementary and junior high school children from the United States have been invited to Japan each year. The number of participants changed from time to time, but altogether, 508 children participated in the tour during the 25-year period.
3. The Friendly Exchange Missions of Chinese Children to Japan
The establishment of our affiliated company Dongguan Shilong Kyocera Optics Co., Ltd. in July 1996 served as the starting point for the Japan-China Friendship Tour. The tour has been held on four occasions since 1997. Ten elementary and junior high school children were invited to Japan from Dongguan City in Guangdong Province each year, and the number of participants totals 40. The area and number of invitees for the tour expanded in 2001, and the tour has been renamed the Friendly Exchange Missions of Chinese Children to Japan. So far, 140 children have participated in the tour.
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