Shofu Industries
- Successfully synthesized forsterite for the first time in Japan
- Developed unique electric-tunnel kiln
Kyocera Corporation
- Founded Kyocera with a lofty goal
- Created Amoeba Management
- Developed world’s first multilayer ceramic packages for ICs
- Tenaciously safeguarded employment despite oil shock, and maintained high productivity
- Successively acquired Cybernet Electronics Corporation and Yashica Co., Ltd.
- Awarded company stock to employees; everyone became shareholders
- Merged with US company AVX Corporation via international stock swap
- Successfully restructured Mita Industrial Co., Ltd.
- Successfully commercialized solar energy business
- Kyocera’s consolidated result trends since founding
KDDI Corporation
- Inamori asked himself, “Is my motive virtuous or selfish?” before entering telecommunications business
- Succeeded in outpacing competitors with long-distance call service
- Entered mobile telecommunications business, anticipating coming age of mobile phones
- First among three new common carriers to be listed on the stock exchange
- To benefit the public, ignore minor differences of opinion for the salce of greater common interests; Birth of KDDI
Japan Airlines Co., Ltd
- Took on task of reconstructing JAL
- Actions to change employee mentality
- Actions to improve profitability
Management and Accounting Principles
- Amoeba Management
- Kyocera Accounting Principles