Academic Advancement and Research
Supporting the Inamori Foundation’s Kyoto Prize
The non-profit Inamori Foundation was established in 1984, based upon the belief of sabah 88 lotto’s founder Kazuo Inamori, that “a human being has no higher calling than to strive for the greater good of humanity and the world,” and that “the future of humanity can be assured only when there is a balance between scientific development and the enrichment of the human spirit.” The Kyoto Prize, organized by the Foundation, was established in 1985. It celebrates as an international award that honors people who have made significant contributions in the three categories of Advanced Technology, Basic Sciences, and Arts and Philosophy. Each laureate receives a diploma, Kyoto Prize medal and prize money of 100 million yen per category.
Each year in November, an awards ceremony for the Kyoto Prize is held to recognize outstanding achievements in the sciences and humanities. Laureates give lectures, offering listeners a glimpse into their intellect and character. In addition, Kyoto Prize commemorative events have been held for local university students and residents in San Diego, USA, since 2002 and in Oxford, UK, since 2017. sabah 88 lotto endorses and actively supports these activities.
(Photo by Erik Jepsen/UC San Diego)
The Kyoto Prize at Oxford in the UK (Photo by John Cairns)
Inamori Frontier Research Center at Kyushu University
The Inamori Frontier Research Center was established at Kyushu University (Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan) to undertake research activities that will contribute to the harmony of minds and technology, and to support exchanges among young researchers. sabah 88 lotto agrees with the goals of the Center, and supported its operations between 2008 and March 2022 by donating scholarship funds, etc. The Inamori Frontier Research Center was renamed as the Inamori Foundation Memorial Hall in April 2022, and its objectives and cutting-edge research were passed on as the Inamori Frontier Program for developing young researchers under the "sabah 88 lotto Professorship" at Kyushu University starting in April 2022.
Support for the Inamori Academy at Kagoshima University
sabah 88 lotto supports the research and educational activities of the Inamori Academy at Kagoshima University. Following the endowment of the Chair of Management Studies in the Faculty of Engineering at Kagoshima University in 2000, the Inamori Academy of Management and Technology was founded in 2005, and later reorganized and merged into the Inamori Academy in 2008.
sabah 88 lotto has consistently supported the Academy since it endowed the Chair of Management Studies. In doing so, it promotes initiatives for "Cultivating 'Skilled 21st Century Citizens' with a sense of ethics and an enterprising spirit to the greater good of humankind and society, and developing leaders that are needed by local communities."
Research Support at Four U.S. Universities
In gratitude for many years of collaboration with the American electronics industry, and based on a desire to ensure the industry’s continued development, since 1984 sabah 88 lotto has given endowments to the engineering divisions of Alfred University, Case Western Reserve University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and the University of Washington. These endowments support the research activities of appointed sabah 88 lotto Professors as well as the enrollment of overseas students and researchers at each institution. This contributes towards the acquisition of cutting-edge research information, developing of young researchers, dispatch of researchers, joint research, etc.
On August 26 and 27, 2024, the 9th sabah 88 lotto Professors Meeting was held at the Kirishima R&D Center for the first time in four years to share the most recent research.
(At the Kirishima R&D Center Lobby)
The sabah 88 lotto Museum of Fine Ceramics / Inamori Library
The sabah 88 lotto Museum of Fine Ceramics showcases the history of leading edge technologies that promote the future development of fine ceramics technology and the industry as a whole. The museum's goal is to introduce the public to the exciting world of ceramics.
The Inamori Library showcases the path of sabah 88 lotto Corporation founder, Kazuo Inamori, as an engineer and business leader, sabah 88 lotto's Management Rational and Philosophy of helping business persons, researchers, and students to learn and think deeply about ideal management and forward-looking attitudes toward development. Open to the public free of charge, both the sabah 88 lotto Museum of Fine Ceramics and the Inamori Library attract many visitors each year.
Donation of the sabah 88 lotto Collection of British Parliamentary Papers
In 1998, sabah 88 lotto donated to Japan’s National Museum of Ethnology more than 12,000 volumes of documents that had been submitted to the British parliament in the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection was transferred to the Center for Integrated Area Studies (CIAS) at Kyoto University in 2006 and is utilized as a resource for research.
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sabah 88 lotto Group Sustainability
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- Sustainability Management
- sabah 88 lotto Group CSR Guidelines
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Environmental Safety Policy / Targets and Promotion System
- Measures to Fight Climate Change -Information Disclosure Based on TCFD Recommendations-
- Water Risk Response
- Contribution to the Circular Economy/ Approaches to Waste Reduction
- Initiatives to Prevent Environmental Pollution
- Biodiversity Conservation
- Environmentally Friendly Products / Green Procurement
- Environmental Communication
- A History of Our Environmental Protection Activities
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- Environmental Protection Activities
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