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Mitsubishi Materials
Corp. has participated in Project Hope since 2005. To date, it has helped finance
the reconstruction of elementary school buildings in a village in Yunnan Province
near Tibet. The old school buildings were more than 50 years old, and could not
accommodate all their students. They also showed significant wear and tear–the
roofs were letting in water and parts of the buildings were even in danger of
collapse. Due to a lack of funds, however, the villagers could not renovate the
aging buildings by themselves. Through financial donations from the local government
and Mitsubishi Materials, the construction of the new school buildings could begin
in February 2006. In September the same year, the village celebrated the completion
of the new buildings. The children are now finally receiving their education,
without any obstacles to learning. |
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Since its establishment
in 1969, the Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs for support
to its programs.
Literacy education for the visually impaired
in Japan has traditionally been based primarily on Braille training, and there
has been little emphasis on the learning of kanji letters. Shizue Michimura, a
teacher at the Yokohama City School for the Visually Impaired, helped to establish
the Braille Learning Support Society and with assistance from Tokuma Iijima, President
of Kokusai Ukidashi Insatsu K.K., has began to produce practice books using embossed
printing technology. The books will include 1,006 characters, including numerals,
alphabet, katakana and hiragana and the basic Chinese kanji learned in elementary
school. |
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Since its establishment
in 1969, the Mitsubishi Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs
amounting to ¥12.9 billion for support to the natural sciences, the cultural
sciences, and to social welfare programs.
Between
1991 and 2005, the Mitsubishi Foundation has provided six grants to support excavation
and restoration work being carried out by Professor Yoshiaki Ishizawa, President
of Sophia University, on the ruins at Angkor Wat, in Cambodia. Professor Ishizawa
has spent many years working under extremely difficult conditions to excavate,
restore, survey, study and preserve the historical sight. |
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Since its establishment
in 1969, the Mitsubishi Foundation has sponsored a total of 2,630 grant programs
amounting to ¥12.9 billion for support to the natural sciences, the cultural
sciences, and to social welfare programs. Between 2000 and 2002, four Japanese
received the Nobel Prize. The Mitsubishi Foundation sponsored work being carried
out since 1992, by one of these recipients, Dr. Ryoji Noyori, who won the Nobel
Prize in Chemistry in 2001, for his research of asymmetric synthesis reactions.
This research has made a substantial contribution to the field of chemical catalysts
of asymmetric hydrogen origin. |
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The Kirin Group is a
long-time supporter of Japan’s National Soccer Team and has also been actively
involved in promoting the sport throughout the country in recent years.
Kirin holds sporting events at some of its factories and also collaborates with
the Japan Football Association in local activities that nurture an appreciation
of soccer among young children. The Company’s involvement in this popular sporting
event is only one of the areas in which Kirin is actively involved in enhancing
the quality of life for people everywhere. |
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| Starting members competing
with a Columbian team in the Kirin Cup Soccer 2007, held on June 5, 2007 |
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The “Able Art on
Stage” project offers disabled artists various opportunities to develop
their performing skills and natural talents in order to express themselves in
drama, dance and musicals. These splendid performances, in turn, give the public
many golden opportunities to view and appreciate the incredible contribution these
individuals are making to culture and society today. The Project is an innovative
approach to enhancing the creative spirit in all people, and provides the disabled
with splendid opportunities to express their talents in a broad range of artistic
medium. |
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Despite progressive
vision loss, Yuichi Takahashi, who works at IT Frontier, has become one
of the world's top runners. Currently he holds the world record in the men's
marathon and won a gold medal in Athens Paralympics. Recently he competed
in Tokyo Marathon and he is training hard for entry qualification and to
be the champion at the Beijin Paralympics.
IT Frontier supports and introduces his activities for better understanding
by more people on the efforts and achievements by a handicapped person and
believes it brings more courage to all. |
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It is challenging
for students with disabilities to participate in internships at companies
while still in school. The Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation has developed
a program that has accommodated more than 30 of these students, by providing
opportunities for them to gain valuable work experience in the offices of
Members of Congress. In 2000, Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA,
Inc. became the first Japanese company to win the Helen Keller Achievement
Award for its assistance to students at the American Foundation for the
Blind. |
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The Takenoko (bamboo
shoot) Program, jointly sponsored by the DaimlerChrysler Group and Mitsubishi
Fuso, aims to raise awareness in each other's culture and promote exchange among
high school students in Japan and Germany. The program name derives from the desire
that youth exchange activities between the two countries may build and grow extensive
networks among these students. In October 2006, about 40 German students came
to Japan and visited Mitsubishi Fuso's Kawasaki Plant. |
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