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CSR GUIDELINE 10 Pursue Social Initiatives

Results of Social Contribution Activities

2006
  • Sponsored "Musee d'Orsay" exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored the Fourth Japan Science & Engineering Challenge 2006, a science and technology contest for high school students. (sponsored by Asahi Shimbun).
  • Supported Science Camp, a hands-on science and technology program for high school students who intend to pursue careers in science sponsored by Japan Science and Technology Agency.
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by "the Shanghai Quartet". (Japan)
  • Sponsored the Sustainable Society Education Support Project (sponsored by Diamond, Inc.), a program that donates the book Tales of Life: Eleven Stories of Biodiversity to elementary, middle, and high schools throughout Japan.
  • Sponsored Japan Tent (sponsored by the Japan Tent Steering Committee), an event held in Ishikawa Prefecture that promotes international exchange.
2005
  • Sponsored "Vermeer String Quartet" concert. (Japan)
  • Sponsored U.S. Tour of Chikamatsuza of Shochiku Grand Kabuki. (U.S.)
  • Sponsored Art Deco Exhibit. (Japan)
  • Sponsored the Umewaka Kennohkai Europe Tour. (Germany, Latvia, France, Belgium)
  • Sponsored "Napoleon and Versailles" exhibition. (Japan)
2004
  • Sponsored "Flemish and Dutch Paintings from the Collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum WienVienna" exhibition (Japan)
  • Sponsored "Florence: The Birth of the Capital of Arts" exhibition (Japan)
  • Sponsored "Mirai Sen-i Ten (Fabric in the Future)" exhibition (Japan)
  • Sponsored publishing "Sekai-wo kaeru okane-no tsukaikata (The way you use money can change the world)" (Japan)
2003
  • Supported setting up "Re-birth", website of Masako Imaoka, photographer (Japan)
  • Sponsored "Shigeru AOKI and Romanticism in Modern Japanese Art" exhibition (Japan)
  • Sponsored performances of the Yukiza marionette theater (Japan)
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by "the Shanghai Quartet". (Japan)
  • Sponsored "Japan Science & Engineering Challenge" (Japan)
  • Sponsored performance in Paris by "Meiwa Denki" (France)
  • Sponsored "Monet and Renoir: Two Great Impressionist Trends" exhibition. (Japan)
2002
  • Sponsored "Masters of the Pardon Museum" exhibition (Japan)
  • Sponsored performances of the Yukiza marionette theater in France (France)
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by the "Vermeer Quartet" (Japan)
2001
  • Sponsored "Mohri's Colored Space Part5, SAYOKO" (Japan)
  • Sponsored Italy 2001 in Japan (Japan): Participated in the following exhibitions ;
  • "IL Rinascimento In Italia"
  • "Innovative Engineers of Renaissance"
  • "Italia E Giappone: Design Come Stile Di Vita"
  • "Masterpieces of Italian Majolica from the collection of The International Museum of Ceramics in Faenza"
  • "A Century of Italian Art-From 1990 to 2000"
  • "Artisans from the Palace of Florence"
  • Sponsored "Dufy" exhibition. Japan)
  • Submitted dress materials to "Mitsui Collaboration 2001-AMATERASU". (U.K.)
  • Sponsored Tokyo performance of "Juilliard String Quartet". (Japan)
  • Sponsored "the Coming of Age of CG" Toray DCA 5th Anniversary Exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by "the Shanghai Quartet". (Japan)
2000
  • Sponsored "The public and the private in the Age of Vermeer". (Japan)
  • Costume materials provided for the performance at the opera house in Luang. (France)
  • Sponsored the Umewaka Kennokai Noh troupe's tour of Germany, Netherlands. (Germany, Netherlands)
  • Kite materials provided for "the Wind Caravan Sanda". (Japan, New Zealand, Finland, Morocco, Mongolia, Brazil)
1999
  • Sponsored "History and Imagination in Goya's Etching" exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored "les coulisses de la mode" exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored "Masterpieces of The National Gallery of Art, Washington" exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by "the Vermeer Quartet" (Japan)
1998
  • Sponsored the "Treasures of Celtic Art" exhibition. (Japan)
  • Sponsored concerts in Tokyo by "the Shanghai Quartet" (Japan)
  • Sponsored "THE AIR WARE" exhibition by CG artist Daizaburo Harada. (Japan)
  • Sponsored The Toray Corp Shanghai International Marathon. (China)
  • Sponsored performances in Japan by "Orchestra Asia". (Japan)
  • Contribution of exhibits to and sponsorship of "Structure and Surface: Contemporary Japanese Textiles" exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA). (U.S.)
1997
  • Sponsored The Toray Corp Shanghai International Marathon. (China)
  • Sponsored Coutauld Institute Collection. (Japan)
1996
  • Sponsored the first China performance of "Orchestra Asia". (China)
1995
  • Presented a congratulatory curtain for "Nakamura-Kai Grand Kabuki" commemorating the centennial anniversary of Shochiku. (Japan)
  • Sponsored the first Japan performance of "Orchestra Asia", featuring traditional folk instrument form Japan, China and Korea. (Japan)
1994
  • Costumes produced and supplied for the Bunraku puppet theatre production of "Kotobukishiki Sanbanso". (Japan)
1993~1994
  • Toray Science Foundations established in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. (Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia)
1993
  • Costume supplied for the Bayreuth Opera's production of "Tristan and Isolde". (Germany)
  • Sponsored the Umewaka Kennokai Noh troupe's tour of Germany. (Germany)
1992
  • Costume materials provided for the production of "Turandot", performed at the opera house in Lyons. (France)
  • The Toray Arrows volleyball team visited Indonesia and Malaysia for a series of friendly matches. (Indonesia, Malaysia)
  • Toray produced and supplied the official uniforms for the Lithuanian team, competing in its first Olympics as an independent nation. (Lithuania)
  • Toray contributed one million dollars to establish a scholarship fund at the University of Rhode Island. (U.S.)
  • Using its Shingosen new synthetic fabrics, Toray produces and supplied the costumes for the Kabuki drama "Musume Dodo-ji". (Japan)
1991
  • Sponsorship provided for the Courtauld Institute of Art's first exhibition of drawings. (U.K.)
  • Noh and Kyogen performances at the Japan Festival in London are sponsored. (U.K.)
  • President of Toray Plastics (America) Inc. spoke at a periodical assembly of Harvard Business School graduates. (America)
  • Provided extensive cooperation in the production of the NHK TV series "Fashion Dream". (Japan)
1990
  • Sponsored Performances in France by the Umewaka Kennokai Noh troupe. (France)
  • Financially sponsored for the construction of a new building of Japanese School in Paris. (France)
  • Funds donated to the Indonesian Judo Association to build a national judo center. (Indonesia)
  • Toray Science Foundation established a scholarship system through CENTEX. (Indonesia)
  • Partially funded for the construction of a new community hall of Nakhon ChaiSi County through Thai Toray Textile Mills Public Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
  • Toray representative in Thailand made a donation to Thai Amateur Volleyball Association. (Thailand)
  • Through Toray Science Foundation, fostered basic studies of natural science carried out by Indonesian, Thai and Malaysian universities. (Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia)
1989
  • To commemorate the 30th Anniversary of Toray Science Foundation, started funding for basic studies of natural science at Southeast Asian universities. (Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia)
  • Found donated to Courtauld Institute of Art to assist relocation. (U.K.)
  • Financially sponsored for the acquisition and renovation of a building and donated for the purchase of educational materials and tools for Japanese School in Milan. (Italy)
1988
  • Costume and staging materials provided for the musical "Idamante", directed by Ennosuke Ichikawa. (Japan)
1987
  • Costume materials provided for the China performances of the opera "The Magic Flute". (China)
1986
  • Costume materials provided for the Kabuki performance "Yamato Takeru". (Japan)
1982
  • Swimming pool built with funds donated by Toray in Penang. (Malaysia)
1960
  • Established Toray Science Foundation. (Japan)

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