Corporate Citizenship
The Kyowa Hakko Kirin Group is committed to making a meaningful contribution to the betterment of society through communication with the local communities, the support for the science instruction to the young people who bear the next generations.
The Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation
The Kato Memorial Bioscience Foundation was established in 1988 in conformity with the desire of the late Dr. Benzaburo Kato, the founder of Kyowa Hakko Kogyo Co., Ltd. (current Kyowa Hakko Kirin), to promote the progress of bioscience.
By offering research grants, the Foundation supports and encourages young researchers who aim to conduct basic and creative studies in Japan or to attend international scientific meetings.
The Foundation also provides financial supports for scientific congress held in Japan. By 2011, the Foundation has provided grants to 494 research projects, 623 participants in international meetings, and 130 conferences in the fields of medical science and biotechnology. The total amounts of the grants have reached 1.11billion yen.
Science Experiment Classes (community activities)
To show how interesting and enjoyable science is, education in scientific experiments is carried out in each area.
Since 2000, at the Tokyo Research Park (Former the Kyowa Hakko Bio Frontier Laboratories), volunteer researchers have visited elementary, junior high and high schools, and carried out science education on demand with gene structure and useful microbes as their theme in specialty vehicle (Bio Adventure wagon ) that has complete experiment equipment set on board. At other work locations, volunteer employees as the core, are working in community based junior science education.
