Tokyo — Kazuo Inamori, founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera, a philanthropist who sang the virtues of fairness and hard work, has passed away. He was 90.
Inamori, who founded major telecommunications company KDDI Corporation in He died of natural causes on August 24 at his home in Kyoto, Kyocera said on Tuesday.
Inamori founded Kyocera in 1959 as an insulator manufacturing company, with an investment of US$3 million ($22,000) from acquaintances.
As he struggled to build the company, Inamori brought his management philosophy that emphasized people, doing the right thing, and what he called “corporate behavior,” an old Japanese style equated to professionalism and ethical standards.
His pioneering ideas for modernizing Japan were based on the idea that workers and companies should be motivated not by greed, but by pure desire and ultimately the desire to serve society.
His ideas included the principles of fair competition, the need for fair profit-seeking and transparency of leadership, as well as the principles of living as a virtuous individual, for which he listed six principles: diligence, humility, reflection, gratitude, virtue, and detachment. .
“Superior people who seem to agree with their subordinates in all matters may appear to be loving bosses, but they spoil and corrupt their employees,” he wrote.
“True love requires an intense desire to know what is best for others.
In the year In the 1980s, Inamori founded Seiwajuku, a school to teach his management philosophy in more than 100 locations, half of them abroad, which has taught about 15,000 business owners and entrepreneurs worldwide.
Inamori in 2010 In 2010, Japan’s flagship carrier, Japan Airlines, or JAL, oversaw a revival from bankruptcy.
In the year In 1984, Inamori established the Inamori Foundation, a non-profit organization that annually awards the Kyoto Prize to recognize humanitarian contributions around the world.
Inamori All living things, including flowers and animals, want to live; He said that human beings are no different. He has repeatedly said that to do well, you have to love what you do, so you work harder than anyone else.
A private funeral was held with his family. Inamori is survived by his wife Asako and three daughters. A formal farewell service may be held later, but details have not been decided, Kyocera said.
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