Policy on Contributing to Furthering Art and Culture
Established to promote art and culture, the Daikin Industries Foundation to Promote Modern Art supports a wide range of activities including exhibitions by the National Museum of Art, lectures, academic research, and publications. Overseas as well, we support local culture through the sponsorship of music festivals and other events.
Supporting Art and Music
The Daikin Industries Foundation to Promote Modern Art
The world's outstanding artistic and cultural works transcend national borders. Daikin is committed to bringing the joy of these works, and the creativity they inspire, to a wider audience. This desire has compelled Daikin to focus on promoting art and music.
In March 1996, Daikin Industries established the Daikin Industries Foundation to Promote Modern Art to mark the company's 70th anniversary on October 25, 1994. In the foundation's first year, Daikin Industries donated ¥200 million for the basic fund, followed by another ¥200 million after three years. With another donation of ¥100 million in 2004, Daikin's 80th anniversary, total founding so far amounts to ¥500 million yen.
The foundation supports a wide range of projects designed to teach art appreciation, such as exhibitions at the National Museum of Art, Osaka (NMAO), lectures, publications, surveys, and research. Our goal is to contribute to the revitalization of culture and art in our home territory of Osaka by promoting museum activities.
National Museum of Art, Osaka (4 Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan Museum director: Toshio Yamanashi)
Established in 1977 in Expo Park, Suita, NMAO was established to collect, preserve, and research works of art in order to contribute to Japanese art and spotlight its relationship to art worldwide.
Beloved as Osaka's only national museum, the NMAO was relocated to Nakanoshima in November 2004 due to aging of its former facilities. All the exhibition halls are located below ground in a temperature- and humidity-controlled environment. The new museum contains 13,487 square meters of floor space.
The museum strives to represent new artistic trends by presenting exhibits focusing on modern art. In recent years, it has hosted a wide range of educational projects for both adults and children. It clearly plays an important role in promoting the Japanese art world.
For more information, please visit the NMAO website
Daikin Supports the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra
Daikin Industries supports the Osaka-based Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra. Formed in 1970, it became a specified nonprofit corporation in 2003. The orchestra is an integral member of local society, giving community concerts at its practice hall and hiring as many local musicians as possible.
Daikin has supported the Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra and since 2007 Daikin CEO Noriyuki Inoue has been a director on the orchestra's committee.
Other Organizations Supported by Daikin Industries
- New National Theatre, Tokyo
- National Museum of Ethnology
- Kaitokudo
- Kyoto National Museum
- Osaka Wasso Cultural Exchange Association
- EU-Japan Fest
- Keio University 150th Anniversary Commemorative Ceremony
- Ogura Hyakunin Isshu Project
- Osaka City Dome Co., Ltd. (contribution)
- Kansai Science City and Higashiosaka-Osaka Yumehanna Cooperative Project
- Musée d'Orsay, Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, and Shōsōin Exhibitions
- Takarazuka Vega Music Competition
- Japanese Red Cross Society, Osaka Chapter
- Midosuji Illumination
Policy on Contributing to Furthering Art and Culture
