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...paring down to about half of its 110 group firms, and slashing unprofitable international and domestic routes. JAL's shares - which hit an all-time low of 3 yen Tuesday afternoon from a high of 213 last March - will also be delisted from the Tokyo Stock Exchange. Kazuo Inamori, founder of technology company Kyocera, is expected to take over from JAL's president Haruka Nishimatsu, who resigned on Tuesday...
...hope that these Kyoto Prizes will encourage balanced development of both our scientific and our spiritual sides, and hence provide new impetus toward the structuring of new philosophical paradigms,” said Foundation President Kazuo Inamori...
...November, the Inamori Foundation will present Whitesides with the Kyoto Prize—including a 20-karat gold medal, a diploma and 50 million yen (about $400,000) in Kyoto, Japan this November. The foundation awards three such prizes annually to individuals who have made significant contributions to the development of mankind in the fields of advanced technology, basic sciences and the arts and philosophy...
...Their achievements will have contributed significantly to mankind's scientific, cultural, and spiritual betterment; and, perhaps most importantly, they must be people who have been sincerely motivated to improve the human condition," Inamori continued...
According to Jay C. Scovie, spokesperson for the Foundation, "the goal of the Inamori Foundation is to recognize outstanding life long achievements that have served to advance society or contribute to the betterment of human kind...