2015 – No. 03

7 August 2015

Corporate Culture which employees create together with the local, 122 case studies
Announcement of Selection Result: Certification of Corporate Mecenat ‘This is MECENAT 2015’
In this year of ‘This is MECENAT’, 122 activities throughout the country have been selected –including 29 that have been ongoing since before 1990, referred to as ‘the first year of Mecenat’.
Selected activities diversely vary from gallery and museums, cultural awards system and lobby
concerts. The reason why Mecenat activities have been continued to be successful andstabilized, is because these activities have become cultural climate for coprorations.
‘This is MECENAT’ is the certification system to elicit Mecenat activities by corporations,
corporate foundations, and private activities federations, awarded by Kigyo Mecenat Kyogikai(Association for Corporate Support of the Arts). And this is the second year.

MECENAT Mark 2015
（certificated activiites）

From top left: Kitakagaya Creative Village (Chishima Real Estate. Inc), Hotel Okura Tokyo Lobby Concert 25, Utilizing the Sake Brewery for cultural activities（Hachinohe Shuzo Co., Ltd）
From Bottom left: Nihon Sinyaku Children Literature Award,Tonen General Children’s culture Award, Maintenance and management of kokindenjyunoma(Koindenhyunoma Kobai）

The selection was commenced by 5 judges, with Prof. Hiroshi Harashima (honorary professor of Tokyo University) as a chairman.

Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai (Association for Corporate Support of the Arts) http://www.mecenat.or.jp/en/
This is MECENAT http://mecenat-mark.org/en/
Kigyo Mécénat Kyogikai (Association for Corporate Support of the Arts) is a Public Interest Incorporated Association, a private association
which corporations and organizations involved in cultural sectors participate and corporate, for the purpose of social creativity by art andcultural promotion, and its business is varied such as the promotion of corporate mecenat, research/investigation, certification/award,exchange, and transmission of cultural promotion.
Chairman Mr. Tatsuyoshi Takashima (Chairman of dentsu Inc.)/ Mr. Motoki Ozaki (Chairman of the Board of Kao Corporation)
Members: 171 corporations and organizations/ 20 individuals (As of July 2015)[Contact] Public Relations: Marie Sakamoto

This is MECEANT /MECENAT Award: Aki Uchida & Emiko Shirota

Address: Aise Shiba Bldg. 8F, 5-3-2, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014 JAPANTelephone: +81-(0)3-5439-4520 | FAX: +81-(0)3-5439-4521 | E-mail mecenat@mecenat.or.jp /msakamoto@mecenat.or.jp
Association for Corporate Support of the Arts | Aise Shiba Bldg. 8F, 5-3-2, Shiba, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-0014 JAPANphone +81 (0)3 5439 4520 | facsimile +81 (0)3 5439 4521

「This is MECENAT 2015」List of Activities

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NAME OF GROUPSPLACENAME OF ACTIVITIESURBANET CORPORATION
Co., Ltd.
IHI Scube Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

ART MEETS ARCHITECTURE COMPETITIONTokyoAOI Pro. Inc
ASAHI-SHUZO SAKE
BREWING CO., LTD.

TokyoArt inn“Special Olympics Nippon” Our support in 2015: Production of their official
promotional film
SanDo Concert

Niigata

Asashi Breweries, Ltd.

Tokyo

Osaka Gas

Osaka

Chishima Foundation for
Creative Osaka
OKASHI NO KOBAI

Osaka

Open Storage for Large Artworks

Kumamoto

KOBAI ART AWARD

Kao CorporationTokyo

16

Kao Family Concert in Tochigi

171819202122

Kao Family Concert in SaijyoTokyoTokyo
Kyoto

Katolec
Canon Inc.
GRAND MARBLE
Keihan Electric Railway Co.,Ltd.
Kokindenjyunoma Kobai

Kumamoto Maintenance and management of kokindenjyunoma

KONICA MINOLTA, INC.

TokyoOsaka

23

Special Exhibition of JYUNICHI NAKAHARA'S Works
New Cosmos of Photography
Exhibitions/events management in Gallery PARCArtarea-b1

Deep sea exhibition

24
25

Asahi Beer Mecenat
Asahi Art Festival 2015
Sumida River Art Project 2015 "Enjoying Edo: Edo schemes, plots, and plans"
Asahi Beer Oyamazaki Villa Museum Of Art
Asahi Art Square
Asahi Beer Lobby Concert
Osaka Gas Healing Music Concerts, sponsored through the Small Light Campaign
Kansai Drama Support for OMS (Ougimachi Museum Square) Drama Awardmanagement
Support for High School OMS Drama Award

Aurora Exhibition seen from space
SUMMIT, INC.

Tokyo

Suntory Holdings Limited

Osaka

The 25th Ohmiya-Hachimangu “Suginami Hanagasa Matsuri”
Suntory & Japan Kogei Association Omoshiro Bijyutsu Classroom in Tohoku

26
27

The Vienna Philharmonic and Suntory Music Aid Fund

28
29

CBC TELEVISION CO., LTD
JTB Corp.

Aichi
Tokyo

CBC Club Culture Award (Kuchinashi Award)
JTB Interchange Culture Award

30

Shizuoka Shinkin Bank

ShizuokaThose local resources circulation type, people, dream building support activities

SHISEIDO CO., LTD.

Tokyo

Planning and Administration of Shiseido Gallery
Planning and Administration of Shiseido Art House
Editing and Publishing Hanatsubaki Magazine (incl. website and onlineapplication)
Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry

Showa Shell Sekiyu K.K.
NIPPON STEEL &SUMITOMOMETAL Arts Foundation

TokyoShell Art AwardTokyo

Kioi-Hall twentieth aniversary

Seven Bank, Ltd.

Tokyo

A Contribution for the Picture book "The Forest Warrior, Bonolon" to foster thenext generation.

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「This is MECENAT 2015」List of Activities
NAME OF GROUPS
3839

PLACEThe Piano Teachers' National Tokyo
Association of Japan

42

Sompo Japan Nipponkoa
Insurance Inc.

FACE Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Art Award
Sompo Japan Nipponkoa Puppet Theater “Himawari Hall”

TAISEI CORPORATION

Tokyo

45

Maison des Musées du Monde
Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

48
49
50
5152

Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd./DNP Foundation for Cultural Tokyo
Promotion

58

Web magazine artscapeCommunication Plaza Dot DNP
Louvre – DNP Museum Lab Workshops
Research Grants for Academic Studies Relating to Graphic Design and Graphic
ArtCenter for Contemporary Graphic Art and Tyler Graphics Archive Collection
Kyoto ddd gallery
ginza graphic gallery (ggg)

5354
55
5657

"Sompo Japan Nipponkoa's Smiles Delivering Troupe!"
Sends Out Encouragement to Children in a disaster-hit area
Galerie Taisei
DNP Kyoto Uzumasa Cultural Heritage Gallery

46
47

PTNA Piano Encyclopedia

Tokyo

43
44

PTNA Classroom Concert

Art Appreciation through Dialogue

4041

NAME OF ACTIVITIESTakenaka Corporation

Osaka

Takenaka Corporation/GALLERY A4Osaka

Chishima Real Estate Co., Ltd. Osaka

59

Quarterly PR Magazine [approach]
Maggie's CenterTo live in the City 16 Experiments of the Dojunkai
Let’s join the world with LEGO – The switch to ignite kid’s curiosity Kitakagaya Creative Village ProjectKitakagaya Minna-nouen (creative farm)60

DIC CorporationTokyo

Arbors of Art ： Eleven Rooms Where Paintings Reside6162
63

TOA Corporationdentsu
Tokyo International ForumHyōgoTokyoTokyo

TOA Music Workshop
Kokoku shogakko project
La Folle Journée au Japon 2015

64

Tokyo Midtown Management Tokyo
Co., Ltd.

65
66Tonen General Group
Toyoko inn Co., Ltd.

Tokyo
Tokyo

Tonen General Children’s Culture Award
ART FACTORY JONAN-JIMATOPPAN PRINTNG CO., LTD.

Tokyo

BIBLIOTHECA APOSTOLICA VATICANA EXHIBITION II Books, the Doors to theRenaissance

67
68

Tokyo Midtown Award 2015 (Art Competition & Design Competition)

Toppan Charity Concert

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「This is MECENAT 2015」List of Activities
NAME OF GROUPSPLACENAME OF ACTIVITIES

69

Toyota Master Players, WIEN

70
71
72

Toyota Choreography AwardNet TAM
Toyota Children Meet Artists Program73

Scientific Jack-in-the- Box! The Why/What Lecture

TOYOTA MOTORCORPORATION

AichiShimane
OsakaCraft in action

82

Nakamura Brace Co., Ltd.
THE JAPAN WOOL TEXTILECo., Ltd.
NIPPON SHINYAKU CO.,LTD.

Toyota Youth Orchestra Camp
Toyota Music Library
Toyota Lobby Concert
Toyota Community Concert
Toyota Automobile Museum Classic Car Festival
Toyota Automobile Museum Exhibitions
Nakamura Brace Iwami Ginzan Culture Award

Kyoto

Nippon Shinyaku Children Literary Award

83

Nippon Koei Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

Support activity for promoting reading at Japan-Kenya Friendship Sondu/Miriu
Public Library

NIPPON SHUPPAN HANBAIINC.
JAPAN TRANSOCEAN AIR
Co., Ltd.

Tokyo

Books for Kids to Big Dreams Project

Okinawa

JTA/RAC Aozora Competition

NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC.

Tokyo74
7576
7778
7980
818485868788899091

Cello Collection Vol.2Hakuju Institute for HealthScience Co., Ltd.

TokyoHACHINOHE SHUZO Co.,Ltd.

Aomori

94
95

98
99
100

Utilizing the Sake Brewery for cultural activities
Museum Lighting study for curators

Panasonic Corporation

Osaka

96
97

Art of eyes and ears – improvisation concert The 3rd Art ×Art × Art Nopera AOIThe 10th Hakuju Guitar Festa 2015 viva! España 292
93"Let's Learn Classes" about foreign exchange and stocks and "Donated courses
for universities" - to improve their financial literacy
Nomura Art Prize
Hakuju Bösendorfer Salon Concert Series Lunchtime Concert

Harada Co., Ltd.
Gunma
East Japan Railway Culture Tokyo
Foundation
NIPPON TELEGRAPH AND
Tokyo
TELEPHONE EASTCORPORATIONTokyoFUJIKAWA GALLERIES Inc.

Japan tour exhibition of Georges Rouault Collection
Art and cultural promotion activities in collaboration with Minato-ku andShiodome-gaiku
The regional contribution activity is executed through the art culture
Ekiconcert
NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]
Exhibition cooperation to art museum exhibition display plan101

FUJIFILM PHOTO SALON102Fujifilm's Photo History Museum demonstrates the archiving value of the cultureof photography and the historical development of cameras.

103104105

FUJIFILM CorporationTokyo

Heart to heart communication -" PHOTO IS" 30,000-person photo exhibition
The underlying principle of Fujifilm photo contests is to preserve and further
develop the culture of photography.
Fujifilm photo collections contribute to sustaining and developing the culture ofphotography
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「This is MECENAT 2015」List of Activities
NAME OF GROUPSPLACE106107

Hotel Okura Tokyo Lobby Concert 25

POLUS CO., LTD.
HOLBEIN WORKS. LTD.
MITSUBISHI ESTATE CO., LTD.
MURAOKA SOHHOMPO CO.,LTD.
YAMATO HOLDNGS CO., LTD.
Yuki Engineering Co., Ltd.
UNION TOOL CO.

Hotel Okura Music Award
Treasured works of Art – Charity Art Collection ‘The Feast of Beauty’ with theRimpa School, Seiho, Taikan and Shoen
Saitama MinamiKoshigaya- awaodoriOsaka
The 30th Holbein ScholarshipTokyo
Kira Kira Art Competition for children with disabilities
Activity to deepen the understanding of yokan, the Japanese traditional
Sagaconfection
Tokyo
Music TA-Q-BIN 2015 Family Concert
Fukuoka Journey of Dazaifu legend
Tokyo
UNION TOOL Classic Program

Recruit Holdings Co., Ltd.

TokyoRISO KYOIKU CO.,LTD.
Bank of The Ryukus, Limited.

Guardian Garden
Tokyo
The 16th TOMAS Concert
Okinawa Ryugin Bingata Design Contest

Hotel Okura Tokyo Co., Ltd.

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115116117118119Tokyo120121122

NAME OF ACTIVITIESCreation Gallery G8Kyoto International Music Students Festival 2015
ROHM Co., Ltd./Rohm Music Foundation

KyotoRohm Music Foundation Friends Concert Vol.2Rohm Music Foundation Scholarship Concert Vol.6～9

Activities between 1 April 2015- 31 March 2016 are registered in 「This is MECENAT 2015」.
For more details, please visit on our web archive http://mecenat-mark.org/ (available till the end of July)

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