Society
We contribute to society through our support for culture, sports, and education.
Menicon Cup
Menicon Cup is a junior high school club youth soccer all star game that we have been supporting since the first event in 1995. Up to now, more than 150 of the athletes who have participated in the Menicon Cup have gone on to have careers in professional teams both in Japan and abroad, so it can be said that this event is a real stepping stone toward becoming a pro. Just as there is the term "eye contact" in soccer, vision plays a very important role, and Menicon provides the joy of sight while supporting young people's challenge and potential.
Menicon Annex
Originality and challenge. This is our spirit, having inherited Menicon's DNA. Using our history and our corporate culture fostered by it as a point of contact for interaction with our community as well as aiming for the creation and transmission of new culture, we created the Gallery Menio and Hitomi Hall in the Menicon Annex building in 2011. The facilities are also used by local residents and young people interested in the arts.
Sports Vision
The ability to see things moving, depth perception, being able to instantly grasp information, being able to accurately assess one's surroundings: as a group these types of vision required for sports are called "sports vision". Menicon contributes to the development of sports which researching how to improve performance and its relation to the power of sight.
Educational support for the leaders of tomorrow
Young people will be the leaders of the next generation and their success is paramount to a sustainable society.
Menicon contributes to human resource development by actively participating in activities to support students' education.
Fighting blindness in Africa
In Italy, our subsidiary SOLEKO S.p.A., supports the Associazione Medici Oculisti per l'Africa (AMOA onlus), a non-profit organization contributing to African society. AMOA onlus consists of ophthalmologists aiming to support men, women, and children without distinction of race or religion in Africa to fight blindness. They not only provide medical care but are also working to establish a self-sufficient system and train local staff who can guarantee continuity of service into the future. To support their projects, we have provided them intraocular lenses that have been implanted into the eyes of patients in need.