Social Activities Engaging in a Wide Range of Social Contribution Activities In the US, San Jose-based Fujitsu Microelectronics, Inc. has for many years co-sponsored the “Run for the Kids” charity race with local television station KNTV-11. Over the past 12 years, the race has helped raise more than $600,000 to help support various child welfare programs in the area. In 1985, the 50th anniversary of Fujitsu’s establishment, we set up the Fujitsu Asia-Pacific Scholarship Program, whose mission is to provide opportunities for students and business people from the Asia-Pacific region to study the management styles and cultural values of the United States, Japan and China. The program seeks to help participants acquire a broader outlook on their regional neighbors, accompanied by deeper mutual understanding _ gains that will eventually benefit these individuals and their countries.  In the same year that JAIMS was founded, we also established the Foundation for International Information Processing Education (FINIPED), which supports training in information processing for students from Japan and overseas. FINIPED contributes to the development of information processing specialists in Japan and other countries by subsidizing trainees and researchers who pursue excellence in their fields at JAIMS and universities around the world. international perspective. A longstanding example of this is our continuing support of the Japan-America Institute of Management Science (JAIMS), which we founded in Hawaii in 1972. JAIMS’ mission is to contribute to human and economic development by educating and training managers from around the world to be effective leaders in an increasingly interdependent economy. Fujitsu is playing an active and expanding corporate citizenship role in such fields as international relations, the arts and social welfare. This section highlights our activities in this regard during fiscal 1999. Through our support of the Mathematical Olympiad Foundation of Japan, we are helping to foster mathematical creativity among gifted young people who will use their talents to contribute to the advancement of society. The foundation selects people to represent Japan in the International Mathematical Olympiad (IMO) and helps send them to the international event. Over the past decade, more than 11,000 Japanese high school students have participated in the Japan Mathematical Olympiad, and 60 have gone on to attend the IMO.  The IMO’s goal is to discover youth with exceptional mathematical abilities and give them an opportunity to further develop their gifts. This international competition offers youngsters who enjoy mathematics the chance to deepen relationships with those of similar interests, and to mingle with educators. Inaugurated in 1959 in Romania, the Olympiad is held in a different country every year. Japan, which first participated in the Fujitsu is engaged in various activities intended to promote the development of future business leaders who possess an GLYPH<H18567> Promoting the International Mathematical Olympiad GLYPH<H18567> Supporting education, academic research and international exchange GLYPH<H18567> Supporting the ‘Run for the Kids’ charity race 15 1990 IMO in Beijing, is slated to host the event in 2003, and Fujitsu will provide a full range of support. ye