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Expo '90
Foundation
 | Name
of Organization | | |
The Commemorative
Foundation for the International Garden and Greenery Exposition, Osaka, Japan,
1990 (Expo '90 Foundation) |
| Date
of Establishment | | | November 1,
1991 | | Purpose |
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The Foundation was established for the continual commemoration
of Flower Expo '90. Its responsibilities are to manage the Expo '90 commemorative
funds and to promote activities to successfully promote and develop the main
theme of the Exposition -"the Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Mankind".
Through its activities, the Foundation will continue to contribute to and
cultivate a healthy and enriched society. |
| Board
of Directors | | | | Chairperson
: |
Mr. Takashi Imai
(Senior Adviser, Honorary
Chairman, Nippon Steel Corporation) | | Deputy
Chairperson : |
Mr. Shigetaka Sato
(Chairman,
Osaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry) | | President
: |
Dr. Yasuhisa Mitsui
(Visiting Professor, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies
Former Vice-Minister of Land, Infrastructure , Transport and Tourism) |
| | Office
Location | | | 2-136 Ryokuchi-Koen,
Tsurumi-ku, Osaka 538-0036, Japan
Tel : 81-6-6915-4500
Fax : 81-6-6915-4524
| | Main
Activities | | | | 1. |
Commemorative
Commendation - The International Cosmos Prize
| ・ | International
Cosmos Prize Award Ceremony (Annual) | | ・ |
Commemorative
Lecture by the Prizewinner (Annual) |
| | 2. |
Promotion
of International Exchanges with Regading Flowers and Greenery
| ・ |
Support
of Exhibition at Floriade '92 (Holland)
| | ・ |
Support
of Exhibition at Ameriflora '92 (U.S.A.)
| | ・ | Restoration
of the Japanese Garden at Vienna Horticultural Expo WIG74 (Austria) | | ・ |
Restoration
of the Japanese Zone in the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (U.K.)
| | ・ | Restoration
of the Japanese Garden in Szczytnickim Park (Poland) | | ・ |
Exhibition
at Florikulutura '98 (Philippines International Garden Festival) (Philippines) |
| ・ |
Restoration
of Arbors in the Japanese Garden Attached to the Main Botanical Garden of the
Russian Academy of Sciences (Russia)
| | ・ |
Support
of Exhibition at Kunming Horticultural Exposition '99 (China)
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| | 3. |
Documents
regarding Flower Expo'90 for Public Perusal and Distribution
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- Photos of flowers and greenery events, Expo '90 ............. 110,000
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Hi-Vision Films (High-definition TV), etc. ............. 500 hours
- Specimen
of Rafflesia--the largest flower in the world
- Publications, etc. |
| | 4. | Research
and surveys with regard to flowers and greenery (Sponsorship)| ・ | Research
and development of special greenification technologies (Organization for Landscape
and Urban Greenery Technology Development) | | ・ | Research
for the creation of floral spaces in urban areas (Japan Landscape Constructors
Association, Inc.) | | ・ | Research
and development of new distribution systems for flowers (Japan Flower Wholesale
Market Association) | | ・ | Research
and survey on the advanced use of flower market information (Nation-wide Perishables
Distribution Center) | | ・ | Survey
on the development and diffusion of new flowers and trees (Japan Nurserymen's
Association) | | ・ | Survey
on the supply of environmental greenification plants (Japan Greenery Research
& Development Center) | | ・ | Survey
on guidelines for the control and maintenance of the freshness of cut flowers
(Japan Flower Promotion Center) | | ・ | Creation
of guidelines for the control and maintenance of the freshness of cut flowers
(Japan Flower Promotion Center) | | ・ | Research
and survey on the effects/functions of flowers and greenery in life spaces | | ・ | Research
on the development of ground cover techniques (Organization for Landscape and
Urban Greenery Technology Development) | | ・ | Survey
of horticultural therapy in America (Japan Greenery Research & Development
Center) | | ・ | Construction
of a database for the international "Flora on the Earth" project (Japan
Society of Plant Taxonomists) | | ・ | Research
and development concerning the establishment of re-making landscape effects and
the purification of water quality by water-based living creatures (Saga Landscape
Constructors Association, Inc.) | | ・ | Symposium
on a Green City (Urban Green Space Development Foundation) | | ・ |
International
Symposium on a New Strategy for Water Environmental Research, 1997 (ANSWER '97) Kansai
Research Organization for Hydrosphere Environments.(KROHEN) |
| ・ | Survey
and analysis for greenification of the ground and habitat of trees (Fukuoka Landscape
Constructors Association, Inc.) | | ・ | International
Symposium to know the abundance of greenery (The Executive Committee for the Japan
Parks and Urban Green Fair in Niigata) | | ・ | Model
project for the adjustment of a participation system for volunteers in afforestation
(the Nation-Land Afforestation Promotion Organization) | | ・ | Open
classes for citizens on the occasion of the International Conference on Plant
Growth Substances (Organizing Committee) |
| | 5. | Sponsorship
of Events related to flowers and greenery| ・ | Japan
Flower Festival (Annual) | | ・ |
Flower
City Concours (Annual) |
| ・ | Urban
Green Space Fair in Osaka Prefecture | | ・ | Action
Plan Project for Parks in Osaka Prefecture | | ・ |
Flower
And Greenery Show Osaka - Turumi (FAGOT) (Annual) |
| ・ | The
International Flower Festival HANA RANMAN (Annual) |
| | 6. |
Other
Activities for the Propagation of the Basic Concept of Flower Expo '90
| ・ |
Cosmos
Forum '95 (1995)
"The Role of the Science in Building the 21st Century"
Akito
Arima (President, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research) Werner Arber
(Professor of Microbiology, University of Basel) Tokindo Okada (Director General,
JT Biohistory Research Hall) Claes Ramel (Chairman of the Environmental Committee
of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences) Peter H. Raven (Director, Missouri Botanical
Garden) Hubert Reeves (Research Director, the National Research Institute, Paris)
Tetsuji Shibata (Director, Research and Analysis Center, Editor Writer, Tokyo
Head Office of the Asahi Shimbun) | | ・ |
Cosmos
Forum '98 (1998)
"Time to lift our horizons"
Akito Arima (Minister
for Education, Culture and Science; Member of the House of Councilors) Haim Harari
(President, Weizmann Institute of Science) Edgar Morin (Senior Researcher, the
National Science Research Center, Paris) Keiko Nakamura (Deputy Director General,
JT Biohistory Research Hall) Francisco Varela (Professor, Paris Ecole Politechnique)
Shinya Izumi (Designer) | | ・ | Cosmos
Letter
Inviting candid discussions from leading scientists and intellectuals
in the world on "The Harmonious Coexistence of Nature and Mankind." |
| ・ | Cosmos
Seminars| ・ | 1995
"Coexistence
of Nature and Mankind in Urban Areas Role of Natural Science"
Kunio
Iwatsuki (Professor, University of Tokyo) | | ・ | 1995
"City
Planning and Urban Environments - Coexistence of Nature and Mankind in Urban Areas"
Shigeru
Ito (Professor, Keio University) | | ・ | 1995
"Coexistence
with Nature - Why must we protect nature?"
Tatsuo Kira (Prizewinner
of International Cosmos Prize 1995) |
| ・ | 1995
"Drop of Life, Stream of Life"
Keiko Nakamura (Deputy
Director General, JT Biohistory Research Hall)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa (Professor,
Nara Institute of Science and Technology)
Takafumi Tanimura (Craft Artist) | | ・ | 1996
"Nature
Observation Seminar for Insect-Loving Children '96"
Tokindo Okada (Director
General, JT Biohistory Research Hall)
Hiroshi Yoshikawa
Kozo Tani (Secretary
General, Kansai Dragonfly Meeting)
Takafumi Tanimura
Naomi Minami (Secretariat,
Nara Science Association)
Nobuko Hibi (Expert, Kashihara City Insectarium) | | ・ | 1996
"Stream
of Life from the Man-yo Era - Coexistence of Nature and Mankind"
Toshitaka
Hidaka (President, The University of Shiga Prefecture)
Toshiro Yasuda (Professor,
Takarazuka University of Art and Design)
Hironobu Ishino (Professor, Tokushima
Bunri University) Takakazu Yumoto (Associate Professor, Kyoto University) | | ・ | 1997
"Nature
Observation Seminar for Insect-Loving Children '97"
Takashi Hamada
(Director, Kanagawa Prefectural Museum of Natural History) and others |
| ・ | 1997
'97
Forum of Kokigawa River "Revive, rivers of our country"
Sakyo
Komatsu (Writer) et al. |
| ・ | 1998
- 2002
"Nature Observation Seminar for Insect-Loving Children"
Toshiro
Yasuda et al. |
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