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Students attend a sponsored course
A Nikon Optics Research Department has been established at Tokyo University. Sponsored by Nikon, this enables students to study topics that are not normally given priority at university: geometrical optics, aberration theory, and even practical lens design. The department offers tuition in a wide range of subjects that are in demand by the optical industry, including advanced ultra-high resolution optical technologies based on wave optics, and image-processing technologies employed in digital cameras. Through sponsoring education in optics with direct industrial links, Nikon hopes that many students will gain a deeper understanding and sense of affinity with the optical industry. The aim is to nurture top-class engineers who will lead Japan's optical industry in the future.
A class entitled "Let's try designing a camera lens" was held as a 2007 Spring Semester open seminar. In the Fall, as well as running a graduate course in optical engineering, Nikon participated in CORAL an educational consortium for advanced laser science established in the scientific research department of Tokyo University at its Hongo campus and conducted a pilot class entitled "Lens Design: From Basics to Praxis".
As part of its proactive social contribution activities aimed at fostering the next generation, Sendai Nikon has teamed up with local junior high schools and high schools for children with special needs to offer their pupils the opportunity to learn firsthand at its facilities. The company has also invited over 10 elementary, junior high, and high schools in the neighborhood. On these visits, the children are provided with talks on environmental activities.
Sendai Nikon employees strive to create a close relationship with the local community, for example by giving talks as part of the Sendai City Children's Science Program.
Visual acuity testing
At the Fourth Special Olympics* in Yamagata in March 2008,Nikon Essilor provided spectacle lenses free of charge to the athletes for the duration of the event. This was to assist one of the health check programs organized to promote the athletes fitness and ability to compete. Nikon Essilor will continue to provide such support for future events.
* Special Olympics (SO) is an international sporting organization that provides persons with intellectual disabilities with opportunities to partake in sporting activities and holds tournaments where they can display their sporting skills.
