Japanese business pioneer, philanthropist Inamori dies at 90


              FILE - Japan Airlines' new chairman Kazuo Inamori listens to reporters questions during a press conference in Tokyo on Feb. 1, 2010. Inamori, founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera who also became a philanthropist singing the virtues of fairness and hard work, died Aug. 24, 2022 of natural causes at his home in Kyoto, western Japan. He was 90. Inamori also oversaw the revival from bankruptcy of Japan’s major carrier Japan Airlines, or JAL, in 2010, serving as a board member. (AP Photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)
            
              FILE - Japan Airlines honorary chairman Kazuo Inamori poses during a ceremony to mark its relisting at the Tokyo Stock Exchange in Tokyo on Sept. 19, 2012. Inamori, founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera who also became a philanthropist singing the virtues of fairness and hard work, died Aug. 24, 2022 of natural causes at his home in Kyoto, western Japan. He was 90. Inamori also oversaw the revival from bankruptcy of Japan’s major carrier Japan Airlines, or JAL, in 2010, serving as a board member. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
            
              FILE - Japan Airlines Chairman Kazuo Inamori, attends a press conference in Tokyo on Aug 31, 2010. Inamori, founder of Japanese ceramics and electronics maker Kyocera who also became a philanthropist singing the virtues of fairness and hard work, died Aug. 24, 2022 of natural causes at his home in Kyoto, western Japan. He was 90. Inamori also oversaw the revival from bankruptcy of Japan’s major carrier Japan Airlines, or JAL, in 2010, serving as a board member. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)
Japanese business pioneer, philanthropist Inamori dies at 90