Sports Activities

Concluded a Partnership Contract with the Boston Red Sox.


On February 15, 2007, Funai concluded an exclusive partnership contract with Major League Baseball team, the Boston Red Sox. Daisuke Matsuzake and Hideki Okajima both play as pitchers for the Red Sox and the team is attracting considerable attention both in the United States and Japan. The principal details of this contract involve display of the Funai logo and advertisements, such as displaying the Funai logo alongside the Red Sox logo on banners and backgrounds in special rooms when Japanese Red Sox players give interviews to Japanese mass media. Funai hopes that this partnership agreement between Funai Electric
and the Boston Red Sox will further establish and increase awareness of both parties' brands in Japan and the United States.

 

Funai Electric to support “Japanese-American Youth Baseball Exchange Program” sponsored by the Red Sox Foundation


This year’s program was organized to foster friendship and exchange between citizens of Japan and the United States by sponsoring 12 young people selected from youth baseball
teams in Kyoto and Chiba, who visited Boston for 11 days from July 25, 2008, where they were stayed with local families and were treated to baseball clinics at Harvard University
and played in friendly game with local teams. The participants also met with pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka at the home stadium of the Red Sox baseball team, which is supported by Funai,
and learned baseball tips from Red Sox pitcher Hideki Okajima. Through this and similar programs, Funai Electric supports youth development and international cultural exchange
through sports.

 

Red Sox Foundation

The Boston Red Sox Foundation is a philanthropic organization established in 2002 and managed by the Boston Red Sox baseball team. The foundation conducts activities with the goal of promoting the health, education, recreation, and social service needs of children and families across New England.


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