Aiming to improve ophthalmic medical access in developing countries and to avoid illness and ophthalmic diseases by conducting appropriate testing, diagnostics, and treatment, we have formed partnerships with international and local organizations to promote literacy in ophthalmic treatment and support activities in order to educate eye care professionals and improve their skills.

HOYA Vision Care Company (eyeglass lens business) has partnered with Orbis International, a global nonprofit and nongovernmental organization dedicated to saving eyesight worldwide. Together, HOYA and Orbis support work in communities to help bridge the vision care gap. Through their network, HOYA has supported Orbis in mentoring, training, and inspiring local vision care teams in underserved and rural areas, enabling the fight against preventable blindness in their own communities. Working together to develop the Cybersight digital education platform, which connects vision professionals to training materials from across the world, HOYA and Orbis have a shared vision to prevent avoidable blindness.

In April 2023, the Orbis Flying Eye Hospital visited Japan for the first time for a joint event held with HOYA at Kansai International Airport. The participants included the CSO of HOYA, people involved in eye-related Life Care businesses such as the HOYA Vision Care Company, Eye Care Division (contact lenses), and IOL Division (intraocular lenses), as well as ophthalmology store owners invited by HOYA. The event provided an opportunity for participants to deepen their understanding of Orbis’ worldwide activities to support ophthalmic treatment using an airplane. Click here for a video of the event.

The rapid pace of myopia has become a global health issue, and it is said that by 2050 approximately five billion people, roughly half of the world’s population, may be affected by nearsightedness.*1
HOYA Vision Care Company entered into a partnership with the International Myopia Institute*2 in March 2022 to promote the prevention, treatment, and management of shortsightedness.
In addition, HOYA Surgical Optics (intraocular lens business) has entered into partnerships with the European School for Advanced Studies in Ophthalmology (ESASO)*3, which supports the education of ophthalmologists around the world. HOYA Surgical Optics has donated surgical devices (equipment and intraocular lenses) to ESASO’s facilities in Lugano and Lublin and their clinical application specialists support ESASO’s training teams in wet labs with surgeons.