[1] The project was largely the brainchild of Katsumi Kawamura, the former president of DIC, founder and first director of the museum, who had been collecting art since the 1970s.

[1] The Kawamura Memorial Museum contains artwork by a wide selection of American, European and Japanese artists, including special exhibitions of the works of Mark Rothko and Frank Stella.

[2] According to a DIC management decision, partially attributed to shareholder pressure,[3] the museum will close on February 1, 2025.

[4][5] According to DIC corporation, the museum has had a positive impact on the image of the company.

[6] Former president Shigekuni Kawamura commented that 'customers...evaluate us highly as a cultivated, international company which is not concerned solely with its business.