Kazuo Inamori, Japanese mogul who became Buddhist monk, dies at 90

Kazuo Inamori, a self-made mogul in Japan’s postwar boom who portrayed work as an almost spiritual mission as he built powerhouse ceramics and telecommunications companies and then traded his business suits for the robes of a Buddhist monk, died Aug. 24 in Kyoto, Japan. He was 90.

Kyocera, a specialized ceramics and electronics firm he founded in Kyoto, announced the death in a statement.