As an international NGO, we address issues that transcend national borders, surpassing governmental efforts to overcome them. We work with problems such as education, health and food security: fundamental building blocks that, if missing, can undermine national capacities and lead to instability.

Our solutions lend speed and flexibility to societies' efforts to heal themselves, and our focus rests primarily on efforts that stimulate broad social change, such as human resources development. Foundation-funded scholarships and fellowships have reached roughly thirty thousand of the world's best and brightest, providing them with...continues



Recent News & Articles


[Mar. 11, 2010]

Art Brut Japonais Exhibit Opens in Paris


Dazzling Collection by Disabled Japanese Artists


[Mar. 10, 2010]

Japanese Contributions to China


A Japanese Essay Competition


[Feb. 26, 2010]

Attitude Change Needed To Save Environment


UNEP Sasakawa Prize Awards


[Feb. 24, 2010]

Amazing “Green” Inventions Light Up Peoples’ Lives


UNEP Sasakawa Prize Awarded For Ecological Initiatives