News 2017
Social Innovators Selected
The Nippon Foundation will hold its second Social Innovation Forum on November 17-19, 2017, at Tokyo
Number of Persons Achieving Japanese Citizenship Reaches 200
The number of Japanese descendants left in the Philippines as children after World War II who have o
1st Coast Guard Global Summit to be Held on September 14
The Nippon Foundation and the Japan Coast Guard held a press conference on July 18 to announce the C
2017 ‘Umi-to-Nippon’ Events Across Japan
Marine Day The Umi-to-Nippon Project (The Ocean and Japan Project), a joint project of the Cabinet O
7 J.League Teams Assist with LTO 2017
“Leads to the Ocean” (LTO) is a joint project of The Nippon Foundation and Umisakura, an NGO that re
Number of Visitors to National Hansen’s Disease Museum Reaches 400,000
The aggregate number of visitors to the National Hansen’s Disease Museum, located in Higashimurayama
UN Human Rights Council mandates appointment of Special Rapporteur on leprosy
United Nations Office (Geneva, Switzerland) Yohei Sasakawa, chairman of The Nippon Foundation, WH
Temporary Relocation of Offices
The Nippon Foundation will temporarily relocate its offices while renovations are carried out at our
Volunteer Partnership Signed with Tokyo 2020
The Nippon Foundation on June 15 signed a partnership agreement with the Tokyo Organising Committee
Proposal for Intergovernmental Panel on Ocean Governance
The Nippon Foundation Chairman Yohei Sasakawa proposed to establish the intergovernmental panel at
New capacity-building projects aiming to achieve SDGs
UN Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs Miguel de Serpa Soares and The Nippon Foundation Chair
Announcing the Launch of Seabed 2030
Yohei Sasakawa announces the launch of Seabed 2030 at the Oceans 8 award ceremony The Intergovern
Asian Women Social Entrepreneurs Network Conference
The Asian Women Social Entrepreneurs Network Conference, a project supported by the Nippon Foundatio
Yohei Sasakawa Receives Health and Human Rights Award
ICN First Vice President Masako Kanai-Pak (left) presents the Health and Human Rights Award to Yohe
Flower Shop & Café Employing Persons with Disabilities Opens in Central Tokyo
The Flower Ring Project, a joint project of The Nippon Foundation and the Lorans group, which provid
Yohei Sasakawa Receives WHO Medal
Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, was awarded the WHO Medal by World Health Organiz
Japan’s Negative Legacy of Leprosy
The National Sanatorium Kuriu-Rakusenen is a leprosy sanatorium located in northwestern Gunma Prefec
Training for Caregivers of Seriously Ill Children
The center’s pamphlet, ‘Bridging Lives’ Tottori University Hospital’s Children Home Care Support C
Japanese Descendant’s Shuseki Application Approved
Oligario Aguan Nagata, a resident of Mindanao Island in the Philippines and the child of a Philippin
Press Conference Marking Start of Fiscal 2017
The Nippon Foundation held a press conference at its Tokyo headquarters on April 3 to announce its b
