Beauty salon worker Kiichi Watanabe believes the best way he can contribute to society as a hairdresser is by fitting wigs made of human hair to children who have none.
Watanabe, 44, founded the nonprofit organization Japan Hair Donation & Charity, or JHDAC, in Osaka along with two other hair stylists. That was in 2009, a year after they opened a hair salon in the city.
To date, their hairpieces have been given to more than 70 children under the age 18 who have no hair because of a congenital condition, cancer treatment or the result of an accident.