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NPO

Alex “Rami-chan” Ramirez
COMMUNITY / Our Lives / The Big Questions
Mar 1, 2024
Baseball star Alex Ramirez’s NPO helps special kids
Founder of Vamos Together, Venezuelan Alex Ramirez played for Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants, then became manager of the Yokohama DeNa BayStars
Noriko Tanaka of the NPO Mothers' Radiation Lab Fukushima — Tarachine collects seawater samples to measure for radioactive materials in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture, on June 13.
JAPAN
Aug 6, 2023
Fukushima mothers take on radioactivity watchdog role
Comprising 13 members, a nonprofit is taking measurements from fish and seawater, driven by serious concerns over the upcoming discharge of radioactive water.
Japan Times
BUSINESS
Jun 20, 2018
Trump's migrant child detentions mean $458 million for nonprofit minder
The Trump administration plans to pay a Texas nonprofit nearly half a billion dollars this year to care for immigrant children who were detained crossing the U.S. border illegally, according to government data.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / How-tos / LIFELINES
Feb 7, 2018
Bringing the great outdoors to Japan's underserved children
Almost 39,000 children are under government supervision in Japan, and 85 percent are institutionalized in various homes around the nation, according to Human Rights Watch. Last August, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare made good on its 2016 revisions to the Child Welfare Act by announcing a new plan of "family-based care," but in the meantime, a local nonprofit organization is working hard to bring the outside world to these institutionalized children: the world of nature.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 4, 2017
Poll in four Asian democracies finds Japanese the most pessimistic about future
Japanese are the most pessimistic about the future of their country among people in four Asian democratic countries, a joint survey by think tanks showed Monday.
Japan Times
LIFE / Digital / ON: TECH
Mar 18, 2017
Spring improvements: Learn to program, exercise for charity and then pour the perfect beer
Ways to build a better understanding of coding
JAPAN / Politics
Sep 30, 2015
NPO criticizes government for inappropriate document control during Constitution debate
A Tokyo-based nonprofit organization on Wednesday criticized the Cabinet Legislation Bureau for failing to keep any public records of internal discussions leading up to the landmark Cabinet reinterpretation of the Constitution to lift the country's ban on collective self-defense.
Japan Times
JAPAN / GENERATIONAL CHANGE
Mar 1, 2015
Educator brings fresh learning opportunities to Tohoku youths
For Kumi Imamura, 35, an award-winning educator, setting up a place of learning for children in the disaster-hit Tohoku region was the natural next step in her career.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Aug 3, 2014
NPO headed by ex-defense chief suspected of defrauding Tepco
A former employee of an NPO headed by former Defense Minister Fumio Kyuma is arrested for allegedly swindling about u00a512 million from Tokyo Electric Power Co.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 11, 2014
Japan-South Korea survey shows both concern, hope about relations
Nearly 60 percent of Japanese and around 70 percent of South Koreans told a recent survey they are concerned about deteriorating public sentiment against each other and that efforts should be made to improve them.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Society
Jun 11, 2014
Charity group looking forward to Cote d'Ivoire match at World Cup
A nonprofit organization in Gifu Prefecture that has been working for years to donate used shoes to children in Cote d'Ivoire has an interesting weekend ahead as Japan plays its opening World Cup soccer match against the African nation's team.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2014
Women's group aims for sustainable rural lifestyle
It was the taste of fresh tomatoes, corn and figs delivered from her father that persuaded Nahoko Niwa to wind up her eventful urban life and become a farmer.
JAPAN
Feb 19, 2014
Forum offers chance to learn about working for NPO
People who want to work for a nonprofit organization will have a chance Saturday to learn firsthand what the job entails at the NPO Shigoto Forum 2014 in Tokyo, a job fair focusing on nonprofits and nongovernmental organizations.
JAPAN
Jan 29, 2014
Women's rights NGO says Momii must resign
A group that sued NHK over Japanu2019s u201ccomfort womenu201d is calling on its new chairman to resign for his comment that u201call countriesu201d had similar wartime systems.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Nov 22, 2013
NGO helps towns ignored on Leyte
International Children's Action Network, a nonprofit organization based in Nagoya, is providing aid to Leyte Island after Typhoon Haiyan devastated the central Philippines on Nov. 8.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 30, 2013
Young people starting to warm up to finding employment with NPOs
An increasing number of young Japanese are seeking jobs with nonprofit organizations because they want to get involved in addressing social problems.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Sep 16, 2013
NPO offers medical services to Myanmar
A group of doctors, nurses and volunteers from Japan are providing medical services in Sagaing, Myanmar.
Japan Times
JAPAN / CHUBU CONNECTION
Jan 25, 2013
Aichi NPO helps the homeless land work and get off welfare
A program run by a nonprofit organization in Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, to hire homeless people and help them get back on their feet is bearing fruit a year and a half after its inception.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world