Lowell Sheppard, director Asia-Pacific of the Canada-based NGO HOPE International Development Agency is on his way back to Nagoya from Shinagawa.
He's been busy with a stream of meetings, relating to events planned for March 2-9 at the Tokyo Hilton, but in which the Nagoya Hilton will also participate, passing on 5 percent of selected second-floor restaurant profits to HOPE.
In Tokyo you will be able to get a charity haircut, with stylists donating their scissor skills daily. Also there'll be a travel and leisure auction — ¥10 million worth of international flight tickets, holidays and equipment, including Trek bikes — that allows supporters to bid online.