Takeya Yamasaki (second from right), executive director of tea ceremony school Chanoyu International, presents The Japan Times President Takeharu Tsutsumi with a ¥419,000 contribution to The Japan Times Readers' Fund at the daily's head office in Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo on Dec. 16. The funds will be distributed mainly to overseas charities, particularly those operating in Asia, that help people in need secure better access to education. | YOSHIAKI MIURA