The Nippon Foundation

The Nippon Foundation was established in 1962 as a non-profit philanthropic organization, active both in Japan and abroad. Since the beginning, our efforts to bolster the domestic development of this island nation of Japan have focused largely on the maritime and shipping fields. In addition, as the years have gone by, we have expanded our activities to include such fields as education, social welfare and public health, both within Japan and in more than one hundred countries to date. The foundations fundamental aim is the realization of a peaceful and prosperous global society, in which none need struggle to secure their basic human rights. As we work toward this goal, it is essential on the one hand to respect the different value systems embraced by the worlds many cultures, but on the other to transcend the political, religious, racial and national boundaries that divide the world. Our methodology, similarly, is founded on a continual effort to grasp the worlds evolving t...