The Sasakawa Peace Foundation
Date of Establishment: September 1, 1986
Mission: to contribute to the welfare of humankind and the sound development of the international community, and thus to world peace, by conducting activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation, as well as efforts to promote these activities
Activities: to undertake surveys and research, develop human resources, invite and dispatch personnel, organize international conferences and other forums, and conduct other activities fostering international understanding, exchange, and cooperation, as well as to collect, disseminate, and propagate information in order to carry out these and other activities necessary to accomplish the Foundation’s mission
Total Assets:
Endowment 50,000,000,000
Special Funds 29,500,000,000 (Units: ¥1,000, as of March 31, 2006)
Operating Expenses: 1,027,241 (82 projects, FY2005, Units: ¥1,000)
Program Guidelines
Regular Projects
I. Toward the Coexistence of Pluralistic Values
Initiatives in comprehensive understanding of civilizational issues
Initiatives in dialogue across cultures and civilizations
Rethinking of the economic development paradigm
A new era of science and bioethics
Dialogue and exchange on common regional issues
Information sharing and dissemination to the global community
II. Fostering Human Security and Private Nonprofit Activities
- Cooperation among NPOs, business, and the public sector
- Capacity building and institutionalization of private nonprofit activities Surveys and research on private nonprofit activities
III. Japan and Asia in the World
Japan’s structural change and East Asia
East Asian renewal and transfer of experience
Construction of a world economic system and the role of Japan and East Asia
Special Funds
The Sasakawa Pacific Island Nations Fund
Exchange projects that respect the values and cultural identity of each island society
Micronesia-focused projects aimed at promoting regional harmony
Projects that support education and training through the medium of distance education
Projects to promote networking among NGOs and NPOs operating in the region and to form linkages among Pacific island nations and Asian countries
The Sasakawa Japan-China Friendship Fund
Fostering human resources for twenty-first-century Japan-China relations
Deepening mutual understanding in the twenty-first century
Activities to promote Japan-China relations in the twenty-first century
Activities to advance the Fund’s international role
The Sasakawa Central Europe Fund
Enhancing mutual exchange between Japan and Central European countries and fostering human resources
The role of Central European countries in the twenty-first century
The role of NGOs in creating civil society
The Sasakawa Pan Asia Fund
People exchange
Human resource development
Research with tangible applications
The website of the Sasakawa Peace Foundation: Sasakawa Peace Foundation