Toward Human Security

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/security

Many problems like poverty, famine, disease, and armed conflict are regional or global issues that t...

In the Cause of Life

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/life

We reinforce social safety nets and provide support to enrich irreplaceable human lives, so that peo...

Hospice Program

https://www.shf.or.jp/en/other_activities/hospice_network/

The Nippon Foundation Suicide Prevention Project

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/security/suicide-measures

One in four people in Japan “seriously considers suicide.” This is one of the findings t...

Over 850 new marine species discovered by the Ocean Census

https://www.unep-wcmc.org/en/news/over-850-new-marine-species-discovered-by-the-ocean-census

Email Newsletter [The Nippon Foundation News]

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/newsletter

The Nippon Foundation News is a monthly newsletter sent to current and former The Nippon Foundation ...

Briefing on Support for Evacuees From Ukraine

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/news/articles/2025/20250221-108062.html

With three years having passed since Russia’s February 24, 20222, invasion of Ukraine, The Nip...

My Condolences on the Passing of Ayako Sono

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/news/articles/2025/20250305-108018.html

I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Ayako Sono, former Chairperson of The Nippon Foundat...

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This newsletter is being sent to current and former The Nippon Foundation fellows, and persons who h...

Launch of Demonstration Tanker ‘KIKOU MARU’ with Plans for Hydrogen-Fueled Engine Installation

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/news/articles/2025/20250217-108028.html

A newly built tanker vessel being developed by The Nippon Foundation Zero Emission Ships ProjectR...

Worldwide Scholarships and Fellowships

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/involved/scholarships/worldwide/

The Nippon Foundation does not conduct its own scholarship programs. We do fund a number of programs...

Namibia to participate in trash-picking competition

https://neweralive.na/namibia-to-participate-in-trash-picking-competition/

World’s First ‘Mobile’ Fleet Operation Center Completed

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/news/articles/2025/20250205-107946.html

The Nippon Foundation launched the MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program in February 2020. On Feb...

The Global Appeal

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/security/leprosy/appeal

Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman of The Nippon Foundation, has in recent years devoted a large amount of tim...

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Global Appeal 2006-2025 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy Many Vo...

The Nippon Foundation MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program

https://en.nippon-foundation.or.jp/what/projects/ocean/meguri2040

The Nippon Foundation MEGURI2040 Fully Autonomous Ship Program is leading the world in carrying out ...

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to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy Global Appeal 2025 Bhubaneswar,...

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GLOBAL APPEAL 2024 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy WHO headquar...

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GLOBAL APPEAL 2023 to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Affected by Leprosy Endorsed by ...

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GLOBAL A PPEAL 2022 Global Appeal to End Stigma and Discrimination against Persons Afected by Lepros...