Sasakawa Peace Foundation
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The Sasakawa Peace Foundation was formed in 1986 "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." [1]
According to a website funded by the foundation "Ironically [the] foundation is funded by a fortune left behind by Ryoichi Sasakawa, a convicted Japanese war criminal and right-wing philanthropist who built a shipbuilding empire after World War II." [2]funding
Total Assets:
- Endowment $50,000,000,000
- Special Funds $29,500,000,000 ?As of March 31, 2006?
Operating Expenses: (FY2005) $1,027,241,000?82 projects? [3]
Contents
Trustees
Accessed March 2013: [1]
- Chairman Jiro Hanyu
- President Yuji Takagi
- Executive Director Junko Chano (Program)
- Executive Director Akinori Sugai (General Affairs)
- Monte Cassim -Vice Chancellor, The Ritsumeikan Trust
- Motoshige Itoh -Professor, Graduate School of Economics, The University of Tokyo
- Yoriko Kawaguchi -Member of the House of Councillors
Former Trustees
- Chair - Setsuya Tabuchi
- President - Akinori Seki
- Executive Director - Akinori Seki (Program/concurrent post)
- Executive Director - Yoshimitsu Matsuki (General Affairs)
- Noboru Hatakeyama - Chairman and CEO, Japan Economic Foundation
- Kenzo Kiikuni - Professor Emeritus, University of Tsukuba
- Yotaro Kobayashi - Chief Corporate Advisor, Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd
- Hideaki Matsukomo - President, Pension Fund Association for Local Government Officials
- Akio Mikuni - President, Mikuni & Co., Ltd.
- Koichi Minaguchi - Lifetime Trustee, KEIZAI DOYUKAI (Japan Association of Corporate Executives)
- Yuzaburo Mogi - Chairman and CEO, Kikkoman Corporation
- Masato Obata - President, Japan Railway Construction, Transport and Technology Agency
- Hiroshi Shigeta - Former Ambassador to the State of Israel
- Akira Shimazu - President, Japan Academy for Municipal personnel
- Toshio Takeuchi - Chairman, Japan Motorboat Racing Association
- Masakazu Yamazaki - Professor Emeritus, Osaka University
Resources and articles
Related Sourcewatch
- Fund for Peace
- CIVICUS
- Peter F. Geithner - consultant
- European Centre for Conflict Prevention
- Centre for Conflict and Peace Studies Afghanistan
References
Contact
- Web: http://www.spf.org/e
