For Immediate Release
18th Annual FIT for Charity Run
Announces 2022 Beneficiary Organisations
Tokyo's financial industry unites to support a diverse set of local non-profits
Tokyo | October 19th, 2022
The Financial Industry in Tokyo ("FIT") Charity Run 2022 (Co-Chairs: David Schaefer/SMBC Nikko
Securities and Fiona Ko/UBS) will hold its 18th annual run on December 18, 2022 at Japan’s National
Stadium. That in-person live event will be preceded by a month of online fundraising activities.
FIT For Charity Run is a fundraising event organized by Tokyo-based financial services and related
businesses to support non-profit organizations that are engaged in community-based, sociallyimpactful activities. The run particularly tries to support NPOs engaged in causes that often receive
insufficient funding due to lack of recognition or other challenges.
The annual event was established in 2005 in response to the prior year’s Sumatra Earthquake andIndian Ocean Tsunami. The event grew exponentially over the subsequent 17 years and by 2021 hadalready hosted more than 87,000 participants and raised approximately 900 million yen for over 120
NPOs in Japan.
FIT 2022 Beneficiaries
FIT for Charity today announced that this year’s fundraising will be donated to the eight following
NPOs: Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation Edge, General Incorporated Association Carer Action
Network, General Incorporated Association Heart Full Family, Specified Nonprofit Corporation
Chaibora, Specified Nonprofit Corporation Good Aging Yells, Specified Nonprofit Corporation KeepMoms Smiling, Specified Nonprofit Corporation Tokyo Satoyama Pioneers, and Specified Nonprofit
Corporation Youth Community. These organizations focus on a range of social issues including
disadvantaged children and youth (excluding financial need), the environment and biodiversity,minority populations, people with disabilities, and education.
This year's event will consist of online running/walking/bicycling activities as well as a day of live
10Km/5Km runs, bike rides, walks, kids' runs, and corporate relays in Japan’s new National Stadium.
David Schaefer, Co-Chair of FIT For Charity Run 2022, said, "We are excited that this will be our firstin-person event in three years and our first time to return to the National Stadium in nine years.” Hecontinued, “This year's theme is "New Challenges” as we are determined to not only raise funds for
FIT for Charity Run 2022 Press Releasep. 1the community but to do so safely in a new “living with COVID” manner at a newly refurbishednational landmark. We are committed to the local Japanese community and together the financial
industry will do its absolute best to demonstrate that support.”
This year’s FIT for Charity Run is supported by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asahi Shimbun,
and Nikkei Shimbun.
FIT for Charity Run continues to seek sponsorship and participation from Tokyo-based companies in
the financial services and related businesses. For more information on how to participate, pleasecheck the following link.
http://fitforcharity.org/ja/2022/how-to-get-involved.html

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Overview
Name of the event: FIT for Charity Run 2022
Organizer: FIT for Charity Run 2022 Executive Committee
Supported by: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Asahi Shimbun, Nikkei Inc.
Dates:<Online> November 14 - December 11, 2022
Live event: <National Stadium> December 18, 2022
Location: Online and at the National Stadium* The live portion of this event will be dependent on current safety considerations.
Activities: <Online> Running, Biking, Walking<National Stadium> 10Km Run, 5Km Run, Walk, Kids Run, Corporate Relay
Participation fee: 6,000 yen
Eligibility: Employees of companies engaged in financial services and related businesses, and theirfamily members and acquaintances.
Website: http://fitforcharity.org/ja/
About FIT Charity
FIT Charity was established in 2005 by a group of Tokyo-based companies in the financial industry tosupport non-profit organizations in Japan. FIT Charity supports organizations that are doing
meaningful community-based work but have difficulty securing sufficient funding due to lack of publicrecognition, etc. For more information about FIT Charity, please visit our website at
http://www.fitforcharity.org/ja/about.
FIT For Charity Run 2022 List of Beneficiaries (in alphabetical order)
Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation

Specified Nonprofit Corporation Good Aging

EdgeYells

https://www.npo-edge.jp/

https://goodagingyells.net/

General Incorporated Association CareerSpecified Nonprofit Corporation Keep Moms

Action NetworkSmilinghttps://canjpn.jimdofree.com/

https://momsmile.jp/

General Incorporated Association Heart Full

Specified Nonprofit Corporation Tokyo

FamilySatoyama Pioneers

https://www.hf-f.com/

http://satoyamapioneers.web.fc2.com/

Specified Nonprofit Corporation Chaibora

Specified Nonprofit Corporation Youth

https://chaibora.org/Community
https://www.youthcommunity.net/

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FIT For Charity Run 2022 Executive Committee (in alphabetical order)
BBH Cares, BGC Shoken Kaisha Ltd., Bloomberg L.P., Citi, Crédit Agricole Group, Deloitte Japan, FIL
Investments (Japan) Ltd, Grant Thornton Japan, J.P. Morgan, Jones Lang LaSalle K.K., KPMG Japan,Lazard, Freres K.K., Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,Inc., Morgan Stanley,Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd., PIMCO Japan Ltd, PwC Japan Group, RGA Reinsurance Company,Shinsei Bank, Limited, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., Social Investment Partners, Sumitomo Mitsui DS
Asset Management Company, Limited, T. Rowe Price Japan, Inc., Tokyo Star Bank, UBS Group, Wells
Fargo, White & Case LLP / White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association), j Career
FIT for Charity Run 2022 Sponsors (in alphabetical order)
Corporate sponsors (donations of 500,000 yen or more)
Aberdeen Japan Limited, AllianceBernstein, Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, AXA,Barclays, BlackRock Japan Co., Ltd., Bloomberg L.P., BNP Paribas, BNY Mellon, Citi, Crédit AgricoleGroup, Credit Suisse, CVC Asia Pacific, Deloitte Tohmatsu Corporate Solutions LLC, EY Japan, FirstBrothers Co., Ltd., Grant Thornton Japan, Houlihan Lokey, HSBC Group, Ichigo Asset Management,
Ltd., IG Securities Limited, Invesco Asset Management (Japan) Limited, J.P. Morgan, Janus
Henderson Investors (Japan) Limited, Japan Securities Depository Center, Incorporated, Jones Lang
LaSalle K.K., KPMG Japan, Macquarie Group, Mitsubishi HC Capital Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Financial
Group, Inc., Morgan Stanley, NAITO Securities Co., Ltd., Nikko Asset Management Co.,Ltd., NOMURA HOLDINGS, INC., OSTTRA, PIMCO Japan Ltd, PwC Japan Group, Refinitiv JapanKK, Royal Bank of Canada Group, Schroder Investment Management (Japan) Limited, SMBC Nikko
Securities Inc., Standard Chartered, T. Rowe Price Japan, Inc., Tokyo Star Bank, UBS Group, Wells
Fargo, White & Case LLP | White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association)

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For inquiries, please contact:
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Vice Chair, Communications Team, FIT For Charity Run 2022 Executive Committee

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