For Immediate Release

14th annual FIT For Charity RunAnnounces 2018 Beneficiary Organisations
Tokyo’s financial industry unites again in support of local non-profit organisations

TOKYO | September 21, 2018
Tokyo’s financial industry will hold the fourteenth Financial Industry in Tokyo (FIT) For Charity Run on
December 9, 2018 at the Meiji Jingu Gaien Park running course. Funds raised at this event will be
donated to the following eight non-profit community organisations operating in the Kanto region:
General Incorporated Association AOH, NPO Bilingual Bicultural Education Center for Deaf
Children, NPO Five Years, NPO Gokigen Firm, NPO Japan Amputee Football Association, NPO
Japan First Aid Society, NPO KIZUKI, and NPO Mental Rescue Association.
The selected charities address six areas of need: Medical (patient/family support included); work
support; people with disabilities; education; children and youth with special needs (not includepoverty); and other socially critical issues.
FIT For Charity Run is organised by the financial community and related industries in Tokyo, aiming
to raise funds for non-profit organisations that serve the local community. FIT For Charity's
Organising Committee was established in late 2004 soon after a major earthquake struck off thecoast of Sumatra triggering a tsunami across the Indian Ocean. The first FIT For Charity Run washeld in 2005, and has now grown to become a landmark annual event spanning the capital city’s
financial sector.
The most recent thirteenth FIT For Charity Run was held on December 10, 2017. That effort raised
about JPY59 million driven by the support of 104 companies and 5,540 participants. The funds weredivided equally among that year's eight selected beneficiary organisations based in the Kanto region.
FIT For Charity Run is dedicated to supporting underfunded non-profit community organisations serving
important but not necessarily well-recognised issues.
FIT For Charity Run 2018 Co-Chair David Schaefer of SMBC Nikko Securities said, “FIT For Charity
Run is an event that was established and is operated by volunteers in the financial services andrelated industries and is supported by a large number of corporate sponsors, participants andvolunteers. It has also grown well beyond the boundaries of our industry, with numerous companies
and individuals providing free good and services. This allows us to donate to the beneficiaryorganisations approx. 90% of the funds gathered, an exceptionally high pass-through rate by any
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standard and an achievement everyone involved in FIT can be proud of. The FIT Organisation
Committee would like to thank everyone who gathers under the FIT spirit of ‘making a difference inthe community we work and live in’. We hope that this year too, all participants will enjoy a safe andfun event and ask for your continued understanding and support so as to maximize the support to theeight beneficiary organisations we announced today.”
Co-Chair Haruka Matsumoto of Deloitte Japan added: “Continuing last year’s theme ‘More charity
focus, more involvement’, we are giving our participating companies greater opportunities to interact
with past selected charities as well as learn about and participate in the charity selection process.
Through FIT, we would like to provide the selected charities with an opportunity to reach a larger
circle of supporters, while exposing participating companies and their staff to the social issues thesecharities address and thus support their CSR activities and staff engagement. We hope to further
grow the circle of support that FIT provides”.
FIT For Charity Run features a 10km run, 5km run, and 1km walk. In addition, the kids sprint andinter-company relay race, two popular programs at past events, have been brought back. Prizes areawarded to the fastest male and female runners for the 10km and 5km runs, to the top three winningteams of inter-company relay race and to the largest amount of fundraising teams. A fund-raisingraffle is also held at the event with exciting prizes such as luxury hotel stays and meals at toprestaurants.
FIT receives official recognition and support from the Japan Cycling Association, Meiji Jingu Gaien,
the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Nikkei Inc. and The Asahi Shimbun Company. The event
demonstrates the commitment of financial companies and their employees who strive to make adifference in the communities in which they operate.
FIT For Charity Run continues to welcome sponsors and participants from Tokyo’s financial industry
and related fields. The participation fee for runners and walkers is JPY5,000 per individual (free forchildren under 16). Those interested in corporate sponsorship, participating as a runner or walker, orvolunteering can find further information on the FIT For Charity website at:
http://fitforcharity.org/2018/how-to-get-involved.html

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Overview
Event name:
FIT For Charity Run 2018
Organizer:
FIT For Charity Run 2018 Organising Committee
Schedule:
Sunday, December 9, 2018 rain or shine
Venue/Course:
Meiji Jingu Gaien Park running course in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Special Supporters: Japan Cycling Association, Meiji Jingu Gaien Park
Koen supporters:
Tokyo Metropolitan Government, Nikkei Inc. The Asahi Shimbun Company
Starting times:
09:30
10km run
11:00
Inter-company relay race (mixed group of men and women)
11:35
5km run12:20
1km walk
12:45
Kids sprint (30m)
13:00
Closing
Participation fee:
JPY5,000 per person (children under 16 are free)
Target participants: Those working in the financial and related industries and their family and friends
Transportation:
5-minute walk from Kokuritsu-Kyogijo Station, Toei Oedo Line (A2 exit)
5-minute walk from Sendagaya Station, JR Sobu Line
10-minute walk from Gaien-mae Station, Tokyo Metro Ginza Line
Website:http://fitforcharity.org

About the Financial Industry in Tokyo (FIT) For Charity
The Financial Industry in Tokyo (FIT) established the FIT For Charity Run to provide people in thefinancial and related fields in Tokyo with an opportunity as an industry to support local charities. FIT
For Charity chooses to make a difference to its community by raising money for local non -profit
community organisations serving important but not necessarily well-recognised or understood needs,
and which might possess only limited fund-raising capabilities. For more information, please visit
http://fitforcharity.org/about.html

2018 Beneficiary Organisations
General Incorporated Association AOH
http://chocolabo.or.jp/ (Japanese)

NPO Japan Amputee Football Association
http://j-afa.jp/ (Japanese)

NPO Bilingual Bicultural Education Center
for Deaf Children
http://www.bbed.org/ (Japanese)

NPO Japan First Aid Society
http://jfas.umin.ac.jp/HP/JFAS-3/ (Japanese)

NPO five years
https://5years.org/contents_en/page/home/
NPO Gokigen Firm
https://gokigenfarm.com/ (Japanese)

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NPO KIZUKI
https://kizuki.or.jp/ (Japanese)
NPO Mental Rescue Association
http://www.mentalrescue.org/ (Japanese)

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FIT For Charity Run 2018 Organising Committee (In alphabetical order)
Ahead Group, Barclays, BGC Shoken Kaisha Ltd., Bloomberg L.P., BNP Paribas, BlackRock, Credit
Agricole Group, Deloitte Japan, Deutsche Bank Group, DICC, EY Japan, GAM Japan, Grant Thornton
Japan, Invesco, JLL, KPMG Japan, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ MorganStanley PB Securities, Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd., Morgan Stanley, Nikko Asset Management Co., Ltd.,
Protiviti LLC, PwC Japan Group, Robert Walters Japan K.K., Royal Bank of Canada Group, SMBC
Nikko Securities Inc., UBS Group, Wells Fargo, White & Case LLP | White & Case Law Offices(Registered Association)Canada Group, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., UBS Group, Wells Fargo, White &Case LLP | White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association)

FIT For Charity Run 2018 Sponsorship (In alphabetical order)
Sponsors (minimum donation of JPY500,000) Aberdeen Standard Investments (Japan) Limited, AheadGroup, AllianceBernstein, Asurion Japan Holdings G.K., Australia and New Zealand Banking Group
Limited, Barclays, BlackRock, BlueBay Asset Management International Limited, BNP Paribas, Citi,Cognizant Japan KK, Crédit Agricole Group, Credit Suisse, Deloitte Japan, Deutsche Bank Group, EYJapan, First Brothers Co., Ltd., GCA Corporation, Goldman Sachs, Goodman Japan Limited, Grant
Thornton Japan, Grosvenor Limited, Hitachi Capital Corporation, Ichigo Asset Management, Ltd., IHS
Markit, Invesco, J.P. Morgan, Japan Securities Depository Center, Incorporated, JLL, KPMG Japan,Macquarie Group, MetLife, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,Inc., Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley PBSecurities, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Morgan Stanley, NatWest Markets, Nikko AssetManagement Co., Ltd., NN Investment Partners (Japan) Co., Ltd., PIMCO Japan Ltd, Protiviti LLC,PwC Japan Group, Robert Walters Japan K.K., Royal Bank of Canada Group, SAS Institute Japan Ltd.,
Schroder Investment Management (Japan) Limited, SMBC Nikko Securities Inc., SMBC Trust Bank,SMFL Capital, Standard Chartered, T. Rowe Price Japan, Inc., Tata Consultancy Services Japan, The
Prudential Gibraltar Financial Life Insurance Co.,Ltd, Thomson Reuters Japan KK, Tokyo Star Bank,UBS Group, Wells Fargo, White & Case LLP / White & Case Law Offices (Registered Association)
Supporters (minimum donation of JPY350,000)
LaSalle Investment Management

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For further information, contact:
Tomoko Tashiro (Grant Thornton Japan) +81-80-4156-3706 | communications@fitforcharity.org
Vice Chair, Communications Team, FIT For Charity Run 2018 Organising Committee

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