Annual Report
Report for Fiscal 2018
April 2018 - March 2019

Annual Report
Report for Fiscal 2018
April 2018 - March 2019

CONTENTS
Message from the Chairman・ ・・・・・・ 2
The Challenges the Toyota Foundation
Tackled in FY 2018・・・・・・・・・・・・ 4
The Research Grant Program・ ・・・・・・ 6
The International Grant Program・ ・・・・ 14
The Grant Program for Community Activities
in Japan・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 22
The Initiative Program・ ・・・・・・・・・ 26
The Communication with Society
Program・ ・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・・ 28
Accounting Report・ ・・・・・・・・・・・ 30
Officers and Trustees・・・・・・・・・・・ 32
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Message from the Chairman
Since our inception, we, the Toyota Foundation, have upheld

As mentioned earlier, technological innovations such as AI

eign professionals with expertise, or often called “global tal-

the mission of "contributing to the realization of a hu-

and IoT are bringing about the so-called “Fourth Industrial

ent,” along with technical trainees. To maintain its competi-

man-oriented society for the sake of greater human happi-

Revolution.” This is one of the major factors behind a tecton-

tive edge, Japan needs to accommodate highly-skilled

ness.” Under this guiding principle, the Foundation provided

ic shift we are witnessing in the world today nearly 75 years

professionals from overseas and allow them to perform toin fiscal 2018 grants totaling about 360 million yen to 82

since the end of World War II.

the best of their abilities in their respective fields such as re-projects mainly in one of the following three key programs:

Nobuyori Kodaira
Chairman
The Toyota Foundation (Public Interest
Incorporated Foundation)

search and development. Nowadays, not only highly-skilled

Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan that is in-What is expected of us is to harness the power of these inno-

professionals but also technical trainees are increasingly

tended to foster active members in local communities andvations effectively to resolve social and structural issues con-sought-after globally. Given that, it is necessary for Japan toencourage job creation there; Research Grant Program thatfronting Japan and the rest of the world — a declining birth-

provide foreign personnel with a worker-friendly and livable

is designed to seek new values for society by looking at therate and aging society, destressed local communities andenvironment in order to facilitate their acceptance.

big picture of the world and promoting research from such a

economies, energy and environmental constraints, amongbroader and future-oriented perspective; and International

other things – and generate new growth. Meanwhile, as rep-

Up to now, Japan hasn’t had a large influx of foreign person-

Grant Program that is aimed at helping practitioners work-

resented by singularity predictions, the ongoing technologi-

nel in earnest. Thus, the country will most likely face a num-ing on common issues in Asia to learn from each othercal innovation is accelerating at a speed and in scope likeber of challenges – the language barrier, different social cus-through exchanges.

humanity has never experienced before. As a result, observ-

toms, frictions with local communities as a result of suchers have pointed out that there are a number of challenges fordifferences, educational support for children of those foreign

Although the amount of grants itself is not so different fromour human society in adapting properly to such changes. To

personnel, future prospects for those second- and third-gen-

the past amounts, we have reviewed and revamped the con-deal with obstacles along the way and leverage the outcomes

eration foreign nationals born in Japan, different religious

tent of our grant programs significantly. Firstly, we used toof technological innovation effectively for further improve-practices, among other issues. Moreover, the nature andbudget 100 million yen for the three grant programs eachment, we, humanity as a whole, are challenged to tap into ourscope of these challenges seem to differ greatly between tech-through fiscal 2018. This time, however, we have decided tocollective wisdom on various fronts including in the reform

nical trainees and highly-skilled professionals. Various steps

increase the budget for Grant Program for Community Ac-of a social structure and education.

have been taken to deal with the acceptance of foreign per-tivities in Japan, in particular, by 40% to 140 million yen assonnel, but there is reportedly no systematic approach to it

this program is to help resolve issues facing Japan’s local

Another major factor at work is that globalization, which has

and a lack of sufficient know-how about it, either. Therefore,

communities grappling with a rapidly aging and shrinking

continued to make steady headway since the end of the Coldthe Toyota Foundation has decided to take up this area as the

population. Secondly, we have introduced the Specific Sub-

War, is now being undermined considerably by surging uni-

new Specific Subject and is now preparing to solicit applica-

ject “A Human Society through Co-creation with Leading

lateralism and the rise of populism across countries.

tion for it.

various challenges, such as social ramifications and strains,

In Japan, observers have noted that the country’s rapidly

Seeing a great wave of changes with the times, we, the Toyota

brought on by rapid advances in leading technologies fromshrinking and graying population is not only weakening its

Foundation, are committed to reviewing and improving ourartificial intelligence (AI) to the Internet of Things (IoT), big

growth potential but also raising the specter of disintegration

grant programs and striving to achieve outcomes from ourdata to robotics and blockchain, to name but a few.

of local communities. To stem the tide of weakening growth

grants through intensive follow-up support, based upon ourTechnologies,” a program which explores ways to deal withand keep its society reinvigorated, Japan as a whole must do

basic grant-making philosophy that we select projects seek-

We believe that these renewed priorities have helped us towhat it takes to further increase productivity and pave theing to 1) be of high social relevance, 2) tackle pressing issues

somewhat improve our overall program framework — one

way for seniors and women to play greater roles. At the sameat home and abroad, 3) be future-oriented, 4) be sustainable

used to center on equal budget allocation across different

time, accepting and using more foreign personnel is inevita-

upon the project, , 5) generate a ripple effect on society, andprograms and covered many topics in a wide range of fields

ble for the country. As such, the Japanese government haslast but not least create a mechanism or system that can go— in such a way that it can now focus on projects that havetaken a set of new policy measures, starting with legal revi-beyond any given project. Thus, we would like to ask for yourhigh social relevance, generate a ripple effect on society, andsions.

continued guidance and support from now on, too.

tackle pressing issues at home and abroad.
It is important for Japan to accept a greater number of for-2

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［April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019］

The Challenges the
Toyota Foundation
Tackled in FY 2018

Looking Back the Toyota Foundation’s FY 2018
［April 2 to June 15］

The International Grant Program
Call for Proposals［October 15 to December 21］［June 4 to August 3］

Specific Subject“Co-Creating New Society with Advanced Technologies”
Call for Proposals

The Research Grant Program
Call for Proposals［September 1 to October 10］

The Grant Program for Community
Activities in Japan
Call for Proposals

2018

During fiscal year 2018, the Toyota Foundation strove to prioritize the issues of higher social significance,
based on the concepts behind the past initiatives and a medium- to long-term perspective, as well as inresponse to a sweeping change taking place in both domestic and international environments surrounding
the Foundation. Subsequently, the Foundation carried out the following grant programs with a public call

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Grant Award Ceremony of the International Grant Programfor proposals, namely, the Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan, the Research Grant Program,and the International Grant Program. Also, the Foundation ran the following two programs with closed［April 12］

Grant Award Ceremony of the Research Grant Programand Grant Program for Community Activities in Japanapplication process: the Initiative Program and the Communication with Society Program.

Below is the outline of the respective grant programs:

Programs with closed application process

Programs with a public call for proposals

The Research Grant Program

The International Grant Program

With a broader world view and a wider

T h i s P ro g r a m m a d e a g r a n t t operspective to envisage the future,

problem-solving efforts andthis program sought enterprisinginternational exchanges regarding

projects pursue basic ideas andcommon issues facing community

methodologies to address emerging

practitioners from more than twosocial issues.

countries in East and Southeast
Asia. Based on the insights gained
from managing the program overthe past two years, the scope ofSpecific Subject

Co-Creating New Society with
Advanced Technologies

This Specific Subject targeted at
research initiatives that tackle thechallenges associated with cuttingedge technologies such as artificial
intelligence.

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P ro g r a m b e c a m e b ro a d e r f ro m
such viewpoints as “international,”“cross-sectional,” “interactive,” and“visionary.”

The Grant Program for

The Initiative Program

The Communication with Society ProgramThis Program actively identifies and supports the Toyota

This Program aims to widely disseminate distinctive results

Foundation’s initiatives that are instrumental in developing

and methodologies of grant-awarded projects to society in

new grant programs, which is the Program’s original intention.

an impactful manner. Specifically, the Foundation’s program

The characteristics of target projects are as follows:

officers identified suitable projects in the monitoring process

1.joint initiatives with other funding organizations

and they sought ways to effectively convey such information

2.initiatives that have great significance for private grant-mak-to society through partnering with the grant awardees ofing foundations

those projects.

Community Activities in Japan
This Program made both the “Survey
Grant” designed to help the recipients
conduct preliminary surveys before
project implementation, and the“Nurture Grant” intended to promote
projects to solve local problems
and foster problem-solving agents.
Also, it made the “Dissemination
and Advocacy Grant” within the

3.initiatives associated with the Foundation’s research activities and workshops.

Communication with Society
Program, although this one is ofclosed application process.

Pilot Program for the Boosting Civic Participation for Capacity Building Grant and Rolling Out Grant
This Program made pilot grants, in the belief that for the sake of problem-solving, both primary stakeholders and individual citizens shallparticipate in civic activities out of their own volition to make their community and society better.

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Grant Results
Number ofApplications

Number of Grants

Value of Grants(¥ Million)

Budget(¥ Million)

Acceptance Rate(%)

General

361

12

60.0

60.0

3.3

Specific Subject

56

7

40.0

40.0

12.5

Total

417

19

100.0

100.0

4.6

Until FY 2017, the Research Grant Program had broadly

As in the past, the ongoing “Exploring New Values for So-

sought for research projects regardless of academic disci-ciety” program continued to deal with multi-disciplinarypline and field, addressing the theme of “Exploring New

and cross-cutting projects in pursuit of basic ideas andValues for Society.” In FY 2018, the Foundation publicly

methodologies to address emerging social challenges.

called for proposals with sharper focus, along with theAgainst the backdrop of a budget cut from one billion yen

launch of a new Specific Subject with a budget of 40 mil-to sixty million yen due to the launch of the special subject

lion yen, called “Co-Creating New Society with Advanced

and grant trends among other funding agencies, the Foun-

Technologies,” in addition to the ongoing “Exploring New

dation revised the framework of “Exploring New Values for

Values for Society” program.

Society”, scrapping a division between joint research andindividual research. Also, it changed eligibility require-

The Specific Subject is designed to tackle issues associat-

ments, allowing only a project team of more than three per-ed with cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelli-sons headed by project leader aged 45 or younger to apply

gence, the Internet of Things, big data, robots, and, block-for this program.

chain.

The Research Grant
Program

And it aimed at enterprising projects with thefollowing three characteristics:

As in FY 2017, while calling for proposals, the Foundation

1. to examine academically and theoretically the influence

held workshops open to the public, which were centeredof cutting-edge technologies over society based on aaround presentations by the current grantees and discus-

mid- to long-term perspective

sions involving experts, in Fukuoka and Tokyo. The Foun-

2. to verify, based on practices on the ground, how cut-dation website carried reports on these workshops as partting-edge technologies can be utilized in day-to-day lifeof its efforts to publicize the aim and results of “Exploringin society

New Values for Society.”

3. to form a network of international scholars, chiefly young
researchers, across humanities, social sciences, andIn total, the Foundation received 361 proposals, less thannatural sciences.

half of 845 proposals received in FY 2017. The decline in
the number was partly due to the scrapping of individual

Overview

To propagate the intent of the Specific Subject, “Co-Creat-

research grants and the setting of the upper age limit ofing New Society with Advanced Technologies, the Program

project leaders. While the number of grant-awarded proj-

made every effort in calling for proposals, including theects dropped to 12, the Foundation approved those projects of cross-boundary nature and/or international cooper-〈General〉Summary〈Specific Subject〉Summary

Program Title

Program Title

holding of public orientation meetings twice. In the end, a

Co-Creating New Society with Advanced Technologies

total of 56 proposals were submitted and seven projects

ation. It looks forward to seeing these selected projects

were approved. Fortunately, despite the first year, applica-deliver results.

Exploring New Values for Society
Call for Proposals
June 4 to August 3, 2018

Call for Proposals
October 15 to December 21, 2018

Project Period
Two years, beginning May 1, 2019

Project Period
One to three years, beginning May 1, 2019

Total Amount of Grants

Total Amount of Grants

Sixty million yen in total Up to eight million yen per

Forty million yen in total Five to ten million yen per

project

project

tions came from a wide range of academic fields and theFoundation selected those projects dealing with social issues associated with cutting-edge technologies, from avariety of viewpoints including the above-mentioned threecharacteristics. Also, the 2019 April issue of “JOINT” —the Toyota Foundation’s periodical — highlighted the Specific Subject and carried a three-persons talk featuring its
selection committee chairperson. The issuance of the periodical was synchronized with the opening of the grant period.

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Selection Committee Chair

Hideaki Shiroyama

The Toyota Foundation has adopted “Exploring New Val-of the direction for new social values. As a result, the aver-This research seeks to address fundamental issues suchues for Society” as the theme for its Research Grant Pro-age age of the representatives of the selected projects thisas how human beings come to terms with the experiencegram. The objective is, in principle, to explore fundamental

year is around 38. It is hoped that these research leadersof violence and what are family and kinship relations

ways of thinking and methodologies to address difficult

will develop as intellectual entrepreneurs as they experi-

through field analysis of how the children born as a result

issues to be faced by future society in Japan and aroundence a range of challenges.

of sexual violence in Rwanda, which experienced genocide, have been accepted or not accepted by families andthe world and to support ambitious researchers who seek
This fiscal year, a total of 12 projects were ultimately cho-relatives. While joint research accounts for the majority of

sen from among the 361 applications. The number of proj-

the selected projects, despite its limited perspective as an

As can be seen in such issuess as responding to the aging

ects chosen fell considerably compared with previous

exploratory individual study, this research is sharply fo-

population and globalization, there are diverse challenges

years as a result of the decision to focus on joint research

cused.

in today’s society. A variety of social groups, corporations,as well as the reduction in the total amount for researchand governments are constantly pressed for short-term re-grants. However, the program was able to select a broadsponses to these issues that have manifested themselves.

range of projects. Below, as example, we introduce several

to create new values for society.

projects that are very interesting.
However, rather than responding to such apparent issues,
this Research Grant Program contains expectations about
discovering potential issues that are unclear as yet andlooking ahead to new social values that address them. The
first step for discovering potential issues is recognizing thevarious sites where there are signs of potential problems.
Furthermore, looking ahead to new social values requiresthat we draw closer to new attempts in societies as they

D18-R-0122 Akira Yonezawa, Meiji gakuin University,
Department of Sociology
How do ecosystems of social businesses contribute totheir oraganizational persistence and career developpments of their enterpreneurs and staffs: Comparing social networks at four cities in Japan and Korea.

The project is an interesting study that seeks to empiricallyembrace such new social values. Discovering potential is-verify ecosystems around the important theme of social

sues and looking ahead to new social values require, inbusinesses and build a platform for creating the new social

each individual research project, that the researchers andvalues of the future. It also has potential as an international

practitioners collaborate in addition to cooperating with di-comparative study by an international team that has theverse researchers who have a range of perspectives. Al-

ability to collaborate in practical terms.

though the projects selected this year differ in terms of thetargeted research sites and the composition and size of
their research teams, fundamentally they share this approach and are expected to develop into more robust research.
The application process of this fiscal year added the con-

D18-R-0136 Koichiro Kokubun, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute for Liberal Arts
Interdisciplinary research on autism across philosophy,
medical science and psychoanalysis with a view to creating a new concept of 'diversity'.

The project is very interesting interdisciplinary research

dition that the age of project representatives should be nothat will incorporate the diverse perspectives of philoso-

more than 45 at the commencement of the grant. Thisphy, medical science, and psychoanalysis on autism.

does not have an intention of excluding a range of age

Through such research, it is expected to indicate directionsgroups in research study. In fact, participation by a range offor new values and to disseminate the results to society.

age groups is desirable in order to bring in diverse perspectives. On the other hand, deepening the awareness ofyoung researchers and enhancing their research management capabilities is considered indispensable to the discovery of potential issues in future society and clarification

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D18-R-0281 Loes Loning, University of Cape Town,
South Africa, PhD Researcher
Generation After: The Reconstitution of Kinship andFamily Relations in Post-Genocide Rwanda

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List of Grants

List of Grants*Note: The project titles among other things on this list are those at the time of grant approval.

The Research Grant Program〈General〉
Grant Number

Project Title
Project Leader

The Research Grant Program〈Specific Subject〉“Co-Creating New Society with Advanced Technologies”
Grant

Position, Organization*Note: The project titles among other things on this list are those at the time of grant approval.

Amount(Yen)

Grant Number

Translating Bosai Values: Investigating the Role of‘Playfulness’in Disaster Cooperation between
D18-R-0022

Japan and Chile

Grant
Position, Organization

Amount(Yen)

D18-ST-0005

RoCS)

8,200,000

Naonori Kodate, University College Dublin/ Assistant Professor in Social Policy

The Contribution of School Making Through Collaborative Process Towards Local Communities in
Rural Area of China

Project Leader

Harmonisation towards the establishment of Person-centred, Robotics-aided Care System (HARP:
6,000,000

Chika Watanabe, University of Manchester,Lecturer

D18-R-0082

Project Title

5,800,000

D18-ST-0008

Building platform on ethics and governance of artificial intelligence
Arisa Ema, Institute for Future Initiatives/ Project Assistant Professor

7,000,000

Fan Yi, Faculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University,Assistant Prof.
Management tasks for promotion of digital transformation in the social welfare municipally
Fostering Future Leaders: Comparative Study of Nonprofit and Philanthropic Education in East Asia
D18-R-0117

and the West5,500,000

D18-ST-0028

Aya Okada, Tohoku University,Associate Professor

D18-R-0122

and Korea.

D18-ST-0040
6,000,000
D18-ST-0043

Establishment of general method to assess regional economic cycle of Regional Revitalization projects
and development of new tool that can evaluate

Reina Saijo, Kyoto University of Art and Design/ Part-time research fellow

3,000,000

interdependency

4,800,000

3,700,000
Study of legislative Issues on the Development and Problems of Social System that Utilize Advanced
D18-ST-0051

Interdisciplinary research on autism across philosophy, medical science and psychoanalysis with aview to creating a new concept of 'diversity'.

The relationship between human and social agent from care ethics and the social implications

Terukazu Kumazawa, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature/ Associate Professor

Kenji Inagaki, Tokyo Metropolitan Government

D18-R-0136

7,500,000“Fudo”-nization of Advanced technology: How to imagine plausible future of human-computer

Akira Yonezawa, Meiji gakuin University, Department of Sociology,Associate Professor

D18-R-0133

Kota Takaoka, Artificial Intelligence Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology/Researcher

How do ecosystems of social businesses contribute to their oraganizational persistence and careerdeveloppments of their enterpreneurs and staffs: Comparing social networks at four cities in Japan

organization

2,800,000

Technology - Utilization of Artificial Intelligence and Acceptance of Society ・ Law ・ Technology andEthics ?

5,200,000

Mayu Terada, International Christian University College of Liberal Arts/ Associate Professor

Koichiro Kokubun, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Institute for Liberal Arts,Professor
D18-R-0156

Practical research to archive oral records of sexual minority movements
Sachie Tsuruta, Chiba University,Asociate Professor

D18-ST-0058
5,800,000

Building a Fact-Check Networking System to prevent the dissemination of mis/disinformation online
Hitofumi Yanai, FactCheck Initiative Japan/ Executive Director

4,300,000

Generation After: The Reconstitution of Kinship and Family Relations in Post-Genocide Rwanda
D18-R-0281

Ms. Loes Loning, School for African & Gender Studies, Anthropology & Linguistics,

1,400,000

University of Cape Town, South Africa,Doctoral Researcher
Development of educational tools for inheriting the pathways of health improvement in postwar
D18-R-0303

Japan
Marika Nomura, Japan International Cooperation Agency, Department of Human Development,Senior

5,800,000

Advisor (Nutrition and Health)D18-R-0310

The research for mental health support of people who support disabled people.
Mariko Okishio, Shohoku College,a full ‐ time lecture

5,800,000

Fukushima's memories for the future - "Support Book connecting parent and child" and handing down
D18-R-0325

stories by experience -5,800,000

Mitsuru Matsutani, Faculty of Contemporary Sociology, Chokyo University,Associate professor
How to enhance the autonomy of the laborers engaged in jobs created by the welfare-agriculture
D18-R-0360

cooperation: applying the experience of the farmer-consumer partnership called "teikei"

5,600,000

Tsunashima Hiroyuki, Urban Research Plaza, Osaka City University,Designated lecturer

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Annual Grant Award Ceremony
Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), April 12, 2019

Activity Report

Fy 2018 Grant Award Ceremony was held at Hyatt Regency Tokyo on April 12, 2019, in tandem with the Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan. President Atsuko

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Open Workshop in Tokyo, “Exploring New Values for Society”

Open Workshop in Fukuoka, “Exploring New
Values for Society”

feedback regarding selection results from Prof. Natsuko

Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), April 14, 2018

Locations and dates: Fukuoka, June 30, 2018

NPO Center, chairing screening committee of the Grant

Open workshop of Research Grant Program was held at

In continuation to the Tokyo workshop in April, Open

Program for Community Activities in Japan as well as Prof.

International Conference Center of Waseda University on

workshop of Research Grant Program was held at Seishin

Hideaki Shiroyama of the University of Tokyo[❽], chairing

April 14, in collaboration with Comprehensive Research

Plaza of Kyushu University on June 30. Over 3 sessions, 6

screening committee of Research Grant Program. Also,

Organization of Waseda University. Over 3 sessions, 6

grantees reported as to how they have addressed andnewly awarded grantees gave remarks for one minute re-grantees reported as to how they have addressed andnow how they are addressing, “Exploring New Values forspectively and received with honor grant certificates. In

now how they are addressing, “Exploring New Values forSociety,” thrust of Research Grant Program. Nearly 30 par-advance of the Grant Award Ceremony, grantees’ reportSociety,” thrust of Research Grant Program. Neary 30 par-ticipants raised questions and made comments regarding

back meeting took place.

ticipants attended and exchanged views in a frank manner

the reports by the 6 grantees.

Toyama[❼] gave congratulatory remarks, followed by
Hagiwara of Rikkyo University and director of the Japanthroughout the Conference Center.

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13Grant Results() Fiscal 2017

Number ofApplications

Number of Grants

Value of Grants(¥ Million)

Budget(¥ Million)

Acceptance Rate
(%)

242
（328）

11
（16）

70.0
（100.0）70.0（100.0）4.5（4.9）

In FY 2018, the International Grant Program continued toducted a sweeping review of past grant-making activities

make grants in pursuit of “Cultivating Empathy throughunder the theme of “Cultivating Empathy through Learning

Learning from Our Neighbors,” a theme which had beenfrom Our Neighbors.” The Program set up a panel of four

upheld since FY 2014. As in FY 2017, the Program target-

external experts who held interviews about 31 projects out

ed a total of 18 countries and regions in East and South-of a total of 63 grant-awarded projects from FY 2014 to FY

east Asia. On the basis of the four viewpoints, namely,

2017.

“international,” “cross-sectional,” “interactive,” and” vi-throughout Japan and by visiting past grantees in the Re-

sionary,” the Program attached importance to mutual

public of Korea, Thailand, the Philippines, and Cambodia.

learning between local practitioners from the target coun-

By examining the information gained from these interviews,

tries and regions through field visits to their respective

the Program compiled an evaluation report on “Cultivating

countries, thereby resolving common challenges, or at

Empathy through Learning from Our Neighbors” as aleast, improving the current situations.

grant-making program per se. In this report, the expert

Interviews were conducted at various locations

panel proposed that the basic framework of the ongoing

The International
Grant Program

Following the renewal of the program areas in FY 2016, the“Cultivating Empathy through Learning from Our Neigh-Program carried on with the three areas: (A) a community

bors” should be kept intact. Reading this evaluation re-inclusive of multi-generations and multi-cultures, (B) the

port, together with a leaflet featuring dialogues between

creation of a new culture, (C) an area open to any kind of

the Foundation’s program officers and the past grantees insubjects. The Program finally awarded grants to 11 proj-

the previous year in Baguio of the Philippines, Bangkok ofects out of 242 applications. The decrease in the number

Thailand, and Sendai of Japan, would be of some help inof awarded projects was attributed to a reduction in theunderstanding deeply the scope and intent of “Cultivating

Program’s budget from one billion yen in FY 2017 to seven-

Empathy through Learning from Our Neighbors.”ty million yen in FY 2018. To maintain a good balance, theFoundation allocated the awarded projects into the three

Additionally, one of the Foundation’s program officer gave

program areas as in (A) 3 projects, (B) 3 projects, and (C) 5

a speech at a session in the AVPN Conference 2018, theprojects. As in the past, there was a rich variety of subject

annual conference of Asia Venture Philanthropy Network,

matters and geographical areas among these awarded

an intermediate organization boosting social investment

projects. Moreover, roughly half of the grant-awarded proj-

and a strategic philanthropic market in Asia.

ect leaders were women and about half of them were also

Overview
Program Title
Cultivating Empathy Through Learning from Our

Project Period
One year, beginning November, 2018

Neighbors:Practitioners' Exchange on Common Issues in
Total Amount of Grants

Asia

foreigners. This indicates that grants were made to diverse

The Program will follow up with grant-awarded projects inrecipients and that greater understanding of the Programa careful manner. Also, the Program is determined to con-and its intent had been achieved in each target country andtinue to disseminate findings by holding symposiums,

region.

meetings and international conferences both in Japan andoverseas.

In parallel with grant-making activities, the Program con-Seventy million yen in total
Thematic Areas

Up to five million yen per project per year

A. Multigenerational and Multicultural Inclusion in

Up to ten million yen per project per year

Communities
B. Creating New Culture
C. Open Field
Target Countries
East and Southeast Asia
Call for Proposals
April 2 to June 15, 201814

Comments
Selection Committee Chair

Akira Suehiro

Since its inception in 1974, the Toyota Foundation has pro-countries, and has continued to provide grants to projects

vided international grants, especially to Southeast Asian

aiming to solve the specific issues facing Asia through its

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Asian Neighbors Program since fiscal 2009.

targets projects in which the applicants set the areas freely

same as in fiscal 2017, from Japan on top to the Philip-

exchanges between countries and regions other than Ja-

and make proposals regarding issues that are not included

pines in fourth place. By region, Southeast Asia made up

pan. Third, by gender, the 11 representatives were madeIn this situation, Asian countries and region steadilyin the abovementioned areas or issues that are included in

90 applications (37%), a significant decrease from 52% in

up of 6 men and 5 women, being almost equal to eachachieved economic development and the improvement ofboth areas.

fiscal 2017. As mentioned above, this was because appli-

other. The second and third characteristics suggest thatcations from Malaysia and Indonesia decreased. East Asia,

the scope of the projects expanded.

people’s lives. On the other hand, Asian countries and region began facing issues that are common to Japan, such

As a basic policy, the Toyota Foundation followed theexcluding Japan, made up 22 applications, an increase inas the progress of the aging population and declining birthsame policy as in the past two years in fiscal 2018 asrelative density from fiscal 2017.

rate, the widening of economic inequality and frequentwell. However, the Foundation clarified “Transnational,”

natural disasters. In response to this situation, the Toyota“Cross Sector,” “Mutual Learning” and “Foresight” as theFoundation renamed its Asian Neighbors Program as theInternational Grant Program in fiscal 2013 and also intro-

Prior to the selection, as usual, the Foundation’s program

Selection Results

officers energetically picked out the application projects,

keywords of the requirements for applications to show

The Selection Committee consisted of four members, in-candidates, gathered additional materials about the candi-

the direction in which it aims to go more specifically andcluding the committee chair. For selection, just like the past

date projects and conducted an opinion survey. These ac-

duced a policy of actively supporting forward-looking pro-precisely. In addition, the Toyota Foundation reduced thetwo years, the Committee focused on (1) the compatibility

tivities were of great help in ensuring that the selection was

posal-oriented projects in fiscal 2015.

total amount of the fiscal 2018 budget for its Internationalof set themes, (2) the degree of practical contributions ofconducted smoothly. We consider that they worked very

conducted advance consultations with the application

Grant Program from 100 million yen to 70 million yen to

mutual exchanges, (3) the soundness of the structure forhard to organize more than 240 application documents.

However, because the Toyota Foundation focused only oncommence measures for new projects focusing on a vision

implementing projects and the organization of members

We would like to express our deepest gratitude to them forthe two areas of the aging societies and multicultural so-

on future society.

and (4) the impact of results and policy recommendations.

their hard work.

cieties as themes and introduced the requirements of re-

Overview of Applications

At the same time, for Area B, the Selection Committee did

es, the number of applications only amounted to 68 in

The number of applications came to 242 in fiscal 2018, sig-

and the presentation style of results (works), and decided

As follows, we will choose one project from each of the

fiscal 2015, and the concepts behind the projects tended

nificantly below the 328 applications in fiscal 2017. This is

to make flexible judgments according to the contents ofthematic target areas of the 11 projects adopted this year

to lack novelty to a certain extent. In response to this situ-

because applications from Malaysia and Indonesia, which

projects.

and will provide a brief introduction of its features and theation, the Toyota Foundation had discussions with the re-had increased sharply in fiscal 2017 (refer to post-selec-

lated people and decided to review its policy in fiscal 2016.

tion assessment for fiscal 2017), decreased. Because there

After confirming the abovementioned policy, each Selec-

More specifically, the Toyota Foundation succeeded to thewas a decrease in the number of random applications fortion Committee member reviewed application forms andfiscal 2015 basic policy on the theme (Cultivating Empathy

their research that left the possibility of successful appli-a Selection Committee meeting was held. As a result,Through Learning from Our Neighbors: Practitioners’ Ex-

cations out of consideration, the quality of the applications

11 projects were adopted with an adoption rate of 4.5%

change on Common Issues in Asia) and target areas (a to-increased.

(4.9% in fiscal 2017). Because the budget was reduced

gional practitioners’ fieldwork and having mutual exchang-tal of 18 countries and regions in East and Southeast Asia),

Examples of Selected Project

not set uniform standards on the organization of members

significance of the grant.

and the number of adoptions was narrowed down, the as-

1. Thematic Area A: Multigenerational and Multicultural
Inclusion in Communities
D18-N-0199 Jun Sasaki, CEO/Chairman, Yushoukai
Medical Corporation
Redefining "community symbiotic society" focusing on

but the Toyota Foundation decided to expand its thematic

By thematic area, there were 56 applications (23%) for

sessment turned out to be more stringent for applicants

areas to (A) Multigenerational and Multicultural Inclusion in

Area A: Multigenerational and Multicultural Inclusion inthan last year.

Communities, (B) Creating New Culture: Toward a Com-

Communities, 74 applications (31%) for Area B: Creating

mon Platform for Asia and (C) Open Field.

New Culture and 112 applications (46%) for Area C: OpenIn terms of the target areas of the projects, there were

have in common that the percentage of elderly people is

Field. In this connection, the number of applications de-three projects for Area A, three projects for Area B and fivehigh and a nursing care system has been introduced. This

Behind the Toyota Foundation’s expanding thematic ar-

creased from fiscal 2017, but the distribution of applica-

projects for Area C. Although it was not intentional, they

project started from the recognition of the current situation

eas were the beginnings of attempts to review traditions

tions by area did not change significantly. The application

almost reflected the distribution of the number of applica-

in which Japanese measures for elderly people are mainly

and create new cultures in multiple areas in Asia, such as

themes of Open Field included many social-related areas

tions. Next, for the countries and regions to be covered bytargeted at medical service and nursing care and are pas-movies, music, theatrical plays and food culture, and thethat overlapped with Area A, such as disaster damage

projects (multiple countries and regions related to a proj-

sive about services beyond these frameworks. Behind thisadvent of new movements that should be called “creating

control, environmental preservation, ecological education,

ect were counted), Japan made up 8 projects, followed byare prejudices of and indifference to people suffering from

common cultures in Asia” due to the noticeable develop-

water management and constructing an inclusive society.

4 for Thailand, Vietnam and Myanmar, 3 for Malaysia anddementia. Based on this recognition, the project is intend-

ment of social media. We believe that these movements

dementia

Of the Asian countries and regions in which people are
growing increasingly older, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore

Taiwan, 2 for Singapore, Indonesia and the Philippines anded to pick out progressive cases of measures for dementia

provide common foundations for people tackling the is-

Next, in terms of the distribution of the 242 applications

1 for Laos, Cambodia and Brunei. Southeast Asia made up

in the three regions, to construct a model for encouraging

sues facing Asia with empathy.

(representatives) by nationality, Japan was on top with 88

24 out of all 37 projects, or 65%, and covered all countries

people suffering from dementia to participate in societies,

applications (36%), followed by 24 applications (10%) for

except for East Timor.

setting these as best practices, and to facilitate mutual ex-

Of the three areas, Area A focuses on two themes on

Malaysia, 18 applications (8%) for Indonesia, 17 applica-

which the Foundation has focused since fiscal 2013; thattions (7%) for the Philippines, 12 applications for Vietnam,

The following are several characteristics of the projects

is, the aging society and the multicultural society, and tar-

11 applications for South Korea, 10 applications for Thai-that were adopted in fiscal 2018. First, the percentage ofThis project is very clear in terms of critical thinking andgets projects that are intended to tackle imminent issues

land, 9 applications for the United States, 5 applications forSoutheast Asian countries increased, while China, Hongsetting issues. Participating members consist of medical

for regional communities in Asia. Area B targets ambitious

Taiwan and Singapore, 4 applications for China, 2 applica-

Kong and South Korea dropped from the target countries

groups, people related to hospitals and researchers. The

projects that show a vision of a rich future for Asia, suchtions for Mongolia and Myanmar and 1 application for Laosand regions. Second, there were three projects in which

important aspect of the project is the points it seeks to

as movies, music, theatrical plays and food culture. Area C

and Cambodia. Both the countries and the ranks were theJapan did not engage at all, and there was an increase inlearn from the Taiwanese and Singaporean experiences as

16changes of experience and knowledge.

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well as the Japanese ones. Because the issues are immi-

Communications using the Internet and social media arein the last four years and their social influences, and its

recommendations. Asia is the world’s most rapidly chang-nent ones, it is also conceivable that they will encourage

phenomena that have become common all over the world,

members are now conducting interviews together with theing region. We have expectations of establishing a more

media people, officials of the central government, includingwhatever the country and region. So how should you de-Foundation staff. It has been decided that we will reex-

appropriate and attractive policy and framework that can

the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and officials ofsign and manage education using the Internet? The out-

amine the policy and areas of International Grant Program

respond to the actual conditions of Japan and Asia.

local governments as well as the abovementioned threeline of this project is that the representative and founderfrom fiscal 2019 onward on the basis of the final report andactors to participate and cooperate in the project.

of the Japanese NPO “e-Education” will play a central rolein putting this into practice in cooperation with Myanmar’s

2. Thematic Area B: Creating New Culture
D18-N-0199 Eric Jose Olmedo Panal, Principal Research Fellow Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
The "Ulam School": A Food Education Transborders'
Network to Foster Solidarity and Edible Flora Preservation for Sustainable and Healthy Lifestyle Among
Neighboring Countries

Foster Education Foundation and Bangladesh’s BacBon*Note: The project titles among other things on this list are those at the time of grant approval.

The main feature of this project is an examination of howions about Islamic residents living in Myanmar becoming

A. Multigenerational and Multicultural Inclusion in Communities

refuges; that is, the Rohingya issue via social media andhow it ended up inciting mutual distrust and hatred in peo-guage and is a side dish combining native vegetables

tended to seek a way of boosting information literacy inand wildflowers from farming areas. Malaysian traditional

Asian countries via social media through this examination.

knowledge and wisdom about health are used for Ulam.

In conducting this examination, it is important and unique

But with urbanization progressing, the sharing of suchfor Japan to mainly act as a mediator to construct networks

knowledge and wisdom is becoming less frequent. In re-for developing mutual understanding from within exchang-sponse to this situation, this project is intended to com-es between the parties concerned. This is a project thatpare local residents’ knowledge and wisdom about healthy

embodies “Cross Sector,” “Mutual Learning” and “Fore-foods between Malaysia, Vietnam and Cambodia and tosight” of the four key phrases that the Foundation clarified

pass on the knowhow that should be handed down fromas the requirements for application, and it is also signifi-

generation to generation.

cant in a practical sense. Because this project includes the
Rohingya issue, an internationally sensitive issue, we hope

food education. The reasons this project was adopted

Grant

Grant Number

ple between the two countries. The project is mainly in-many projects focusing on Asian food culture and Asian

Project Title

Myanmar and Bangladesh circulated information and opin-

The word Ulam means “edible greens” in the Malay lan-

The projects that applied for the competition included

List of Grants

Foundation.

to ask experts for advice.

Project Leader

Position, Organization

Understanding "Us" to know "Them": Employing Facilitative Listening Design regionally to build
D18-N-0119

empathy towards the Other throughunderstanding those we can relate to

D18-N-0199

Redefining‘community symbiotic society’focusing on dementia
Jun Sasaki, CEO/Chairman, Yushoukai Medical Corporation

South and Indonesia's Aceh

B. Creating New Culture
Comprehensive Understanding of the ASEAN Urban Heritage and Practice of “Advance
D18-N-0192

Preservation”

The‘Ulam School’: A Food Education Transborders’Network to Foster Solidarity and Edible Flora
D18-N-0197

Preservation for Sustainable and Healthy Lifestyle among Neighboring Countries
Eric Jose Olmedo Panal, Principal Research Fellow, Institute of Ethnic Studies (KITA), Universiti

Building of New Values Living in Rural Area in Asia:Practitioners' Exchange from Myanmar, Japan

educational base, at the Langkawi Campus of the National

conducted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports,

University of Malaysia (UKM) and the combined strength

Science and Technology and the Japan Society for theof securing academic results, educational effects and ad-

Promotion of Science (JSPS) for academic research andvocacy to the public. In addition, the stance on spreading

proceeded with selections with a focus on the concepts ofToshiyuki Uwano, Fellow researcher, The Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology

project results out of Southeast Asia and reporting them

the Toyota Foundation International Grant Program, whichat an international conference to be held in Paris was also

aims to undertake forward-looking practical projects. This

Designing the future of unofficial urban villages in mega cities of Asia: Sharing the experience ofevaluated. In recent years, people have shown an increas-time, based on reflections on last year, we increased the

ingly strong interest in traditional herbs and herbal med-

number of candidates for English applications. As a result,

icines (Samunprai) in Thailand and Laos and in mountainfive out of 11 projects were managed by foreign represen-vegetables and wildflowers in Japan. We hope that you will

tatives, not Japanese representatives. For the presenta-

focus on comparisons with them.

tions of results, however, there were still many somewhat

D18-N-0219

era of media reform: Finding social issues and nurturing leaders for solutions

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and Bhutan

7,000,000

Ryota Sakamoto, Associate professor, Center for Southeast Asian Studies, Kyoto University

C. Open Field
Cross-cultural communication for the inclusive society by the leaders of Person with Disability in
D18-N-0089

D18-N-0183

Asia

Xizhou Tribe at the Kampung Aquarium reconstruction
Kiyoko Kanki, Professor, Faculty of Engineering, Dept. of Architecture and Architectural

7,500,000

3,300,000

Engineering, Kyoto University

D18-N-0198

abstract proposals such as constructing platforms using

Building network among 3 Asian countries living in an

7,200,000

Kebangsaan Malaysia

novelty of the idea of establishing the “Ulam School,” anprofit Organization e-Education

7,500,000

Kengo Hayashi, Lecturer, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyoa line from grants-in-aid for scientific research projects

sive ideas about more specific and impactful ways of cir-

4,500,000

Napisa Waitoolkiat, Director, College of ASEAN Community Studies, Naresuan University

Just like the previous year, in fiscal 2018 as well, we drew

D18-N-0238 Kaito Miwa, CEO, Specially Approved Non-

7,300,000

Locating Peace through harmonizing Religion, Gender, and Age: The Cases of Thailand's Deep
D18-N-0206

Conclusion

the Internet. There were only a few proposals for impres-7,000,000

Suyheang Kry, Executive Director, Women Peace Makers

were the soundness of the organization of members, the3. Thematic Area C: Open Field

Amount(Yen)Marking tourism works for local communities: A mutual learning from Vietnam and Thailand
Pham Kieu Oanh, Executive Director, Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion

7,200,000

The Project for Creating Innovation Platform for Resource Management in Local and Indigenous
D18-N-0208

Community of ASEAN
Byar Myar Gay, Policy Analyst, Ethnic Nationalities Affairs Center / Co-Chair of Global Board,

7,000,000

ASEAN Green Justice Network

culating results. This is a future issue for us.

Building network among 3 Asian countries living in an era of media reform: Finding social issues

Lastly, in 2018, we established a special committee toevaluate the results of the international grant programs

D18-N-0238

and nurturing leaders for solutions

4,500,000

Kaito Miwa, CEO, Specially Approved Nonprofit Organization e-Education

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Activity Report❶❷❸❹
The Booklet, “What Brings Us beyond Understanding to Empathy” published in May
Dates: May , 2018

The International Grant Program compiled a series of dialogues between grant awardees and the Foundation’s❷

program officers in Baguio (the Philippines), Bangkok❺(Thailand), Sendai (Japan) organized in fy 2017 and published the booklet, “What Brings Us beyond Understanding to Empathy” (See the Photo 1).
The Program would appreciate it if the would-be applicants would make the best use of the booklet for the sakeof application by reading the dialogues, and learn first-

❶

❾

❸

hand not only from experiences of grant-awarded projects but also the aim and scope of the International Grant❻

Program.
This booklet is available on the Website of the Toyota
Foundation. Those considering to apply are advised tolook into the booklet, not just application guideline.

❿

❺❻❼❽❾
Annual Grant Award Ceremony
Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), October 17, 2018

Fy 2018 Grant Award Ceremony was held at Hyatt Regency Tokyo on October 17. The first part, a report-back session upon welcome remarks by the managing director
and outlining of the Program by the program officer incharge, featured Dr. Arimori Naoko who investigated commonality and diversity of birth and Ms. Yamashita Ayaka
who sought to revitalize local lifestyle and worldview of
the Philippines and Japan by utilizing bamboo, both ofthem awarded grants in fy 2016 and fy 2017.
Afterward, a panel discussion theming mid-term program
evaluation concerning “What Brings Us beyond Understanding to Empathy” took place. Its panelists were Prof.
Dr. Suehiro Akira of Gakushuin University, Prof. Dr. Takeu-❹❼

When it came to the second part, the grant award ceremony per se, Her Excellency Amb. Toyama Atsuko, President⓫of the Toyota Foundation, gave a congratulatory remark.
Subsequently, Prof. Dr. Suehiro Akira, chair of Screening
Committee, provided feedback about selection results
and then President Toyama presented grant certificates tothe respective grant awardees.

❿⓫❽

Workshop by Grant Awardees

chi Shinichi of the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies,

Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), October 18, 2018

Prof. Dr. Ogawa Tadashi of Atomi Women’s University, and

The Program organized a workshop involving FY 2018

projects. Throughout the entire day workshop, grantFoundation to understand grant awarded projects more

Ms. Mitsue Tamagake of International Development Cen-

grant awardees at Shinjuku Mitsui Building on October 19,

awardees gave presentations of their projects in detail, fol-

deeply and exchange information with the respective

ter and they exchanged views about reviewing of the In-

the day after the grant award ceremony, meant not only to

lowed by lively discussions taking place all over the venue.

grant awardees.

ternational Grant Program.

network grant awardees and but also to brush up theirAlso, it was an educational opportunity for the Toyota

2021Grant Results() Fiscal 2017

Budget(¥ Million)

Acceptance Rate(%)

Number ofApplications

Number of Grants

Value of Grants(¥ Million)

Survey Grant

147
（171）

20
（16）

16.0
（16.0）

Nurture Grant

162
（230）

14
（10）

66.05
（66.05）

Total

309
（401）

34
（26）

82.05
（82.05）100.0（100.0）

8.4
（6.5）

9
（3）

2
（1）

9.35
（5.0）

─

22.2
（33.3）

─

6

13.0

─

─

（Communication with Society Progam）

Grants for Dissemination and
Advocacy

100.0（100.0）

13.6
（9.4）
8.6
（4.3）

（Initiative Program）

Pilot Program for the Boosting
Civic Participation for Capacity
Building Grant and Rolling Out
Grant

In FY 2018, the Program set its theme as “Creating Sus-

the case of these precedents, four projects were awarded

tainable Community together with Its Prospective Actives

with the “Nurture Grant,” an advanced form of grant fromthrough Social Business Open to Locality.”the “Survey Grant.”

It publicly

called for proposals regarding “Survey Grant” and “Nurture

The Grant Programfor Community
Activities in Japan

Grant,” respectively. While the former grant was designed

Additionally, as a pilot program, the Foundation embarked

to help the recipients conduct preliminary surveys before

on the “Program for Boosting Civil Participation.” This pro-project implementation, the latter one was intended to pro-gram is designed to strengthen nonprofits conducive to

mote projects aiming to resolve local problems and foster

building a good community and society through active par-“problem-solving agents”. Also, the Foundation soughtticipation of empowered citizens.

out for projects exclusively from the past grantees for themade grants to capacity-building activities such as the“Dissemination and Advocacy Grant.” After careful delib-

training of coordinators tasked to plan action programs for

erations by the Screening Committee and the Board of Di-

volunteers.

More specifically, it

rectors, 20 projects out of 147 applications were selected
for the “Survey Grant”, and 14 out of 162 for the “Nurture

On April 12 of 2019, the grant awarding ceremony for FY

Grant,” and two out of nine for the “Dissemination and Ad-

2018 grantees was held at Hyatt Regency Tokyo. On the

vocacy Grant.”

following day, the mid-term meeting for FY 2017 “Nurture
Grant” grantees was held at Shinjuku Mitsui Building to

FY 2018 saw a series of the Program’s orientation meet-talk about progress in their projects. The meeting was facil-ings held in Iwate, Fukushima, Tokyo, Niigata, Nagano,itated by Mr. Toshiaki Goibuchi of CR Factory. On this oc-

Okayama, and Shimane prefectures to share the scopecasion, the Foundation organized a virtual board meeting,and intent of this Program with would-be applicants, withincluding the attendance of FY 2018 grantees, in order tofocus on the importance of conducting a social survey

discuss the management issues presented by nine grant-

about civic actions and community activities.

ees who had just finished the first year of their grant period.
This mid-term meeting was held, in the hope that theOverview
Project Period

Program Title
Creating Sustainable Community together with Its

Survey Grant: One year, beginning April 1, 2019

Prospective Actives through Social Business Open to

Nurture Grant: Two years, beginning April 1, 2019Locality
Total Amount of Grants*This program is limited to activities in Japan.

Grant Category

Survey Grant: Up to one million yen per projectNurture Grant: No limitation

Survey Grant
Nurture Grant*Note: Additionally, the Program made grants associated with theCall for Proposals
September 1, to October 10, 2018

“Dissemination and Advocacy Grant” and “the “Pilot Program for
Boosting Civic Participation”which dealt with capacity-building anddissemination.

Also, in Iwate, Tokyo, Niigata, and Fukuoka prefectures,

grantees could make the best use of the remaining grant

the Foundation held seminars on the basics of social sur-period and achieve greater results. As Mr. Goibuchi of-vey in cooperation with local nonprofits. At a seminar in

fered his inspiring advice of “kabeuchi” or sounding board

Niigata, “Takane Community Labo Wa LA” and “Seki Com-and mutual mentoring among grantees, the Program is de-munity Building NPO Vousmelan” — local nonprofits thattermined to build a mechanism whereby the grantees canwere awarded with the “Survey Grant” two years ago andboost “kabeuchi” mutual mentoring.

the “Nurture Grant” the following year — were pleased toshare how they made the best use of the “Survey Grant.”
Mr. Takayuki Kitamura, the representative of the NPO
Vousmelan, stressed the importance of conducting a social survey with next-stage operations in mind. He said,“Our survey aims to upgrade our activities. You need to
conduct a survey that will support your activities.” As in

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❿

⓫

❻

Activity Report❶❷❼

Mid-term Report Back Gathering of fy 2016
Grant Awardees

Research Workshop to Boost Civic Participation
by Nonprofits

Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), April 14, 2018

Locations and dates: Fukuoka, June 30, 2018

In this gathering held on April 4, 2018, 9 grant-awarded

In Fukuoka, on June 30, this workshop was held in cooper-organizations reported back what they had done over theation with Akatsuki, a nonprofit, regarding planning andpast year, using the framework of a logic model. Not only

management as to how nonprofits can make the best use

23 grant-awarded organizations of fy 2017 “Survey Grant”

of research for the benefit of civic participation.

and “Nurture Grant,” but also Mr. Hideto Kawakita, the representative of International Institute for Human, Organization and the Earth, as a commentator, attended.

❸❹❺❻
Toyota NPO College Kaiketsu
Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), May 17-18, June 21, July 19,
August 9, November 27, 2018

In cooperation with the Toyota Motor Co., the third termof Toyota NPO College Kaiketsu, was organized on May
17-18, June 21, July 29, August 9, and, November 27. This
lecture series was designed for the sake of nonprofits
learning the Toyota Motor Co’s ideas and methods ofproblem-solving (Mondai-Kaiketsu). In this term, 25 people from 17 organizations participated and addressed
their respective challenges by practicing Toyota way ofproblem-solving over 7 months period.

24❽
Grant Seminar by Shinjuku NPO Center⓬meetings in Tokyo on September 25 and in Okinawa Octo-

ond-hand books and PC game software among otherber 29 regarding the Japan Foundation-funded project tostuff.

promote community center throughout Egypt. Program
Officers in charge of the Grant Program for Community
Activities in Japan supported the management of the re-

Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), September 18, 2018

port back meetings. In Okinawa, nearly 50 people, con-Ms. Ryoko Kida in charge of the Grant Program for Com-

cerned with a community center and public space, attend-

munity Activities in Japan was invited to give a speech at

ed and mass media covered with keen interest.

this grant seminar, held in Shinjuku, September 18.

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❿

⓫⓬
Annual Grant Award Ceremony
Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), April 12, 2019

Fy 2018 Grant Award Ceremony was held at Hyatt Regency Tokyo on April 12, 2019 in tandem with the Research
Grant Program, with nearly 140 participants. President
Atsuko Toyama gave congratulatory remarks, followed byBooks for Charity (Charibon) at Shinjuku-Mitsui Bldg.

feedback regarding results of selection from Prof. Natsuko

Locations and dates: Shinjuku-ku(Tokyo), December 20-21, 2018

Hagiwara of Rikkyo University and director of the Japan

As in the past, under the auspices of “Giving December,”

NPO Center[⓫], chairing screening committee of thethe Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan ran,

Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan as wellin cooperation with Shinjuku Mitsui Building, Books for

as Prof. Hideaki Shiroyama of the University of Tokyo,

Charity (Charibon) event on December 20 and 21, achairing screening committee of Research Grant Program.

scheme of Value Books Co. designed to donate money in-

Also, newly awarded grantees gave remarks for one min-A non-profit, Water Cooler Meeting of Ten Thousand Peo-curred from second-hand books transaction, to nonprof-

ute respectively. In advance of the Grant Award Ceremo-ple (Ichimannin No Idobata-kaigi) organized report backits. This event successfully collected 1009 copies of sec-ny, grantees’ report back meeting took place.

Global “Kominkan” -Community Center-: Report Back Meeting about” Let’s Build Kominkan
in Egypt International Exchange Project”, to Explore a Specific Character and Potential of Japanese Kominkan
Locations and dates: Minato-ku(Tokyo), September 25, 2018 and Naha,
October 29, 201825

List of Grants*Note: The project titles among other things on this list are those at the time of grant approval.

Grant Number

D18-PI-0001

D18-PI-0002

D18-PI-0003

D18-PI-0004

D18-PI-0005

D18-PI-0006

D18-PI-0007

D18-PI-0008

The Initiative Program

D18-PI-0009

D18-PI-0010

Project Title

Representative

Organization

Strengthening Nationwide Community Foundations
Masataka Fukao, Community Foundations JAPANSociety NPO Law Aspired 20 Years Ago and Society We Aspire 20 Years Later on the Occasion of 20th
Anniversary of Enforcing NPO Law
Eriko Nitta, Japan NPO Center

Devising Grant Program to Activate Civic and Neighborhood Action by Diversified People
Noboru Hayase, Osaka Voluntary Action Center

Third Phase of Designing Training Program to Evaluate Nonprofits’ Actions
Katsuji Imata, Japan NPO Center

How Institutional Reform of Public Interest Corporation Affected Grant-Making Foundations?
Yoshinori Yamaoka, Japan Foundation Center
Reinventing Sino Study toward Dissemination

Shin Kawashima, The University of Tokyo, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Second Phase of Boosting Civil Fund Program

Yoshinori Yamaoka, Civil Society Initiative Fund
Programming Student Intern with Reference to Organizational Capacity Building
Chinatsu Hamada, NPO I-DO

Helping People with Disabilities by Civic Participation

Kazuki Beppu, Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation Together
Creating an Effective System for Volunteer Engagement
Junko Moriyama, Nonprofit Organization of Nicochan

Grant

Amount(Yen)

10,000,000

5,200,000

7,970,000

8,000,000

2,700,000

9,720,000

13,130,000

970,000

940,000

720,000

Grown-ups, come to join us! - To support siblings of kids with down syndrome who also want to be the

概 要Overview

D18-PI-0011

center of attention

Chiwa Arai, Specified Nonprofit Corporation Mebae 21, Comprehensive Support for Kids with Down

970,000

Syndrome and Their families

This program is designed to make grants mostly to ad-community foundations.

vance the Toyota Foundation’s initiatives as follows:• joint initiatives with other funding organizations

Also, the Foundation made a grant to a trial initiative to-• initiatives that have great significance for private

ward the Pilot Program for Boosting Civic Participation,

grant-making foundations• initiatives associated with the Foundation’s research activities and workshops.

which was initially planned as a new Specific Subject within the Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan.

D18-PI-0012

D18-PI-0013

Participating in Neighborhood, Spreading from Fertile Place
Yumiko Mori, Certified NPO Organization Comachiplus

Internship LABO, Supporting Youth Independently Participating in Nonprofits
Yoshiyuki Takajo, Actionport Yokohama

4,400,000

5,000,000*Note: Six projects from PI-0008 to 0013 are associated with“Program for Boosting Civil Participation,”a pilot initiative of the Grant Program forCommunity Activities in Japan.

Subsequently, the Foundation funded the Pilot Program.

Under this framework, in FY 2018, too, the Foundation
made grants to those initiatives worthy of support by private grant-making foundations, such as the research about
the impact on private grant-making foundations from theJapanese government’s Reform of Public Interest Corporation, which was conducted on the occasion of the 10thyear anniversary since its enactment, as well as academic
efforts to reinvigorate Chinese Studies. These initiatives
were carried out in parallel with the Foundation’s ongoing
initiatives aimed at capacity building of nonprofits and26

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List of Grants*Note: The project titles among other things on this list are those at the time of grant approval.

Grant Number

D18-SC-0001

D18-SC-0002

D18-SC-0003

D18-SC-0004

D18-SC-0005

Project Title

Representative

Grant

Organization

Amount(Yen)NPO Internship LABO

3,340,000

Takajo Yoshiyuki, Executive Director, Action Port Yokohama
Toward Policy Recommendation Directing at the Government about Authorizing System of “Kindergarten
in Forest”

Nishimura Saeko, President, Chizu-cho Mori no Youchien Marutanbo
Our Own “Workstyle Reform” Making Bread and Butter Business as the Standardized Workstyle
Ito Keiko, Representative, Tsuruoka Nariwai Project

Disseminating “Memory” to Envision a Society Resilient to Natural Disaster

Kentaro Okamura, Assistant Professor, Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo
Program for Reviving “Narratives of Localities” in Search of Future, Redefining Story of Self-Realization by
Municipalities and Communities from Public Space, Landscape, Local GovernanceFujikura Hideyo, Visiting Researcher, Institute of Public Policy, Waseda University

4,030,000

5,320,000

3,500,000

2,600,000

Note: D18-SC-0002 and D18-SC-0003 in fact belong to “Dissemination and Advocacy Grant” under the Grant Program for Community Activities in Japan.

PICK UPThe Communication
with Society Program

The Kick-Off Symposium“Internship LABO for nonprofits”
was organized by Action Port Yokohama
It is increasingly clear that internship programs for nonprofits enable youths to carry out an internship at a nonprofit intheir neighborhood, boost youths’ participation in community activities and help strengthen recipient organizations.
With this firm understanding, Action Port Yokohama, anonprofit based in the city of Yokohama, played a key rolein launching last year Internship Laboratory for Nonprofits,a platform associated with intermediary organizations. The

Overview

platform aims to monitor internships, to examine their potential, and to disseminate the results of these internshipThis Program, although with a closed application process,Japan Earthquake from both inside and outside of theaims to widely disseminate to society the results of thedisaster-struck areas

experiences.

The group photograph was taken on the occasion of the firstnational symposium in September 2018. The Right palms of
the participants symbolized “L” of LABO.

In September 2018, Action Port Yokohama organized the first national symposium on the internships, which also

past projects with an impact. In FY 2018, such were theserved as the kick-off of the Internship LABO for nonprofits. Approximately 60 participants from across Japan, who

projects supported under this Program as described be-

had diverse backgrounds ranging from nonprofits to academia to business management, attended the symposium.

low.

The participants learned through the keynote address about a case in Kyoto where an internship program has been
run successfully since the latter half of the 1990s. The keynote speaker shared the results of this internship program• a project intended to spread internships at nonprofit organizations, an output of a former initiative under theand management know-how with the participants. The symposium helped raise bright prospects for the futureamong the participants and prompted consultations about starting an internship program as well.

Initiative Program• projects involving the “Dissemination and Advocacy

In FY 2019, the second national symposium is expected to take place with more partners onboard. Moreover, fur-

Grant,” selected from the past projects funded by thether discussions will be needed about prospects of an internship program for a nonprofit, including through activi-

Grant Program for Community Activities in Japanties such as holding workshops and producing white papers.

• a project to share the memory of the 2011 Great East28

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Accounting Report
Balance Sheet

Statement of Changes in Net Assets

As of March 31, 2019

Account(Unit: Thousand Yen)

Fiscal 2018

Fiscal 2017

Fiscal 2016

Ⅰ Assets

Account(Unit: Thousand Yen)

Fiscal 2018

Fiscal 2017

Fiscal 2016

Ⅰ Changes in general net assets

1. Current assets

1. Changes in ordinary profit

Cash and deposits

494,412462,673

489,617(1) Ordinary profit

711,597

708,465

676,910

Accounts receivable

76,38984,822

88,782(2) Ordinary expenses

698,551

711,496

699,601

Other

6,420

5,100

4,890

13,046▲3,031▲22,691

577,221552,595

583,289

Profit and loss appraisal▲37,332▲190,999▲246,518

Current changes in ordinary profit▲24,286▲194,029▲269,209(1) Extraordinary profit

0

0

0

(2) Extraordinary expenses

0

0

0

Total current assets
2. Fixed assets

Current changes in ordinary profit prior to profit/loss appraisal

Basic funds

25,065,779

25,108,018

25,299,017

Specified assets

15,224,879

15,703,985

14,732,388

53,16257,55757,590Total fixed assets

40,343,820

40,869,560

40,088,995

Current changes in extraordinary profit

0

0

0

Total assets

40,921,041

41,422,155

40,672,284

Current changes in general net assets▲24,286▲194,029▲269,209

Balance at beginning of the fiscal year
in general net assets

22,333,202

22,527,231

22,796,440

Balance at end of the fiscal year in general net assets

22,308,916

22,333,202

22,527,231

Current changes in designated net assets▲518,217

956,300▲125,068

Balance at beginning of the fiscal year
in designated net assets

18,602,396

17,646,096

17,771,164

Balance at end of the fiscal year in designated net assets

18,084,179

18,602,396

17,646,096

Ⅲ Balance at end of the fiscal year in net assets

40,393,095

40,935,598

40,173,327

Other fixed assets

Ⅱ Liabilities
1. Total current liabilities

445,881407,767

412,665

2. Total fixed liabilities

82,06578,79086,292527,946486,557

498,957

Total liabilities
Ⅲ Net assets

18,084,179

18,602,396

17,646,095（3,000,000）（3,000,000）（3,000,000）（15,084,179）（15,602,396）（14,646,095）

22,308,916

22,333,202

22,527,231（22,065,779）（22,108,018）（22,299,017）

（0）

（0）

（0）

Total net assets

40,393,095

40,935,598

40,173,327

Total liabilities and net assets

40,921,041

41,422,155

40,672,284

1. Designated net assets(Amount from above allocatedto basic funds)(Amount from above allocatedto specified assets)
2. General net assets(Amount from above allocatedto basic funds)(Amount from above allocatedto specified assets)

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April 1, 2018 to March 31, 2019

2. Changes in extraordinary profit

Ⅱ Changes in designated net assets

31Officers and Trustees
Directors and Auditors

Trustees

As of March 31, 2019

As of March 31, 2019

Name

Occupation

Name

Occupation

Chairman

Former Executive Vice President,
Toyota Motor Corp.

Mitsuhisa Kato

Chairman, Toyota Central R&D
Labs., Inc.

Shinichi Kitaoka

President, Japan International
Cooperation Agency(JICA)

Nobuyuki Koga

Chairman, Nomura Holdings, Inc.

Hiroyuki Sakaki

M a n a g i n g D i r e c t o r, To y o t a
School Foundation

Nobuyori Kodaira

President

Atsuko Toyama
Managing Director(full-time)

Yu Asano
Director

Chairman, The Japan Federation ofEngineering Societies

Shoichiro Toyoda

H o n o r a r y C h a i r m a n , To y o t aMotor Corp.

Director

Operating Officer, Toyota Motor
Corp.

Shigeru Hayakawa

Vice Chairman, Toyota Motor
Corp.

Shin-ichi Hirano

Chair Professor, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University

Koichi Fukaya

Former Executive Chairman,
DENSO Corporation

Fujio Mitarai

Chairman & CEO, Canon Inc.

Masanori Mitsui

Chairman, Daihatsu Motor Co.,Ltd.

Senta Morioka

Vice Governor, Aichi Prefecture

Shinji Yazaki

President, Yazaki Corporation

Jyunichi Sato

Yasuhiko Sato

Director

Atsushi Seike

President, Promotion and Mutual
Aid Corporation for Private Schoolof Japan
Adviser for Educational Affairs, Keio
University

Akihiko Tanaka

President, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies

Director

Chairman, Toyota Dealers Associa-

Director

Professor, Faculty of Economics,
Rissho University

Director

Kanetaka Hisatsune tion

Hiroshi Yoshikawa

AuditorMasahide Yasuda
AuditorFusahiro Yamamoto

Audit and Supervisory Board Members, Toyota Motor Corp.

Certified Public Accountant

Chairman: Nobuyori Kodaira
President: Haneda Masashi
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