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Save the Children Japan
Annual Report 2019
[Executive Summary]EVERYLAST CHILD

Every child has the right to survival, protection, development and participation.
We fight to make children’s rights a reality worldwide.

© Louis Leeson/Save the Children

Peter, a 14-year-old, at a refugee camp in Northern Uganda. Just a year ago, he was living as a child soldier.
Now he's learning again, dreaming to become a President of his country, the Republic of South Sudan.

For nearly 100 years, we have been working with children.
Save the Children is an international NGO that works to make children’s rights to survival,
development, protection and participation a reality worldwide. It was established in the
UK in 1919 and is currently at work in approximately 120 countries. The UN and thegovernments of many countries have a high regard for Save the Children as a pioneer ofchildren’s rights, and we have achieved breakthroughs in the way the world treats children.
Save the Children Japan was established in 1986. We are active in international programsin fields such as health and nutrition and education. When conflicts or natural disasters
occur, we provide emergency and humanitarian responses. In Japan, we have actively
addressed issues of child poverty and child abuse and have also conducted various
programs in response to large-scale disasters such as the Great East Japan Earthquake
and the Kumamoto Earthquake. Through these programs, we work to make children’s
rights a reality.

Eglantyne Jebb, founder of Save the Children

Foreword
We hope that by the time you receive this report we could see some prospect of the novel
coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic coming to an end and children in Japan and around the world
could be living free from fear of this virus.

Save the Children reachedmore than 38,000,000 children
in approximately 120 countries
including Japan.

Since its foundation in the UK in 1919, Save the Children has been working toward a world in which
every child attains the right to survival, protection, development, and participation.

Save the Children directly reached 38,714,825 children through its work in 2019.
2018.

With the help and commitment of a great many people, we were able to provide support to morethan 38.7 million children in approximately 120 countries including Japan in 2019. We would like toexpress our sincere gratitude to all of you for your continued support.
In 2019, we implemented international programs in areas such as education, health and nutrition,
disaster risk reduction, and child protection. In addition, we provided emergency and humanitarian
responses on a global scale for children in Syria, Yemen, and Rohingya people in Bangladesh who havebeen affected by conflicts and violence, as well as children affected by natural disasters around theworld. In 2020, we have been rapidly conducting programs to protect children in Japan and overseas
from COVID-19, which has been raging since the beginning of the year.
In our domestic programs, we responded swiftly to support the areas affected by Typhoons Marie(Typhoon No.15) and Hagibis (Typhoon No.19) and continued implementing recovery programs at theareas affected by the heavy rains that struck western Japan in 2018 and the areas affected by the2016 Kumamoto earthquake. Moreover, we moved forward with addressing child poverty, child abuse,and other challenges that affect children in Japan. In June 2019, the amendment to the Act on thePrevention, etc. of Child Abuse to stipulate the ban on corporal punishment by parents and otherguardians was passed and took effect this spring. We believe this movement is a significant step
forward to realize a society where all children attain their rights.
In 2020, we affirm our commitment to continue pursuing activities for children, together with children
around the world, with the aim of making all children’s rights a reality. We look forward to yourcontinued cooperation in the future.

Junichiro Ida, Chair of the Board
Tsudoi Miyoshi, Managing Director of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
Save the Children Japan

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Foreword©D.Davaanyam/Save the Children■ Countries and regions where Save the Children worked in 2018.
2019.
■ Countries and regions where Save the Children Japan
conducted projects by assigning staff members, etc.

Emergency and
Humanitarian Response

Health and Nutrition

Education

For children and local communities
affected by natural disasters andhumanitarian crises, Save the Children
swiftly responds to meet their
immediate needs, enabling them toreturn to and rebuild their lives.

To ensure that all children and theirfamilies can access quality healthservices, Save the Children provides
assistance, including healthcare forpregnant women, mothers andnewborns; prevention and treatment of
infectious diseases and malnutrition;and strengthening of health systems.

In order for all children to receive quality
education, Save the Children implements
programs that improve learning
environments, provide capacity development
opportunities for teachers, raise awarenessin local communities and promote
pre-school education programs.

Child Protection

Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)

Child Poverty

We promote child protection measuresin close collaboration with various
stakeholders such as local governments
and communities, children, and theircaregivers to protect children fromviolence, abuse, and exploitation, andcultivate environments in which children
can grow up safely and securely.

Save the Children strengthens DRR
structures of local communities sothat children can act independently
when disasters occur and their voices
are reflected in DRR policy andpractice. We promote child-centereddisaster risk reduction.

We are working to end child poverty
by providing direct support, raisingpublic awareness and engaging in
advocacy. Our aim is to ensure that all
children have access to the physicalpossessions, services and opportunities
necessary for them to live their lives
and develop, so that they can fulfill
their potential.
About Save the Children

3International Programs
Emergency and Humanitarian Response

Health and Nutrition

Education

Child Protection©Jarurin Pholhinkong/Save the Children

Save the Children has responded to humanitariancrises in Syria, South Sudan and Yemen as well as
Bangladesh, with the displaced Rohingya people. Our
support for refugee children, internally displacedchildren, and their families included emergency relief
supplies and activities in areas such as education, childprotection, and health. We also set up child-friendly
spaces to offer places where children could feel safe,
secure and learn in peace.

We have worked to treat and prevent malnutrition
and infectious diseases and helped to enable societies
to offer universal access to quality healthcare services.
In Vietnam, we provided support to secure food,enhance health services for mothers and children, andoffered nutritional guidance, aiming to improve thenutritional conditions of ethnic minority children who
have been socially disadvantaged and forced to live
under harsh conditions.

Save the Children is working to ensure that all
children receive quality education. In Mongolia, we
supported a program to develop teaching materials,
train teachers, and conduct awareness-raising activities for parents and guardians. Through the program,
local communities learned to build an environment
which enables inclusive education to facilitate equal
access to education from all children including thosewith special needs due to poverty, disability, and otherreasons.

We have provided support to children who have been
affected by violence, abuse, and exploitation. Our
programs have also included advocacy efforts to ban
corporal punishment and promoted parenting freefrom physical and humiliating punishment. In Lebanon
and Uganda, we provided individual assistance tochildren affected by conflicts, and strengthened
community-based child protection systems.

Child Poverty

Disaster Risk Reduction

We have conducted activities aimed at ensuring all
children to have access to goods, services, and opportunities necessary for their lives and development, sothat they can fulfill their potential. In Mongolia, westarted to develop an entrepreneurship-focusedsocioemotional skills training program for young
people (aged 15 to 24) living in remote areas and invulnerable conditions to promote entrepreneurshipand job placements.

We have worked with local communities and governments on child-centered disaster risk reduction.
Through our programs, local communities in Uganda
and Vietnam learned to build resilience to natural
disasters and climate change; local communities inThailand learned to prevent water-related accidents
among children. Those in Indonesia learned topromote road safety for children and young people.

© Ali Alashwal/Save the Children

Furthermore, we have provided educational andpsychosocial support to children affected by the floods
in Mongolia in November 2018 and the huge cyclones
in southern Africa in March and April 2019. In addition,
we utilized the Inochi Mirai Fund to provide prompt
assistance to children affected by natural disasters,
conflicts, and other emergency settings.

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International Programs

In Myanmar, we promoted safe childbirth and healthy
newborns by collaborating with health authorities totrain auxiliary midwives and strengthen healthsystems. In Vietnam, Myanmar, and Laos, we worked onenhancing health education, developing the capabilities
of hospital staff, and providing medical equipment, withthe aim of improving the health of ethnic minority
mothers and children.

International Programs5

Domestic Programs Emergency Responses
Ending Child Poverty

to Natural Disasters in Japan

Typhoon Hagibis (Typhoon No.19)
Emergency and Recovery Programs

Other Emergency Responses andRecovery Programs
Northern Kyushu Heavy Rains Emergency Programs

With damages to houses due tofloods in Omachi Town, Saga
Prefecture, there was a serious
lack of space for children in an
evacuation center to play freely.
We supported Omachi Town tooperate child-friendly spaces byusing spaces in nursery schools and after-school
programs (Gakudo) to provide children with places inwhich to relax and play.
Support for Operating Child-Friendly Spaces
Currently one in seven children in Japan lives inrelative poverty. We have supported children facing
financial difficulties in a number of ways, including cash
assistance. At the same time, we have raised publicawareness and made policy proposals based onchildren’s rights and their voices, seeking better
solutions to end child poverty from the perspective ofcivil society.

Provision of School Supplies and Equipment
We provided sports kits and shoes and other supplies
to 481 students at elementary schools and junior highschools in Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture, a severely
affected area. We also delivered necessary supplies andequipment to nursery schools in Iwaki City andnursery schools and elementary schools in Marumori
Town, Miyagi Prefecture, targeting better provisions ofchildcare and learning environments.

Prevention of Child Abuse

Domestic Emergency Programs

We supported children in Iwaki City, Fukushima
Prefecture, and Marumori Town, Miyagi Prefecture, tohelp them recover a sense of normalcy and continuity
through play, learning, and other activities. In Iwaki
City, we operated a child-friendly space for children
close to an evacuation center. At the same time, inMarumori Town, we supported the operations of aspace for children run by child support organizations
and other entities in the prefecture. During school
closures and even after the school reopening, children
spent their time there by doing their homework andplaying.

West Japan Heavy Rains Recovery Programs
During the summer vacation, we jointly held Kid’s
Lab events with a company at children’s centers(Jidokan) and other venues in Mabi Town,
Kurashiki City. In autumn, we donatedapproximately 600 books to a special needs
school affected by the heavy rains. Additionally,
we launched a project which aimed to recordchildren’s feelings and actions they took during
and after the disaster. With the collected 260 casestories, we published a report entitled “Record of
the Role of Children Played in Time of Disaster”.
Kumamoto Earthquake Recovery Programs
For 391 first-year students at junior and senior highschools in Mashiki Town and Mifune Town, Kumamoto
Prefecture, whose homes had been more than half
destroyed, or who were facing financial difficulties, we
provided cash assistance to cover some purchases
necessary for transition to the next level of education.
We also supported an event organized by the
Kumamoto Single Parent Family Welfare Council byplanning and operating seminars for parents andattractions for children. Save the Children completed the
Kumamoto Earthquake Recovery Programs in 2019.
Following Up the Great East Japan
Earthquake Recovery Program

We have been working to prevent child abuse so that
all children can be protected from violence and growup without fear or anxiety, feeling safe and secure. In
June 2019, the legislation passed revised laws to
explicitly prohibit corporal punishment by parents andguardians for the first time in Japan. To this end, we
have raised public awareness and advocated throughvarious means.

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Domestic Programs

We created training and programs to raise awarenessover Psychological First Aid (PFA) for Children widely
available to individuals supporting children andcaregivers, thereby strengthening disaster response
capabilities particularly for children. We also launchedtraining in Japan on Minimum Standards for Child
Protection in Humanitarian Action, which detailed
international standards to protect children fromviolence and other forms of maltreatment in times ofconflict and natural disaster.

Support for Field Trip Activities for Nursery Schools
In Marumori Town, Miyagi Prefecture, the town’slargest nursery school was damaged by the typhoon.
Accordingly, the children who attended that center
needed to go to another center, and childcare services
and outside activities were limited. Save the Children
offered bus services for children to go on a field trip sothat they could enjoy activities outside the center.

We completed our five-year support for theoperation of the Ishinomaki City Children’s Center atthe end of March 2019. Even after the termination of
our support, the city continues running the center sothat they can carefully listen to children’s voices andreflect them in practice. Save the Children completed
the follow-up of the Great East Japan Earthquake
Recovery Program in 2019.

Domestic Programs

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Save the Children Japan

Save the Children Japan

Partnerships

2019 Financial Information

Institutional Partnerships (List in alphabetical order)

Balance Sheet (as of December 31, 2019)
I. Assets

Statement of Changes in Fund Balance (For the year ended December 31, 2019)

1. Current Assets

I. Changes in
140,476,826

Cash & Cash Equivalents (domestic)

Japan International Cooperation Agency

Cash & Cash Equivalents (overseas)

Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan

Accounts Receivable

Basic Funds（1）
Time Deposits

51,637,338

3,200,000

Restricted Donations for Not for Profit Segment

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Partnerships

ADCAST
AEON CO., LTD.
Ampus, Inc.
BANDAI NAMCO Holdings Inc.
BASF Japan Ltd.
BIKEN Co., Ltd.
Bulgari Japan Ltd.
Daiso Sangyo Co., Ltd.
Delta Air Lines, Inc.
FamilyMart Co., Ltd.
FICELLE inc.
Fuyo General Lease Co., Ltd.
GlaxoSmithKline K.K.
H&M Hennes & Mauritz Japan KK
Häagen-Dazs Japan,Inc.
Heijyokyo-Tenpyousai
Hitachi Kashiwa Reysol Co., Ltd.
IKEA Japan K.K.
Kanro Inc.
KANSAI ELECTRIC WORK CO.,LTD
KUTSUSHOTEN INTERNATIONAL CO.,LTD.
LANXESS K.K.
MetLife Insurance K.K.
MIHIRA corporation
NISSHINDO Co.,Ltd
OGO SANGYO Co.,Ltd.
Oriental Land Co.,Ltd.

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Reserve for Public Relations for Fiscal Year 2020
Total Special Funds
Other Non Current Assets（3）
Building

Procter & Gamble Japan K.K.
ROOTOTE CORPORATION

VehiclesSARAYA Co.,Ltd.

Software

SIRIUS Corporation

Total Non Current Assets

Total Other Non Current Assets

Accounts Payable

SRS HOLDINGS CO.,LTD

Deferred Revenue

Takamatsu Co.,Ltd.

Accrued Seasonal Salary

The Walt Disney Company (Japan) Ltd.
TOKYO UNIFORM CO.,LTD.
TOKYU HANDS INC.
Toshiba Tec Corporation
Toys"R"Us-Japan, Ltd.
Tully’s Coffeee Japan Co.,Ltd.

Operations Activity Expenses
Public Relations Expenses
Other Operating Expenses
Profit Making Business Expenses② Administrative Expenses
Total Ordinary Expenses

81,687,470

227,218,886
7,423,993
3,889,840

456,134,302

Total Current Liabilities
2. Non Current Liabilities
Provision for Severance Payments
Total Non Current Liabilities
Total Liabilities
III. Fund Balance① Operating Expenses
Overseas Aid Expenses

Grants Expenses

1,290,191,945

217,601,583

Deposits Received

The Prudential Gibraltar Financial Life Insurance Co., Ltd.

3,544,150

6,439,744

for the Period Before Valuation Adjustment

Non Ordinary（1）
Income(of which, Amount Appropriated to the Basic Funds)(of which, Amount Appropriated to the Special Funds)

508,334,966
117,476,684
192,916,847
190,303,859
292,566,492
106,664,577
22,475,382

113,495,118

2,007,418,389
14,400,420

2,651,813

Non Ordinary（2）
Expenses

Loss on Elimination of Non Current Assets
Total Non Ordinary Expenses

496,849,384

General Funds – net, beginning of the Period

40,715,082(50,000,000)

463,184,464

Gain on Sale of Non Current Assets
Total Non Ordinary Income

Changes in Non Ordinary Earnings for the Period

865,954,159

1,893,923,271

14,400,420

Changes in General Funds – net for the Period
General Funds – net, end of the Period

Total Restricted Funds - net

2,021,818,809

Changes in Ordinary Earnings for the Period

40,715,082

865,954,159

378,340

2. Changes in Non
Ordinary Earnings

1. Restricted Funds - net
Restricted Donations

774,407,649

Changes in Ordinary Earnings

1. Current Liabilities

Sony Corporation

The Kyoritsu Co., Ltd.

⑩Miscellaneous Income
Total Ordinary Income

Domestic Operation Expenses

1,947,333,863

Total Assets

Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited

368,993,576

Emergency Aid Operation Expenses

12,783,200

Deposits

7,664,674

33,597,711

Restricted Donations

1,158,504,475

47,156,800

250,055,570

1,143,401,225

11,022,143

Furniture and Fittings

II. Liabilities

Ordinary Expenses（2）

209,825,317⑧ Donations Received
Unrestricted Donations

2,379,776

Shiseido Company, Limited
Sompo Japan Insurance Inc.

114,050,392

365,102,282

1,905,807

Leasehold Improvements

SANYO FOODS.Co.,Ltd749,715,133
46,161,640

Reserve for Other Operations

Private Sector Contract Income⑨ Subsidies Received

129,090,675

Reserve for Domestic Operations

PILOT Corporation

23,934,215

08,010,000

824,983,169⑥ Service Contract Income⑦ Income from Sales and Events

40,715,082

Reserve for Accumulated Depreciation

13,318226,222⑤ Contract Income for Aid Operations
Government Contract Income
Overseas Contract Income

50,000,000

Special Funds（2）
Reserve for Severance Payments② Earnings on Special Funds④ Membership Fees

50,000,000

Total Basic Funds① Earnings on Basic Funds③ Admission Fees

657,141,918

Total Current Assets

Reserve for Emergency Relief Operations

・

Ordinary Earnings

234,780

Reserve for the Stabilization of Overseas Operations

・

Ordinary Income（1）

2. Non Current Assets

Corporate Partnerships (List in alphabetical order)

ACCEA Co., Ltd.

178,790,313
14,991,288

Advance Payment

・1．
Changes in

464,624

Prepaid Expenses

World Bank

General Funds - net

60,728,626

261,455,461

Prepaid Operating Expenses
Inventories

Japan Platform(Unit : JPY)

II. Changes in
Restricted Funds- net① Donations Received
Restricted Donations② Subsidies Received

Government Subsidies(749,715,133)

2,651,813
237,423
237,423

2,414,390

16,814,810

567,715,510
584,530,320
351,402,817
351,402,817△ 344,940△ 344,940

2. General Funds - net

584,530,320③ Transfer to General Funds
Changes in Restricted Funds – net for the Period△ 369,371,916

Total Funds - net

1,450,484,479

Restricted Funds – net, beginning of the Period

884,268,198(368,074,260)

Total Liabilities and Fund Balance

1,947,333,863

Restricted Funds – net, end of the Period
III. Total Funds - net,end of the Period

UENO FINE CHEMICALS INDUSTRY,LTD.
Uokuni Food Services Co.,Ltd.

△ 18,314,039
865,954,159

1,450,484,479

VERMILLION CORPORATIONOthersVIA HOLDINGS INC.

2%

WELCOME CO., LTD.
WORLD PARTY CO.,LTD

Audit Report
Contract
IncomeYamadai Corp.

Ordinary Income

41%

Donations57%

The original 2019 Financial
Statements, in Japanese, wereaudited by board auditors ofSave the Children Japan and the
independent auditor (Deloitte
Touche Tohmatsu LLC).

2019 Financial Information 9

Our History

Save the Children was established in the UK in 1919, and Save the Children
Japan was established in 1986. For nearly 100 years, Save the Children has
been working with children.

Save the Children established in the UK.

Initiatives for Achieving
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

1919

Save the Children Japan established.
1986

1991

Educational programs in the Philippines and Thailand started.

Opened Philippines Office andassigned Japanese staff.

Started emergency response to refugees
from former Yugoslavia in collaboration
with Save the Children US. 1994

1995
Started emergency and humanitarian
response in Afghanistan.

For Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
Disaster, provided financial support to local
NPOs assisting children.

2001

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are 17
global goals that aim to fundamentally resolve various
issues such as poverty, inequality and disparity, andclimate change. As an international NGO that promotes
children’s rights, Save the Children was also involved in
the process of developing these goals, which wereunanimously adopted by the United Nations General
Assembly in 2015. We are promoting the achievement ofSDGs through our advocacy as well as domestic andinternational programs.

Board Members

As of March 25, 20202003 Started domestic programs.
Responded to Sumatra Earthquake
and Indian Ocean Tsunami, andPakistan Earthquake.

2005

2006

Launched global campaign “Rewrite the
Future” to advocate for improving
education for children in conflict andpost-conflict situations.

Launched “Positive Discipline in Everyday Parenting”
Launched global campaign “Every One” to reduce childmortality under five years old. 2009 promotion and program.
Started “Speaking Out Against Poverty” program toencourage children to participate and raise theirSupported children affected by Haiti Earthquake. 2010 voices to address child poverty issues.
Started Great East Japan Earthquake
Emergency Response and Recovery
Started Syria crisis response. 2011 Programs.

100th Anniversary of Save the Children.
Started Typhoon Hagibis ( Typhoon No.19 )Emergency Response and Recovery Program.

35th Anniversary of Save the Children Japan.
10 Our History

Vice-Chair of the Board
Amane Nakashima

Kewpie Corporation Chairman

2016

Started Kumamoto Earthquake response.

Board Member
Eiko Yokoyama

Shigenari Yamamoto

Save the Children Japan Chief Executive Officer

Graduate Institute of Innovation Management Academic Assembly(Program of Social Sciences) Shinshu University Professor
Waseda Business School, Waseda University Visiting Professor

Naomi Ushio

School of Information and Communication, Meiji University
Vice President (PR), Professor

Kumiko Bando

Japan Legal Support Center

2021

TOKYO TOWER Co., Ltd.

Kiyoshi Kodera
WaterAid Japan

Chair of the Board

Auditor
Norio Suzuki

Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC

Partner, CPA

Kamiyacho International Law Office
Attorney-at-Law admitted in Japan and New York
President

Honorary Chair of the Board
Masaya Ueno

Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd.

KAGAYA Hotels Corporation

Shin Maeda

Toshiyuki Kakimi

Keiko Ohara

Board Member

Yoshihiko Oda

President

FamilyMart Co.,Ltd. Excecutive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer,
General Manager of Management Division

Hideaki Imamura

SEEDS Asia

Division of Liberal Arts, Teacher and Curator Training Course,
Kogakuin University Associate Professor
YAMAKIN CO., LTD

Yoshio Yokoyama Architectural Design Management
Office Co., Ltd. President

President and CEO

President

FUKUJUEN CO., LTD. President

Launched global campaign “Stop the War on
Children” to advocate for protecting children
2019 in conflict.

SUNTORY HOLDINGS LIMITED Executive Officer,
Senior General Manager, Corporate Brand Strategy Department,
Division COO, Corporate Communication Division

Yoshie Abe

Masaoki Fukui

2018

Tomomi Fukumoto

Managing Director of the Board
Tsudoi Miyoshi

Etsuko Tsunozaki

Started Northern Kyushu Heavy Rain
Emergency Response and Recovery Program.
to Rohingya crisis and food crises2017 Respondedin East Africa, Yemen and Nigeria.

Started Western Japan Heavy Rains
Emergency Response and Recovery
Program.

Mori Building Co., Ltd. Executive Vice President

SANYO FOODS Co., Ltd. President

Assigned Japanese staff to Mongolia office to2007 support street children.

Hosted 30th Anniversary Charity Dinner inpresence of His Majesty Emperor Akihito
and Her Majesty Empress Michiko.

Hiroo Mori

Chair of the Board
Junichiro Ida

President

Adviser
Hiromu Fukada

Kajima Institute of International Peace Auditor
Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry, Ltd. Adviser
Tingyi Holding Corp. Independent Non-Executive Director
Former Ambassador to Australia

Hiroshi Matsufuji

St. Luke’s International Hospital Vice President,
Director of Children's Medical Center, Head of Pediatric Surgery

Initiatives for Achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)┃Board Members

11Our Vision
A world in which every child attains the right to survival, protection,
development and participation.

Our Mission
To inspire breakthroughs in the way the world treats
children and to achieve immediate and lasting change in their lives.

Cover photo:Children take part in asinging activity held in acamp for Syrian refugees,
northern Iraq.

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September 2020
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