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Vol.1818RESULTS Japan Letter Vol.
RESULTS Japan Monthly Letter Vol.18 TEL：03-5280-2888 FAX:03-5280-2889 E-mail:results.japan@gmail.com September 15 2011

1. Tohoku Microcredit Project
New project, Tohoku or East Japan microcredit project was started to help recover the daily life of
those who suffered from the March disaster. The main activities are to hand over the handbook depicting
the remedial measures for them, published by the Cabinet Office, to conduct the questionnaire survey, toconduct consultation by lawyers, medical doctors, and small enterprise consultants in the Tsunami-hit
areas such as Kamaishi City, Rikuzen-takata City, and Otsuchi Town. RJ staff and volunteers visited
each temporary shelter to provide them with 8,500 copies of the government handbook. RJ collected thequestionnaire of about 400 as of September 15, opened the lunch meetings with consultation by variousexperts. Continuously, RJ will act to meet the changing needs by them and compile their request tosubmit the Cabinet Office and other decision makers.

◆Changing Power, Changing World : an excerpt from the diary by Ms. Tomomi Murakami
On August 20, today, we had an event at temporary shelter in Kamaishi City, where there are many
aged of over 70. The lunch was delicious and welcomed by them. I was very happy to see most of them eat
with a smile. Also I was pleased to see them relaxed with a chat. They lined up in order, free massage, footbath, consultation by MD and nurses, and checkups of blood pressure. We visited each person staying at
the shelter to bring them to the event site. I had tears in my eyes when one aged man said to me that hebecame happy to be able to find free aged glasses provided by the eye glasses company. He recovered clear
vision with new eye glasses. I will do my best to visit the temporary houses, share difficulty with themand to find hope for them.

Time for a delicious meal

That’s the one!

Any health problem today?

◆Government Reply to the Query on the Government Handbook
The written reply was sent on August 30 to Mr. Masayoshi Hamada, member of House of Councilors,
who had submitted the query on the utilization of the handbook. Mr. Hamada, having heard from thevoices of the sufferers collected by Results Japan, criticized that the content of booklet and the method ofdistribution were unfriendly to readers and asked the government to spares no effort for them. The
government replied that they will listen more to them to improve the atmosphere.

1◆Tono City Gelato Project
In July the new Gelato Project was started to associate with the sufferer of Tsunami disaster those
who suffer from poverty and disaster in the world, with the gelato produced by Tada Farm in Tono City,Iwate Prefecture. Since March, many Japanese realized the importance of helping and connecting eachother, while observing how fragile is the today’s life targeting economy with efficiency. The target is to letvisitors enjoy the gelato with Haitian mango or rum, think about how others suffer in other parts of theworld like Haiti, and think how to improve it. The key is to increase the number of people who address
large social issues such as the Tsunami disaster. Through enjoying tasty gelato, let us take action against
poverty! Now we are asking cafés, restaurants and companies which would like to participate in thisproject.

2. International TB Training before Haitian TB project
Dr. T. Kaku, who went to Haiti last February, made a special presentation on TB in Haiti, at the 86th
Japan TB Society of June 2 and 3. The research report was distributed to this assembly, MOFA, etc, andthat in English in July for wider circulation. Ms. Aya Ishizuka, who will be sent to Haiti this autumn,
took the international training course of Stop TB action for the three months, May to July, organized byJICA and RIT. The course has a long history of 48 years starting 1963 with over 2100 graduates. For thisyear, 10 MDs from Africa and Asia with two Japanese trainees participated in it. With funding by Japan

Platform, RJ will conduct a pilot project on LAMP method or Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification,
which was developed by Eiken Chemical Co., Ltd. This new diagnostic method is simple, safe and precise,so that it is fit to high burden countries like Haiti which lacks laboratory technicians. One of the training
sites for LAMP will be the national TB center in Signeau where Doctor and Sister Sudo, called Mother
Teresa in Haiti, works.

Excursion to Nagano with other trainees

Participated trainees in the class

Closing ceremony

3. Activities for Innovative Financial
Financial Mechanism◆1) Establishment of International Solidarity Levy Forum and its Symposium
The general assembly for ISL Forum was convened at Aoyama University in Tokyo on June 25th,
which was followed by the commemorating symposium with 70 participants. The ISL Forum is thesuccessor of ACIST or association of citizens for IST, and envelops corporate members such as labor union.
There are 10 members including Results Japan, and Ms. Shirasu was elected the board representativewith Prof. F. Kaneko, Yokohama City University and Mr. T. Tanaka, representative of ISL NGO,Altermonde. The ISLF action plan includes lobbing for ISL this year, holding a symposium, working formass media, coordination with other international NGOs, participation in LG, and consultation by ISLF
expert group including Mr. Sato, certified tax accountant, RJ.

2◆2) Participation in 9th Leading Group Meeting in Mali
The 9th leading group for innovative financial mechanism fordevelopment was held in Bamako, capital of Mali on June 24 and 25.
63 countries including many African countries, 18 internationalorganizations including UN agencies and African Development Bank,and 30 NGOs got together. Mr. Ebihara, RJ, invited by the LGsecretariat, made a presentation on the latest situation in Japan, andpledged to make more effort to materialize ISL despite the East Japandisaster. The 10th LG will be held in Spain this December.

Opening ceremony by President of the Republicof Mali

◆3) The General Assembly
Assembly for the Diet Member Group for ISL
The board met three times since the ISL Forum was established to decide with the secretariat of theDiet Group for ISL that we hold the general assembly on August 8th. On that day, more than 70 people
including citizens, NGOs, and media, in addition to Diet members and their secretaries, participated in
the assembly at the Diet member office building. Mr. Minezaki, Cabinet Consultant and former
vice-finance minister said that it was regrettable not to have introduced air ticket levy last year and that
Prof. Emeritus H. Kaneko of Tokyo University was the creator of international humanity tax, which is inline with the National Constitution, and that his disciples are many at MOF and the Tax Commission sothat MOFA should make greater effort than last year. The president of the Group, Mr. Y. Hayashi, LDPleader, said that we will submit the request letter to MOF, Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transportand Tourism, etc. The secretary general, Mr. T. Saito, Deputy Chief Cabinet Secretary, said that last year
we made a success in putting the word of ISL on the official document, and that this year the Group will
try to put it on the budget line by working together with NGOs, etc.
◆OOn UN High Level Meeting for HIV/AIDS
The third high level meeting for HIV/AIDS was held with the top
leaders of the world: presidents, prime and health ministers at the general
assembly hall of UN Headquarters in New York during June 8 and 10. The
Japanese delegate comprised vice minister of Foreign Affairs, officials of
MOFA and MHLW, and NGOs(including Mr. Kano, RJ). Mr. Ban-Ki-moon,
UN secretary general made an opening remark: the progress has been
made for the past 30 years, however, we still face a number of challenges:
universal access, lowering the drug prices, enlargement of Global Fund, implementation of the NewGlobal Plan toward 2015, health system strengthening, and introduction of IFM. RJ is worried that theJapanese public has little awareness of these infectious diseases raged globally.

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The Global Alliance for Vaccine and Immunization (GAVI) RelatedActivities◆PPart 1: GAVI Pledge Conference in London
On June 13, there was a GAVI pledging conference in London. Ms. Shirasu, invited by GAVI and UK,
participated with Mr. Naoki Kakuda, a volunteer in London. Japan
pledged 9.3 million dollars to GAVI for the first time in history andexpressed it will continue to do so next year onward. The total amountpledged was 4.1 billion dollars exceeding the conference target of 3.7
billion dollars. She met with the GAVI secretariat, international NGOsfor vaccines, and staff of Results UK. She was back in Tokyo with a joyof success of the conference and wishes the pledged amount be usedeffectively to help more children’s lives.
◆PartPart 2: GAVI Secretariat Visit to Tokyo
There was a workshop on GAVI at a JICA conference place inTokyo on August 23. Japanese global health NGOs including RJ got
together to get latest information and exchange opinions. Mr. Brian
Tisdall and Ms. Chika Kitajima, senior donor relation managers, cameto Tokyo to raise the vaccine momentum in Japan by visiting MOFA,NGOs, private sectors, etc
Lecture for NGOs

◆PartPart 3: GAVI seminar for female parliamentarians
On August 26, RJ organized a study seminar on GAVI and Japanese contribution, targeting
concerned female parliamentarians. Several leading parliamentarians, like Ms. E. Ishige (domestic
vaccine supporter) and Ms. C. Nishimura(former vice minister of Foreign Affairs), and their secretaries
heard the presentation by Ms. Kitajima and Mr. Tisdall, and Mr. H. Matsuura, director of MOFA incharge made a remark on Japanese policy to GAVI. RJ will continue to plan meetings like this byconsulting the GAVI secretariat to get them understand more on global vaccination, with an intention ofrealizing Japanese pledge of 5 billion yen a year from 2012.

4◆Against Reduction in ODA including Global Fund
Since the March disaster, the government proposed 100 billion yen reduction in ODA at the firstsupplementary budget. However, JANIC, or Japanese association of NGOs for international cooperation,
GCAP Japan, and RJ were all opposed to it and lowered the reduction amount into half at the end. Then,on May 2, the general assembly for Diet Group for Stop TB Partnership was held. The meeting agreed tothat it will ask the recovery of such reduction: 50.1 billion yen in ODA including 15.9 billion yen in Global
Fund at the next budget opportunity. RJ explained that RJ together with several volunteers visited all
parliamentarians to hand over the request letter in April and will keep opposing the idea of ODAreduction. With the resolution of the Diet Group for Stop TB Partnership, leading parliamentarians withMs. Shirasu went to visit the Prime Minister House where Mr. Edano, Cabinet Secretary met them andpromised to recover the reduced amount at the next supplementary budget in view of the importance ofODA including Global Fund.
Announcement: On World Polio Day, which is the upcoming October 24, RJ along with the Japan
Committee Vaccines for the World’s Children (JCV) plans to hold an open event in Tokyo to let thoseconcerned learn what Japan is doing in global health like polio eradication and access to vaccination,
responding the request from MOFA, Japan Global Health Association, etc. On the day, we plan with those
suffered polio to introduce the latest development of polio eradication. The panel discussion elaborates on
how one may increase vaccine access. RJ will inform you all of the details on the web.

4. Our partners◆Save the Poor Children in the Philippines from Tanashi, Tokyo
On August 1, the members of the Basura Heart Link projectvisited RJ office. They are Mr. Wakui, owner of Italian restaurant, inNishi-Tokyo City; Mr. Harada, representative of the Tanashi City
Social Media Society; and Mr. Suzuki, its deputy representative. Mr.
Wakui handed over the donation collected from May to July, to Ms.
Shirasu, to help the poor children living around the so-called Smokey
Mountain or ground in Manila. He added that they would be happy tohave more citizens interested in children who are in poor atmospherein the world. The project is to donate 50% of the sales of baked cookies
at the Italian restaurant, to poor children in difficult environment.

◆Present a Summer Vacation Full of Fun Memories to the Children of Fukushima
From that day onward, children playing in nature had suddenly
disappeared in Fukushima. In order to revive their normal summer, weorganized from end July to August a series of their short stay toKawasaki City, next to Tokyo, far away from the Fukushima accident.
For the first term, 30 pupils, 5 to 12 year old, came to Kawasaki Cityfrom Fukushima to enjoy 8-day activities in nature. For the secondterm, 20 couples of parents and children participated in summer schoolfor 5 days. This was realized thanking to 130 volunteers including
students, and funding from over 500 individuals and corporations.
By Ms. Machiko Takahashi, Vice Representative of Citizens of Kawasaki City for Fukushima Children54. New Staff
Staff

RJ, with the funding by Japan Bicycle Race
Association (JKA), opened a project office in Tono
City, Eastern Japan, where RJ partakes in daily
activity for assistance to those who suffered fromthe Tohoku Earthquake. There are two staffs:
Mr. Tetsujiro Hioki and Ms. Tomoko Murakami.
Ms. Tomoko Murakami and Mr. Tetsujiro Hioki

Mr.Kaname Sakuma, Driver

5. Information on Events and International Conferences< Domestic
Domestic events>
September 9, Haiti and Tsunami donation campaign at Suidoubashi, Tokyo
It will continue on October 11, November 11, and December 9.
October 1 to 17, Stand Up Campaign all over Japan: at Diet member building, government offices, etc.,
organized by GCAP Japan
October 23 to 25, World Polio Day commemorative events in Tokyo by MOFA, JICA, UNICEF, etc.
October 29, ISL Symposium organized by ISL Forum at Aoyama University, Tokyo< International Events >September 19 and 20, UN HLM for non-infectious diseases (NCD), New York
October 23 to 26, World Health Summit, Berlin
October 26 to 30, IUATLD assembly, FranceNovember 5 to 13, International strategy meeting of RESULTS group, Nairobi
November 14 to 17, Microcredit Summit, Spain
November 21 to 22, the 24th Board Meeting of Global Fund, Ghana
December, the 10th Leading Group for IFM assembly by Spain ( in plan)

Results Japan is continuing various volunteer activities for those suffered since the East Japan Great
Earthquake. One of the activities is to help those who would try to live on their own with the Tohoku
microcredit project. To enhance this micro loan project, we sincerely welcome your contribution.

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