The purpose of the program is to provide young people with opportunities to develop their own philosophy of life and eyes to see society through helping the work of grass-roots, community, educational and social welfare organizations serving to solve various problems in society. In 1987, the JYVA expanded this program to other Asian region, inviting participants from other Asian countries with the financial support of the Ministry of Education, Culture and science. In this program the JYVA invites young volunteers to Japan who have been active in grassroots level in the countries to be invited, and recommended by the designated organizations. The JYVA send them as full-time volunteers to the various project sites in Japan trying to promoting grass roots level cultural understanding and their own self development. The JYVA send young volunteers from other Asian countries to various organizations and institutions where they can make good use of their experiences, abilities and wishes.
Volunteers support their host organizations and institutions.
The JYVA expects them to be involved in volunteer services more actively than before after returning home from Japan. And they also try to learn Japanese culture. Volunteers from Asia and Japanese people get to understand culture of other countries more deeply and to have global eyes. But the host organizations are not always same in every year. Since it is very important information to the JYVA, applicants are requested to get it in detail by the doctor in the prescribed form.