Saturday, March 12, 2011

Japanese NGOs need your help!


Get more information here: https://japanvolunteers.wordpress.com/
 Japan based donations information
* Please indicate your donation is for the Tohoku Earthquake

Can Pan - in English

Give directly on the PWJ site - in Japanese
Find out about PWJ in English http://www.peace-winds.org/en/
Donate to PWJ directly via bank transfer:
Bank name: Mitsui Sumitomo Bank Branch: Aoyama  
Account type regular
Account number 1671932
Account name: Peace Winds Japan
三井住友銀行青山支店, 普通 
口座番号1671932
口座名義: 特定非営利活動法人 ピース ウィンズ・ジャパン広報口

JEN 
JEN is starting the assistance for the people in Tohoku.

You can donate from English Homepage, please refer the following address to your friends and network.
http://www.jen-npo.org/en/involved/donate1.php
 

Online credit card donation in Japanese

About JEN in English
Postal account transfer
Account # 00170538657
Account name: JEN
郵便振替口座 00170538657
加入者名(口座名) JEN


Save the Children Japan
Online giving in Japanese
http://www.savechildren.or.jp/contribute/index.html

 

Postal account transfer
Account # 00900120760
Account name: sebu za chirudorin kodomo kikin
郵便振替口座 00900120760
加入者名(口座名) セーブ・ザ・チルドレン子ども基金


MSF Japan: Medecins sans Frontieres / Doctors Without Borders Japan
Online donation in Japanese
http://www.msf.or.jp/donate/select.html

Postal account transfer
Account # 00190-6-566468
Account name: kokyo-naki-ishidan-nihon
郵便振替口座 00190-6-566468
加入者名(口座名) 特定非営利活動法人国境なき医師団日本 


MDM Medecins du Monde Japan / Doctors of the the World
Online donation in Japanese http://www.mdm.or.jp/donation/select.php
郵便振替口座名:特定非営利活動法人メドゥサン・デュ・モンド ジャポン

Postal account transfer
Account # 00110172839
Account name: medousan dyu mondo jyapan
郵便振替口座 00110172839
加入者名(口座名) 特定非営利活動法人メドゥサン・デュ・モンド ジャポン


ADRA
Online donation in Japanese
http://www.adrajpn.org/kifu_creditcard.html

Bank transfer information
Bank name Mitsubishi UFJ
Branch: omotesando
Regular account
Account number 1956381
Account name: tokuhi)adora jyapan
銀行: 三菱東京UFJ銀行 表参道支店
口座: 普通1956381
口座名: トクヒ)アドラジャパン




Good Neighbors Japan is also going to northern Japan to help out with relief efforts and you can support them
online donations in Japanese

Bank transfer information
Bank name Mitsubishi UFJ
Branch: Hongo
Regular account
Account number 1155337
Account name: tokuhi) guddo nebazujaypan
l Please be sure to write “tohoku” after you name to ensure they know this is for the tohoku
l Relief efforts
三菱東京UFJ銀行 本郷支店
口座番号: 普通 1155337
口座名義: トクヒ)グッドネーバーズジャパン
振込依頼人名:
振込依頼人名に続けて「トウホク」とご入力ください。例)ヤマダ ハナコ トウホク

Wednesday, March 02, 2011

Economic marginalization in Japan - data and links

Articles and organizations related to Economic marginalization in Japan
Resources:
1. Japan’s Anti-Poverty Policies in Need of Change after 50 Years of Stagnation
http://www.tokyofoundation.org/en/articles/2009/japan2019s-anti-poverty-policies-in-need-of-change-after-50-years-of-stagnation
2. Japan's Working Poor http://issuu.com/zichi/docs/japan-working-poor
3. Interngeneration transmission of poverty http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_sato_yoshida.pdf
4. Employment promotion for single mothers japan http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2009/JLR22_zhou.pdf
5. Study on employment support for single mothers japan http://www.jil.go.jp/english/reports/documents/jilpt-research/no.101.pdf
6. Income distribution of Japan: historical view http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_minami.pdf
7. Age, Change and Poverty: Coping with Social Transformation http://globalasia.org/articles/issue9/iss9_8.html
8. Women 2000, Japan NGO Alternative Report http://www.jca.apc.org/fem/bpfa/NGOreport/A_en_Poverty.html
9. The History of the Urban Lower Class and Homelessness in Japan http://www.jca.apc.org/~nasubi/archives/2003asf.html
10. INEQUALITY AND POVERTY IN JAPAN http://www.pucsp.br/geap/textodocalendario/tachibanaki.pdf%20
11. Is Minimum Wage an Effective Anti-Poverty Policy in Japan? http://www.rieti.go.jp/jp/publications/dp/09e032.pdf
12. The Rise of Poverty in Japan: The Emergence of the Working Poor
www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_sekine.pdf 
13. Trends in Poverty among Low-income Workers in Japan since the Nineties http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_tachibanaki_urakawa.pdf%20
14. The Working Poor, Borderline Poor, and Developments in Public Assistance Reform http://www.jil.go.jp/english/JLR/documents/2008/JLR20_komamura.pdf
15. Some short newspaper articles:
Poverty of single-mother households highlighted
http://www.japantoday.com/category/lifestyle/view/poverty-of-single-mother-households-highlighted%20
Single-mother households badly hit by slump
http://www.blogger.com/goog_1373699949
NPO told to stop feeding homeless
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20090110a2.html
Net cafes becoming delivery rooms for poor pregnant girls
http://www.japantoday.com/category/kuchikomi/view/net-cafes-becoming-delivery-room-for-poor-pregnant-girls
Learn more about social issues in Japan and how local nonprofits are tackling them: http://sarajeanworkshophub.wordpress.com/ngo-212/
 May - July 2011 @ TUJ for more details: contact TUJ directly
 Nonprofits and community groups
1. Second Harvest Japan http://www.2hj.org/
2. Anti-poverty campaign 反貧困ネット
http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~hinky/index.html
3. Independent Life Support Center〈MOYAI〉自立生活サポートセンター・もやい
 http://www.k5.dion.ne.jp/~hinky/090904article.yuasa.html
自立生活サポートセンター・もやい (J) http://www.moyai.net/
4. Women and poverty network女性と貧困ネットワーク
 http://d.hatena.ne.jp/binbowwomen/
5. Action center for working women  働く女性の全国センター
http://acw2.org/join?lang=en
6. Sanyukai 山友会 http://www2.gol.com/users/sanyukai/
7. Soup no Kai スープの会 http://www1.odn.ne.jp/soup1994/soup/supuno_hui_biao_zhi.html