Current Projects
CURRENT PROJECTS
There are numerous on-going projects, projects in development, and ideas for projects on the IMPACT platform. Please visit the respective pages on IMPACT projects to learn more… [Read more >>]
Dawn of Japan
2011年3月11日に起こった東日本大震災。
被災地の「復興」には、産業を通じた地域の復興・再生が不可欠であると考えます。
「復興への志ある被災者とともに、日本全国・世界をつなぎ、新しい産業を創出する」
そんな想いで活動を続けてきました。
そこから、具体的に3つのプロジェクトを開発中です。
気仙沼大島
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Relief 2.0
Relief 2.0 is the practice of running the last mile in the field through independent field units supported by mobile technologies and social networks, connecting resources, stakeholders, needs, organizations, volunteers and survivors… [Read more >>]
Women Help Women (WHW)
About Women Help Women (WHW)
Women Help Women is a volunteer association of Korean and Japanese women to support the survivors of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami, with a special focus in the sustainable recovery of women,… [Read more >>]
Global Shapers Community (GSC)
Introducing the Global Shapers Community
The World Economic Forum has successfully established a history of engaging young leaders to positively and proactively impact the global agenda. In addition to its existing community… [Read more >>]
Project HOPE
Health and Global Policy Institute (HGPI) and IMPACT Foundation Japan, two NGOs both holding Kiyoshi Kurokawa as a chair have cooperated to work for Project HOPE’s “Operation Rising Sun”.
Project HOPE, a U.S. -based global… [Read more >>]
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/11/01 | By IMPACT Japan
I assume that many of you readers have heard of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) of UN.
It is an ambitious goal which the member nations of the UN promised to achieve by 2015. However, the situation has changed drastically in these 10 years and now the world is shifting to a very different stage from the 2000’s, the time when the MDGs were planned by the UN.… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/10/27 | By IMPACT Japan
After leaving Abu Dhabi, I came to Washington DC to give speech and express our appreciation to the board meeting of Project Hope, for their support and cooperation in the restructuring of Tohoku.
It was early in the morning when I arrived at Dulles airport, Washington DC, from Dubai. I checked in to the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, prepared myself quickly to join with Dr. Noritake of… Read more >>
2011/10/20 | By IMPACT Japan
After enjoying Paris for two days in the beautiful autumn weather, I returned to Japan at Kansai airport in the morning of Monday, October 2nd, to head for Kyoto where STS Forum (Ref.1) will be held for three days. I have been participating this Forum since the 1st meeting, and therefore have enjoyed the expansion of networks with wonderful people of the world. I am now… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/10/13 | By IMPACT Japan
I believe that many of you who visit this site already know about, or have read my book with Professor Yoko Ishikura “Global Career – How to Build a Global Career (世界級キャリアの作り方)” (published in Japanese and Korean).
The book continues to sell well, and the publisher told us to print its 10th prints (each about 2,000 copies) with a note “the book sale exceeded a bench-mark of well selling… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/10/11 | By IMPACT Japan
Six months passed since we established Impact Japan. During these months, we all worked together to support various voluntary activities by people categorized as the “out of the box” type, especially the young people, launched a collaborative project with Project Hope for the Tohoku Earthquake, organized an educational program with Harvard College Initiative Japan, and such.
These activities stemmed out rather naturally from the activities with… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/09/07 | By IMPACT Japan
The “Asian Youth Exchange Program in Okinawa” (Ref.1,2) was launched 3 years ago in Okinawa. It is a “Summer Camp” designed for youths of 15 years old or so of Japan and other Asian countries to spend time together in Okinawa for about 3 weeks. The participants truly share a great time together.
This year is the 4th year of this program. The title was… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/09/01 | By IMPACT Japan
I gave the Keynote Speech on the first day of this Course. I spoke on a number of points including how the world has changed dramatically in the past 100 years, how globalization has brought about incredibly rapid change in the past 20 years and how it is difficult to predict what is in store for us in the future in light of current worldwide situation. I then, based on… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/09/01 | By IMPACT Japan
The Summer Course 2011 scheduled for 8 days from August 20th to August 27th has begun. This Summer Course is the work of the Harvard College Japan Initiative – Liberal Arts beyond Borders (HCJI-LAB).
Ryosuke Kobayashi, a junior at Harvard, came up with the idea for this Course about a year ago. Over the past several years, I have been getting together and interacting with many… Read more >>
2011/08/21 | By IMPACT Japan
MIT Media Lab is an internationally known research center. Founded in 1985, many Japanese companies collaborated with this Lab in research projects so perhaps this might have made the Lab even more known in Japan.
A Big Bright News is that Joi Ito was recently appointed as the director of this Lab. I had an opportunity to have dinner with Joi and Dr. Hiroshi Ishi, associate director… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/08/19 | By IMPACT Japan
The Hamad Medical Corporation of Qatar launched the vision of Academic Health System and I was invited to attend its unveiling. The outdoor temperature in Doha was approximately 45℃ (115 F), very hot, and in addition to the heat, the city was in the midst of the Ramadan.
I made use of this opportunity to visit the Qatar Foundation (Ref.1, 2) again.… Read more >>
