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
2011/10/27 | 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 >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/10/26 | By IMPACT Japan
In the evening of 10th, I departed Narita for Abu Dhabi on a direct flight by Etihad. The objective of trip is to attend the Global Agenda Council organized by the World Economic Forum. The conference, for your information, was held in Dubai annually for the past three years. I saw many of my Japanese friends also boarded on this flight to Abu Dhabi… 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
2011/10/19 | By IMPACT Japan
People all over the world love Apple. Today, Steve Jobs – the very person who created Apple, put it back on its feet, and made the company the most valuable enterprise in the United States within a matter of several years – died.
“Death” is inevitable to everyone, as Jobs has stated in his historical speech at Stanford University. However, his death was mourned by the whole… Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/10/12 | By IMPACT Japan
I arrived at Paris in the midst of autumn at 6 am, after departing from Haneda at midnight. The purpose of this visit is to attend the final jury of 2012 L’Oreal -UNESCO Women In Science Awardees. A car from L’Oreal picked me up and took me to Hotel Concorde Opera. At the lobby, I noticed quite a number of tourists from Japan in and around… 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
2011/09/21 | By IMPACT Japan
I have been busy these days, which is nothing new….. And since my blog postings can not catch up with my real time activities, I would like to post here a summary of my recent activities.
From Sydney, I moved to Singapore. Here, I visited several public institutions such as Temasek, National Research Foundation, EDB (Economic Development Board), A*STAR, and Read more >>
Kiyoshi Kurokawa's blog
2011/09/14 | By IMPACT Japan
After Okinawa, I returned to Tokyo to join in the Talent Show, a program which started in the late afternoon on the day before the closing of the Liberal Arts Program for high school students. We enjoyed various performances by the participating students such as wonderful piano music (a semi-professional level!). In the evening everyone returned to the Ryokan (Japanese-style inn) and I joined in their Reflection.… 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 >>
