Ozaki Yukio Memorial Foundation is a private nonprofit organization based in Tokyo.
The Foundation was established to promote the vision and to carry out the unfinished mission of Ozaki Yukio, a statesman and man of principle whose whole life was given to promoting good governance and citizenship in Japan and to advocating Japan's contribution to the peaceful development of the world.
Our Programs
※ Public lectures and discussion meetings on current political, economic and cultural topics are held several times a year in which discussion is encouraged between the audience and the invited speakers. These are normally held once every two months.
※ The Gakudo-juku, a regular series of special lectures and seminars for reinventing civil society in which the "students" are trained to think globally and act locally to make a difference in a fast changing world. A class of fifty to seventy "students" young and old meets every other Saturday to listen to politicians, researchers and business people and conduct group discussions with a view to making policy recommendations on things that matter locally, regionally and globally.
※ Publication of the monthly magazine Sekai to Gikai ("The World and Parliament"). This magazine has been published since July 1961.
For Youth Leadership and Training
※ Ozaki Youth Fellowship program features a nationwide essay contest and interview. Winners are sponsored to participate in the Peace Prize Forum organized by the Nobel Peace Prize Foundation, Norway in conjunction with the universities in Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota and South Dakota, USA.
※ The Ozaki Award was established in 1996, with the generous cooperation of Canon Inc., Tokio Marine Research Institute, and The Radison Miyako Hotel Tokyo to globally recognize and honour both individuals and groups engaged in outstanding work to promote justice, alleviate poverty and contribute to better governance.
Research and Studies
※ The Ozaki Public Policy Study Meeting
are informal monthly meetings of business executives, politicians, and others to discuss politics and economy.
※ The Foundation collects documents and materials about Ozaki Yukio and democratic developments in Japan; and it engages in research and publication on public policies, promotion of democracy, Ozaki Yukio's life and writings, and on striving for peace. |
