Creation of Sports Legacy ～Proposition of Sports in Life StyleTokyo Marathon Foundation Sports Legacy Program

Tokyo Marathon Foundation Sports Legacy Program

Creation of a society which people enjoy a new lifestyle through sports

As a pioneer in mass marathons, as a member of the Abbott World Marathon Majors, and as a forerunner in sports charities in Japan, the Tokyo Marathon contributes to the advancement of a social climate that we call “running culture.”
We exist to share the spirit of the Tokyo Marathon and to show the splendor and possibilities of city marathons.

Activity Plan
By providing a place for discussing both “What is sports?” and “What legacy can sports leave for the future?” and then putting the answers into practice, we each of us can understand the true value of sports, with the aim of realizing a society in which people can enjoy a new lifestyle centered around sports.

１．Sports Dream (Enhancement and education) = For Japan to constantly produce star athletes competing at world level.
Human resource development and career support programs (liberal arts, communication, languages) for young athletes.
２．“Sports Environment (Facility development)” Establish institutions and environments for enjoying sports.
３．“Sports Expansion” Show the splendor of disabled sports, developing programs to promote healthy living.
４．“Sports Contribution (Social service)” Supporting the area affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake through sports, cultivating the mind for sports charity.

Management and the construction of Ronald McDonald House residential facilities for children with intractable diseases and their familiesRonald McDonald House Charities Japan

Ronald McDonald House Charities Japan

A Ronald McDonald House is a “Home Away From Home” for children hospitalized far from home as well as their families.In other words, they are accommodations for families staying close to their children undergoing medical treatment. These Houses are supported by your contributions and volunteer participation.

Activity Plan
We would like you to know that your support has been used to the fullest extent possible to help operate the 12 existing Ronald McDonald Houses around the country as well as helping us make preparations for the construction of new facilities. Please lend us your support for Ronald McDonald Houses. Each Ronald McDonald House, founded on the ideal of “Relax like you’re in your second home,” supports sufferers and their families battling with illness through the support of donations and local volunteers.
There are many families nationwide who have need of these houses. Please help us by making a donation to Ronald McDonald Houses.

• Ronald McDonald House Charities Japan

Providing and promoting sports activities for intellectually disabled peopleSpecial Olympics Nippon Foundation

Special Olympics Nippon Foundation

The mission of Special Olympics is to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.

Activity Plan
Like the Olympic Games, the Special Olympics are a global sporting event held in summer and winter every four years.
In September 2018, the 7th Special Olympics Nippon National Summer Games will be held in Aichi. Over 1,000 athletes from across Japan will participate in the event, which will also be used to select the teams that will represent Japan in the Special Olympics World Games to be held in 2019 in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. Donations from the Tokyo Marathon 2018 Charity program will be used year-round to support activities by the Special Olympics Nippon Foundation, including assisting with the expenses involved in the 7th Special Olympics Nippon National Summer Games AICHI in 2018.

• Special Olympics Nippon Foundation

Installing shelters to save the lives of refugees forced to leave their homes due to conflictsJapan for UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

Japan for UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

UNHCR (Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) is a United Nations agency established in 1950 to support refugees. UNHCR actively encourages resolutions for refugee problems, and offers international support and protection to refugees and evacuees forced out their homelands as a result of disputes or persecution. Based in Geneva, Switzerland, the agency implements aid activities in conjunction with around 125 countries. The Japan Association for UNHCR is the official contact point in Japan for supporting these activities through public relations and fundraising activities.

Activity Plan
There are some 50 million refugees and internally displaced people around the world, forced out of their homes and living in camps due to conflict, persecution and other reasons.
Many people barely make their escape, with their lives at risk, without enough water or food.
The UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) expeditiously sets up tents and supports life in refugee camps in order to protect the lives of those who have escaped to seek protection. Donations are used to purchase family tents (one tent costs around 60,000 yen), which is one of the essential relief materials for life in a refugee camp.
Japan Association for UNHCR, as an official channel for UNHCR in Japan, is a certified NPO charged with public relations and fund-raising activities.

• Japan for UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees)

For the creation of vigorous, coexistent society ~Promotion and expansion of sports & Enhancement of competitive strength~Japanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA)

Japanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA)

Fifty years have passed since the Japanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA) was established as a governing body to develop and promote sports opportunities for people with an impairment (para-sports). Recently the environment around para-sports is drastically changing, and based on our history and the issues JPSA is facing for the further development of the para-sports, JPSA announced the “Para-sports in Japan: Vision and Measures” and we are progressing to accomplishes the action plans for this vision. JPSA has strong will to create a vigorous and coexistent society, by establishing a framework for promoting and expanding the various para-sports.

Activity Plan
■Promotion of greater understanding of para-sports.
・Costs for publishing informational magazines (expected cost: 33 million yen).
To increase awareness of para-sports by creating, publishing and distributing para-sports explanatory guidebook and guidebook for para-sport spectators.
・Costs associated with promotional activities for the Japan Para Championships (expected cost: 4 million yen).
To promote public understanding of para-sports.
・Costs associated with developing websites, etc. to provide para-sports related information (expected cost: 1 million yen).
To facilitate better understanding for para-sports by improving the quantity and quality of information.
■Promotion and expansion of para-sports (expected cost: 8 million yen).
To promote and expand para-sports by supporting developing sports environment for routinely sport activities.
■A prize fund for Paralympic medalists.
To create a reserve for rewarding medalists' achievements and development.

• Japanese Para-Sports Association (JPSA)

Inviting children dealing with intractable diseases and their parents to a dream campsite equipped with medical care facilitiesSolaputi Kids' Camp

Solaputi Kids' Camp

The mission is to invite children battling with serious illness, and their families, to the Solaputi Kids’ Camp for nature-based outdoor experiences with medical care for free. The children and their families can fully enjoy Hokkaido's bountiful nature without any concern for their illness. Our goal is that children in the grip of disease, along with their families, feel relaxed and get the energy to carry on living thanks to spending invaluable time in this extraordinary environment.

Activity Plan
In Japan, it is estimated that there are around 200,000 children dealing with life-threatening illness such as cancer or heart disease. Living through their long and difficult dealing with serious illness they have little opportunity to play outside. There are many children who dream simply of playing outside. Solaputi Kid's Camp deeply thankful to generous donations and the cooperation of volunteers. The support make it possible to create and operate the camp with on-site medical care to which we invite those children and their families. We have projects to make the dreams of the children and their families come true by the donations in the following ways:
・Invite children from all over the country suffering with serious illness and their families to the camp with on-site medical care in Hokkaido free of charge.
・Establish a horse therapy program and maintain stables and horseback riding field.
・Maintain accessible routes to the tree house for wheelchairs and build play equipment.

• Solaputi Kids' Camp

Providing residential facilities and care for children fighting critical illness and their families during medical treatmentsFamily House

Family House

Family House is the first organization in Japan to build resting houses for children with severe illnesses and their families. Created 27 years ago at the National Cancer Center Central Hospital, Department of Pediatric Oncology through the cooperation of mothers, doctors and nurses, it has now spread to 70 managing bodies with 125 houses nationwide. Currently, Family House is operating 10 institutions with 22 rooms in Tokyo.

Activity Plan
Family House aims to create "dream houses" for children who require medical care along with their families, acting as a bridging middle-ground between the hospital and home. Your kind donations are used to fund construction of “dream houses,” where children with long-term illnesses can stay with their parents out of the hospital ward while still connected to the necessary medical equipment.

So far these institutions have housed a total of 17,000 families, yet this organization receives no financial assistance from the government — it is built on donations, membership fees and volunteers. As such we will also use your donations to help cover expenses for water and electrical utilities necessary for the management of our facilities.

• Family House

Protecting children in poverty, those subject to bullying, eating alone, those with developmental disorders, or a troubled lifestyle.Sodateage Net

Sodateage Net

We are aiming to build a society in which young people feel they are a true member - a society where they can both find work and continue to work. We are supporting that connection between young people and society. But we do not simply help young people and their parents, we also provide and organize places for that support, to educate those "supporters," increasing the number of carers, such as the regional societies, administrations and businesses, assisting young people. These are among the various activities we are currently engaging in.

Activity Plan
Azusa (age 10, pseudonym) was born to a single mother and always ate dinner alone. He was always ignored by his peers because he had poor social skills. Young Azusa was brought by his worried mother to our learning space. Through watching sports, running a stall at a festival, his first camping experience, and of course study, he began to gain confidence and made some friends.
There are many children dealing with bullying, eating alone, living in poverty, with developmental disorders, and troubled lifestyles in Japan. Your support not only helps create environments to instill and support the desire to study in children from unstable family environments, but also allows us to both create programs to teach children about "money, jobs and working," and conduct activities to connect children with the concept of an "independent future."

• Sodateage Net

Realizing a safe society by learning the knowledge and skills required in emergenciesTokyo Disaster Prevention & Emergency Medical Service Association

Tokyo Disaster Prevention & Emergency Medical Service Association

If, at this very moment, a large earthquake hits, someone dear to you collapsed before your eyes, what would you think? What could you do? At the Life Safety Learning Center you can take safety courses such as experiencing an earthquake, practicing fire extinguishing, CPR, and first aid. It is our hope that, through such courses, if we can increase the number of people with the knowledge and skills necessary during times of disaster by even one, then we can eventually realize a safe society for everyone.

Activity Plan
This association uniquely conducts the following activities:
- First aid seminars for Tokyo Marathon participants and personnel
Hold large-scale first aid seminars for Tokyo Marathon runners and volunteers to provide them with first aid knowledge and techniques, helping make the marathon the safest marathon in the world.

- Preparation of training equipment and materials for first aid training
Provide CPR training manikins, AEDs, and other equipment and materials, and promote participation in lifesaving courses in order to spread public first aid awareness.

- Publication of pamphlets with handy information regarding fire prevention, disaster prevention, and first aid
Publish pamphlets with information on fire prevention, disaster prevention, and first aid, including handy information and examples of successful efforts by companies, organizations, and the general public.

• Tokyo Disaster Prevention & Emergency Medical Service Association

This program dispatches young teachers with leadership skills and passion to public schools struggling with educational inequity.Teach For Japan

Teach For Japan

Where a child is born should not be dictated by the possibilities of his or her life.
Teach For Japan solve this by recruiting, training, and supporting young leaders to become a brilliant teachers, who can inspire the children who need them the most. We enable all students to reach their full potential.

Activity Plan
Let us change "Society" by changing the "Classroom".
It may be hard to believe, but one sixth of Japanese children live in poverty. In Japan, a child’s academic performance and life opportunities are still significantly influenced by factors such as household income and learning disabilities. Teach For Japan believes that passionate teachers who sincerely face children can maximize their possibilities, and that one day all children in Japan will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education.

• Teach For Japan

Katariba provides children suffering from poverty or inequality with equal educational opportunities and safe spaces, cultivating their desire to take on new challenges.Katariba

Katariba

Katariba was established in 2001 as an Approved Specified Nonprofit Corporation. We offer career education programs to teenagers so their ambition and abilities are not determined solely by the environment in which they were born and raised. We are striving for a society in which children from all backgrounds believe in the idea "we can build our own future."

Activity Plan
It is said that 1 in 6 children in Japan lives in poverty. "Being too busy working part-time jobs and dropping-out of school," "Struggling with domestic violence and ill-treatment from parents, unable to attend school every day." Even here in Japan there are many such children. Even if these children have ambition, they cannot proceed to higher education to study for the qualifications required for better jobs, so their inherited poverty is likely to continue. Katariba uses donations from the Tokyo Marathon to operate facilities for providing safe spaces, educational opportunities, and warm meals to impoverished children.

• Katariba

Through creating a low-pollen forest, we can pass on healthy forests to the next generationTokyo Development Foundation for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Tokyo Development Foundation for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

In the Tokyo Metropolitan area we are training people to take over the promotion of and the responsibility for the agriculture, forestry and fishery industries, encouraging the preservation of forestry and promoting greening projects. We started this foundation with the aim of promoting harmony between the city and the agriculture, forestry and fishery industries, elevating Tokyo residents’ lives with warmth and vitality, and cultivating a new generation rich in ecological sensitivity.

Activity Plan
The forest is a place full of blessings as it stores water, prevents disasters, takes in carbon dioxide. About 40% of the mega-city of Tokyo is forest, and forests play an important part in the life of city dwellers. But more and more cedar and cypress forests aren’t being maintained, leading to fewer benefits and increases in pollen leading to hay fever.
Because of this, with the understanding and support of Tokyo residents, the Tokyo Development Foundation for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is working to create low-pollen forests by culling trees and planting, weeding, and trimming low-pollen trees such as cedar. To promote the cycle of the forest it cuts down trees to use for timber, and plants and grows new trees. In order to raise awareness, in fall it plans to hold a tree-planting event in which members of the general public will participate side-by-side with invited charity runners.

• Tokyo Development Foundation for Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries

Leave no one behind! Save lives of children & mothers living in slum！Plan International Japan

Plan International Japan

Plan International is an independent child rights and humanitarian organisation committed to children living a life free of poverty, violence and justice. We place a specific focus on girls and women, who are most often left behind. When disasters or conflict threathens children's lives and well-being, we are quick to responde. Together, we are transforming lives.

Activity Plan
Save lives of 9,342 children & mothers living in slum by providing basic healthcare and nutrition services through 5 satellite clinics in 3 slums in Bangladesh

In Bangladesh, urbanization has progressed dramatically and slums are expanding, mainly in the capital, Dhaka. Slums where many people lodge in narrow alleys living in a crowded state, is in poor hygienic situation due to lack of safe water supply and sewerage systems with lots of dust and dirt. Many children and pregnant women are prone to preventable diseases because they are not receiving immunization services, and one in every three children under 5 years old is malnourished. To improve the health and nutritious status of children, adolescents and mothers in three slums in south Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh: 1) Providing medicines and medical equipments to satellie clinics, 2) Vaccination, antenatal & postnatal care, counseling, 3) Training on breast feeding, complementary feeding and maternal nutrition etc. 4) Awareness raising activities to community people on promoting hygiene behavior and vaccination etc.

• Plan International Japan

Promoting and popularizing sports for people living in TokyoTokyo Sports Benefits Corporation

Tokyo Sports Benefits Corporation

Tokyo Sports Benefits Corporation manages and operates sports facilities, such as the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, the Komazawa Olympic Park General Sports Ground, the Tokyo Budo-kan and the Tokyo Tatsumi International Swimming Center.
The Corporation runs various types of projects that suit the need of people in their respective life stages, regardless of age or disability, so that everyone can be familiar with sports and enjoy sports throughout their lifetime.

Activity Plan
Passing directly through the area struck by the Great East Japan Earthquake and covering a distance of more than 1,200 kilometers from Aomori to Tokyo, we will hold a running and cycling relay race to publicize the current state of the disaster area and the recovery that has been achieved to date. To prevent the disaster from fading from memory, and to bring together all of Japan and the disaster area, we will stage a relay event called “Road to Tomorrow: 1000 km longitudinal relay.”

• Tokyo Sports Benefits Corporation

Educational work for areas stricken by the Great East Japan EarthquakeRecovery Support for the Great East Japan Earthquake

Recovery Support for the Great East Japan Earthquake

Activity Plan
The Tokyo Marathon Foundation will be accepting donations and sending them directly to support organizations located in the three affected prefectures.
The program aims to closely support children in the three affected prefectures in the hopes that these children, many of whom lost their parents due to the disaster, continue to grow up healthily and gain opportunities to learn, sustaining their hopes and dreams.

Receipts will be issued by Tokyo Marathon Foundation.
After the deadline for donations (April 1, 2018 onward), donations for the reconstruction of the areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake will be allocated to respective educational programs in the three affected prefectures.
How this allocation is made will depend on the number of eligible people in each prefecture.

The donation deduction does not apply to this program.
Whether the donations from corporations are considered to be what we call a "donation" here will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Inquiries should be directed to your tax office.