"MIRACLE MIRACLE-A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future", a community site jointly operated by NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masaya Futamiya) and non-governmental organization Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive: Junko Edahiro) asked the following question on their website to kids all over the world. Responses were sent in from approximately 1,000 children from nine countries (United States, Albania, Iran, India, Canada, France, Malaysia, Mauritius, and Japan).

"MIRACLE MIRACLE--A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future", a jointly operated community site by a non-governmental organization Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive: Junko Edahiro) and NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masaya Futamiya) is gathering response from kids all over the world toward the question, "What do you expect in 2013?" This is a Christmas gift giveaway campaign which will draw 50 winners from the global kids who send in their response.

Japan for Sustainability (JFS)--a non-governmental organization (NGO) that provides environmental information from Japan to 188 countries -- announced the findings of its international web survey of opinions from around the world regarding Japan's soon-to-be-decided direction on energy policy to 2030.

The aim of the survey was to see what people in other countries think about Japan's energy policy direction in order to provide input into debate in Japan. Using mainly its overseas network, JFS invited responses to an online survey conducted from July 26 through August 14, 2012. A total of 322 responses were received from 53 countries.

Voices of the World's Children Delivered to "Rio +20"
145 voices total gathered from children in 12 countries worldwide

"MIRACLE MIRACLE-A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future", a jointly operated community site by a non-governmental organization Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive: Junko Edahiro) and NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masaya Futamiya) conducted a survey on what kind of expectations that the world's children have regarding the earth's future and what they want to communicate most for the future of our planet.

Japan for Sustainability announces call for student applicants for weeklong Learning Journey in Tohoku in August 2012 (a "Learn to Create in Tohoku" project)

Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive Junko Edahiro) is putting out the call for students who wish to participate in a learning journey to Tohoku in August 20-26, 2012.

Before Low Cost, Citizens Want Peace of Mind, Safety, Consideration of Future Generations

The Institute for Studies in Happiness, Economy and Society and non-profit organization Japan for Sustainability jointly announced the results of a public opinion survey on attitudes toward energy, on January 24, 2012.

Japan for Sustainability (JFS, Chief Executive: Junko Edahiro) is a non-profit organization that provides environmental information from Japan to 191 countries that posts a monthly cartoon about current environmental problems, as well as a daily short article about sustainability efforts and trends in Japan. To celebrate the 100th environmental cartoon posted on its website, JFS held a global popularity poll during the month of September 2011.

Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive: Junko Edahiro) -- a non-profit organization that provides environmental information from Japan to 191 countries -- and NIPPONKOA Insurance Co., Ltd. (President and CEO: Masaya Futamiya), are pleased to announce the full-scale launch of a new community website to connect children around the world: Miracle Miracle -- A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future (http://miracle-kids.net).

The Miracle Miracle website is an online community for young people around the world (mainly around the age of 10 to 15) who want to think for themselves about the environment and society, learn from each other, communicate, and take action. It is such a unique website in Japan to enable cross-lingual communication between children living in different parts of the world.