"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.

Miracle Miracle -- A Place for Global Kids to Create the Future (http://miracle-kids.net) has announced the results to its first question to children about the world they want to exist 100 years from now. The children's community website, which is supported by 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), was preliminarily launched on July 15 and at that time posed the following open-ended question to children around the world:

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), has jointly launched the preliminary version 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.

Ahead of the Copenhagen climate conference (COP 15, in December 2009) Japan for Sustainability (JFS)--an NGO that provides environmental information from Japan to 191 countries--today announced the findings of its international web survey of opinions from around the world, regarding Japan's soon-to-be-decided medium-term targets for global warming prevention measures.

October 3, 2008
Japan for Sustainability

Japan for Sustainability (JFS, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan; Co-Representatives, Junko Edahiro and Hiroyuki Tada), is an NGO that provides an open platform for communication on environmental issues. Its "JFS Sustainability Indicators" can now be viewed through the medium of the "see-it^TM" sustainability communication tool offered by a Canadian company, Visible Strategies (Vancouver, Canada; President, Colin Grant). We hope to evoke discussion about how to build a sustainable society by visually presenting where Japan should be by 2050 and possible routes to that future as well as our present situation.

Japan for Sustainability (JFS) is pleased to announce a milestone reached on March 14, 2008, when it posted the 2,000th article on its website since inception.

Japan for Sustainability (JFS), established in 2002, is a non-profit organization providing information on developments and activities in Japan that lead toward sustainability.

During the past five years, JFS released over 1,800 news articles and 200 feature articles in both English and in Japanese, on topics ranging from sustainable lifestyles and wisdom in Japanese traditions to the current state of the environment in Japan and new technologies, regulations and practices in citizen movements and business to promote sustainability today. All the articles are available on the website (www.japanfs.org).

The environmental NGO Japan for Sustainability (JFS) (Co-representatives, Junko Edahiro & Hiroyuki Tada), has chosen 20 headline indicators for sustainability based on an analysis of over 200 data sets in several sustainability-related categories. This is the first ever numerical evaluation / trial calculation of national sustainability for Japan. Results show a score of 33.5 points for 2005 in relation to a hypothetical perfect score of 100 projected for 2050. Japan's score for 1990 was 41.3 points, meaning sustainability in Japan has declined about 19% since 1990.

JFS has launched their Kids' "Create Your Future" Website with an aim to encourage children worldwide to take interest in and gain an understanding of environmental issues, and to think and act independently in response.