{"id":10,"date":"2015-08-09T21:13:26","date_gmt":"2015-08-09T12:13:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ngo-jvc.com\/en2\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2025-10-30T17:20:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T08:20:12","slug":"about-jvc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ngo-jvc.com\/en\/about-jvc\/","title":{"rendered":"About JVC"},"content":{"rendered":"

About JVC<\/h2>\n

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The Japan International Volunteer Center (JVC*) is an international NGO established in 1980. It originally consisted of Japanese volunteers who rushed to Thailand to save displaced people in Indochina. Later activities were focused on a variety of areas including rural development, forest conservation, post-conflict reconstruction, peacebuilding, medical care, disaster relief, and advocacy. We have accumulated much experience in supporting people in more than 20 countries. We implement activities meeting local needs and situations with an eye toward the futures of people and the communities they live in. JVC aims to build peaceful and self-sustainable societies, and we are currently active in Laos, Yemen, Palestine, Sudan, Korea (DPRK), and Japan.<\/p>\n

[*The abbreviation \u201cJVC\u201d comes from our original name, Japanese Volunteer Center. Although our name was changed to Japan International Volunteer Center in 1983, the well-known JVC was left as it is.]<\/p>\n

Finance<\/h2>\n

In the 2023 fiscal year, the JVC operated on a budget of approximately 267 million yen. The graphic below provides a breakdown of the budget for the 2023 fiscal year.<\/p>\n

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Staff<\/h2>\n

25 (12 domestic and 13 on-site staff members)<\/p>\n

[As of February 2025]<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\nPresident:
\nKUMAOKA Michiya<\/td>\n		\"\"
\nSecretary General:
\nOMURA Mariko
\n(OMURA interview: blog article<\/a>)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Offices: Tokyo, Laos, Palestine, Sudan<\/p>\n

Board of Directors<\/h3>\n

KUMAOKA Michiya (JVC President)
\nUCHIDA Shoko (JVC Vice President)
\nOMURA Mariko (JVC Secretary General)
\nFUJIYA Rika (Faculty of Nursing and Medical Care, Keio University<\/a>)
\nHIGASHI Satomi (Saitama University Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences<\/a>)
\nKIM Kyungmook (Institute of Korean Studies, Comprehensive Research Organization, Waseda University<\/a>)
\nNOGAWA Mio (Alternative People’s Linkage in Asia (APLA)<\/a>)
\nONO Takehiro (Hokkaido University of Education<\/a>)
\nTAKASHIMA Tetsuo<\/p>\n

[As of February 2025]<\/p>\n

Auditors<\/h3>\n

NAKAYAMA Masayuki (Professor, Kokushikan University<\/a>)
\nTAKEMURA Kenichi<\/p>\n

[As of February 2025]<\/p>\n

Advisors<\/h3>\n

Inez M. BASKERVILLE (JVC Benefit Concert Founder)
\nTAKAHASHI Kiyotaka (Professor, Keisen University<\/a>)
\nTANIYAMA Hiroshi (Former President of JVC 2006-2018<\/a>, Former President of Japan NGO Center for International Cooperation (JANIC)<\/a>)
\n[As of February 2025]<\/p>\n

Articles of Incorporation<\/h2>\n

Articles of Incorporation<\/a>
\n[As of October 2025]<\/p>\n

Awards<\/h2>\n

1988 The Tokyo Bar Association Prize for Human Rights
\n1989 Asahi Welfare Prize
\n1992 Mainichi International Exchange Awards
\n1995 Prime Minister\u2019s Awards
\n2015 Peace Studies Association of Japan<\/a> Prize for Peace
\n2018 2018 Okinawa Peace Prize<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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