About Lights On Children

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About Lights On Children

Overview

Last Updated: October 16th 2025
Name*
Lights On Children (LOC)
特定非営利活動法人ライツオン・チルドレン
Foundation
May 2014 (Corporate status acquired)
Representative
Yumiko Tategami, Board Chair
Address
Park Axis Shibuya #203, 1-4-7 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan. 150-0002
Website
https://lightson-children.com
Corporate Purpose
This corporation aims to contribute to the development and well-being of society by ensuring the rights of the child and equal opportunities for children and youths, through creating and utilizing various resources (such as funds, goods, services, information, experiences, relationships, etc.) for the benefit of children and their caregivers, as well as for the enhancement of child welfare including social care.
Initiatives
  1. Initiative to identify the challenges and needs of children, their caregivers, and child welfare providers, and to provide resources that address those needs (Resource Delivering Initiative)
  2. Initiative to encourage communities, corporations, and other entities to develop interest and understanding in child welfare and related issues, and to promote the creation and expansion of new resources such as donations (Resource Cultivating Initiative)
  3. Initiative to gather information, conduct research and development on the aforementioned two initiatives and related fields, thereby creating and disseminating new resources (Resource Thinking Initiative)
  4. Other activities incidental to the accomplishment of the corporate purpose
Articles of Incorporation
 Articles of Incorporation
Japan Corporate Number
6020005011638
* The name of our corporate status under the Japanese law, 特定非営利活動法人 (or NPO法人), could be translated as Specified Nonprofit Activities Corporation (or NPO Corporation).

Governing Bodies

Last Updated: July 30th 2025
Board Chair
Yumiko TategamiSecretary to the Chief Principal and PR Coordinator, Children's Home Renge Gakuen, Renge-en, a Social Welfare Corporation
Board Member
Taichi OsakaBoard member, Saint Joseph Kai, a Social Welfare Corporation
Advisor, Riccolab., a General Incorporated Association
Board Member
Kei ItamiDirector, Mother and Children's Home Bethany Home, Bethany Home, a Social Welfare Corporation
Auditor
Itsutake NoguchiRepresentative, RELYL Accounting & RELYL K.K. (Certified Public Accountant)
Voting Member
12 members (including the Board Chair, 2 Board Members and the Auditor)

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Last Updated: July 24th 2025
Secretary General
Hiroshige Ishii
Number of Staff
7
Comprising 6 full-time staffs (including the Board Chair and the Secretary General)
and 1 other staff (Board Member).

Reports

Last updated: August 21st 2025
Correction: The "事業別損益の状況" in the Notes to the FY2024 Financial Statements was corrected on July 29th 2025.
Available in Japanese only
For General ReadersStatutory Documents
Annual Report BrochureAnnual Report DocumentFinancial Statements
FY 2024
 Annual Report 2024-2025 Annual Report FY2024 Financial Statements FY2024
FY 2023
 Annual Report 2023-2024 Annual Report FY2023 Financial Statements FY2023
FY 2022
 Annual Report 2022-2023 Annual Report FY2022 Financial Statements FY2022
For periods prior to the last three fiscal years, please refer to the "Annual Reports" page.

History

Last Updated: April 5th 20254
2014 April Formed as a voluntary organization in Tokyo
Started the PC Donation and Lecture (initially called e2 Project PC Lecture. Continued until March 2024)
Started accepting donations of used devices. (Originally part of the e2 Project.)
May Acquired corporate status under the Japanese law (Specified Nonprofit Activities Corporation)
2015 April Opened our office in Shibuya, Tokyo
Started "Job Rehearsal", a year-long job training program (continued until 2022)
2018 June Launched an online Media "Shakai de kosodate.com" (continued until 2020)
2020 From April to June Donated 342 PCs, tablets to social care facilities in the Greater Tokyo Area as our COVID-19 emergency response
2021 April Started "IT Security & Literacy Seminar for Social Care Workers" (continued until March 2023)
2023 February Started "Paso Tsuka"
2024 March Revised our purpose and initiatives stated in the articles of incorporation
September Started "PC Donation Program"