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Requests For Individuals
NPO Lights On Children is asking for your donation to fund our activities.
Currently our volunteer recruitment is not open to the public.
You can also support us by sharing stories about our activities on social media or by word of mouth.
See below for details.
In case you have an interest in having a “Seminar In Your Office” in your workplace, please contact us.

Donate To NPO Lights On Children
Lights On Children is an NPO (特定非営利活動法人) in Japan and its activities are funded by your kind donations ( see our financial statements).
Your donation would be used to run our organization and all the projects with deep appreciation. If you wish to donate to a specific project, please contact us beforehand.
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Type A
Type in any amount of money more than 500 JPY and donate.
By pressing the “submit” button you agree to the note* below and our privacy policy.
Currency unit is JPY(円).
Type B (Monthly)
Select the amount of money you are going to donate monthly. Monthly donation will continue unless you opt out by Email.
By pressing the “submit” button you agree to the note* below and our privacy policy.
The currency unit is JPY(円).
* Please fill in the donor’s name and address in the next page if possible. The purpose of such acquisition of personal information is to enter this personal information into our donors list (寄付者名簿) and turn it in to the competent authority (Yokohama City) as part of Lights On Children’s application for the Nintei NPO (認定NPO) certificate. The donors list will not be disclosed to any third-party unrelated to the application procedure. For more on this, see the web page by Cabinet Office (CAO), Government Of Japan (in Japanese only). See our privacy policy
When you make a donation through bank transfer, please make sure to add “donation” or “キフ” before the name of the transfer requester (your name). You can make a donation anonymously by inputting “donation anonymous” or the like as the transfer requester’s name.
By making a bank transfer to us you agree to the note* below and our privacy policy.
Bank Name | MUFG Bank, Ltd.
(Financial institution code 0005) Formerly: Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd. |
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SWIFT code/ BIC code | BOTKJPJT or BOTKJPJTXXX |
Branch Name | Aobadai Branch (Branch code 728) |
Account Name | NPO Lights On Children |
Type of Account | Ordinary Deposit |
Account Number | 0169465 or 728-0169465 |
* Please note that Lights On Children may make an inquiry about the donor’s name and address to the financial institution, even when the donation was made anonymously. The purpose of such acquisition of personal information is to entry these personal information into our donors list (寄付者名簿) and turn it in to the competent authority (Yokohama City) as part of Lights On Children’s application for the Nintei NPO (認定NPO) certificate. The donors list will not be disclosed to any third-party unrelated to the application procedure. For more on this, see the web page by Cabinet Office (CAO), Government Of Japan (in Japanese only). See our privacy policy
As of March 2018, Lights On Children does not have a Nintei(認定) certificate from the local government, so you cannot receive a tax deduction on your donation (認定NPO法人等寄附金特別控除) under the Japanese law. For more on this, see the web page by Cabinet Office (CAO), Government Of Japan (only in Japanese).
Share Our Story
You can help us by sharing stories about our activities and about social care on social media or by word of mouth.
Lights On Children’s activities are supported by your understandings and cooperation.
The more people get aware of the issue, the larger the base of our activities become.
- Follow Lights On Children on Facebook, and you will automatically get the latest updates from us.
- Shakaidekosodate.com (社会で子育てドットコム) is an online media run by Lights On Children. We are publishing news and columns about Japanese social care, such as child abuse, children’s home and foster parents (in Japanese only). Follow the website’s official account on LINE Twitter and Facebook.
- Our ultimate goal is to raise public awareness on the children in difficult conditions so that their difficulties will be removed. Please share stories and discuss social care (社会的養護), children’s home (児童養護施設), child abuse and child poverty.
For offers of possible cooperation or inquiries, contact Lights On Children.