The children who were elementary school students are now junior high school students while we missed them in COVID-19.

On the 29th of November there will be the first Steering Committee meetingbetween Japan and China.It will be a gathering of primary school staff. Through cancer education, wewill learn about the challenges of cancer in a local context and foster asense of support for each other in Japan and China.The first session will be an…

In Harbin, no one listened to a public health expert in a white coat, but everyone listened to a village hairdresser. Sometimes it’s the people who are “health workers” who know what they want, not the people who are “sick people”. Ms. Lin, who was a child actress in Shanghai, graduated from Fudan University. After…

The number of people living with cancer is increasing due to the development of treatment technologies and changes in rice style. On the other hand, in both Japan and China, where the birthrate is declining and the population is aging, people with cancer and their families are often isolated and face many difficulties as the…

　At the Kokyoji temple, there was a talk by Dr. Minami, who has been working in the local community for many years, entitled “Towards a society where people can live, age, disease and die happily”.  We were able to participate remotely even though we were far away. In Buddhism, we believe that nothing we experience…

The community has learnt how to massage around the eyes from Dr. Wei Ya Yan from Harbin, China through Wechat. Dr. Wei is the person who gave us a lilac seedling for the lilac tree’s sake. Dr. Wei’s guidance is accurate for our problem of wearing masks and feeling our face sagging more and more.When…

When we told the Mayor of Nanto City, Mr. Tanaka, that Kakugo Sodo in Suzhou was also a group of people working from the heart of Buddhism, he introduced us to Koukyouji Temple. We spoke to them about the ethical activities of Kakugo Sodo in Yunnan and decided to hold an SDGs marche at the…

The fantastic beauty of the lights at the World Heritage Site shone more beautifully than at any other lighting venue in the world. World Cancer Day is a very snowy time of the year, but the light-up work is hard work. We asked the local people of Aikura to help us again next year. The…

　This mountainous area is said to have been inhabited since the Jomon period  It is said that the Heike people of Kyoto, who were defeated in the Genpei War, retreated to live in the area. Therefore, it is said that the elegant atmosphere of Kyoto culture still remains. One of these is washi paper. Gokayama…

The cities of Nanto and Tonami are situated on a fan-shaped area created by the Shogawa river. They are Dispersed settlement, a form unique in the world, each surrounded by a forest of houses. The river floods again and again, and the memory of the land is engraved in the life of the people.