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An Overview of Our Organization

Name Peace Winds Japan (NPO, Nonprofit Organization)
Location 2/F, 1161-2, Chikada, Jinsekikogen-cho, Jinseki-gun, Hiroshima, Japan (MAP) 720-1622
Phone No. +81(0)847-89-0885 (general line)
FAX No. +81(0)847-82-2949
Establishment February 1996
CEO & Overall Person in Charge Kensuke ONISHI (Mr.)
Number of associates 583 (as of January 31st, 2023)
Tokyo Branch 2/F, Tomigaya Ogawa Building, Tomigaya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Japan (151-0063) (MAP)
Phone No.: +81(0)3-5738-8020 / FAX No: +81(0)3-3465-2112
Saga Branch 6/F, Marunaka Building, 1-3-5, Matsubara, Saga-shi, Saga, Japan (840-0831) (MAP)
Phone No.: +81(0)952-20-1607 / FAX No: +81(0)952-20-1608
Peace Wanko Japan 72-8, Kamitoyomatsu, Jinsekikogen, Jinseki-gun, Hiroshima, Japan (720-1702) (MAP)
Phone No. & FAX No. : +81(0)847-89-0039
Overseas branches
  • IraqErbilDuhok
  • Sri LankaTrincomalee
  • MyanmarYangon
  • BangladeshCox's Bazar
  • Timor LesteDiliLetefoho
  • NepalKathmandu
  • KenyaNairobiKakumaDadaabKapenguriaLokicharNanum
  • UgandaKampalaAruaKyegegwa
  • MozambiqueBeiraChiure
  • South SudanJubaMelut
  • PalauKoror
  • MoldovaChisinau
  • UkraineKyiv
  • TurkeyIskenderun

Our Board Members

CEO Kensuke ONISHI
Directors Hiroaki ISHII　Megumi KUWANA　Kenji SHIBUYA　Toshiko MIYAKE　Rika YAMAMOTO
Auditor Koichi KAWAI

History of Peace Winds

Peace Winds was founded in 1996 and since then it has been contributing to offer global support.

1996
  • Feb

    Establishment of “Peace Winds Japan” in Japan

  • Aug

    Grassland fire emergency support in Iraq (until Sep 1996)

1997
  • Nov

    Drought Response in Indonesia (until Oct 1998)

  • Dec

    Children protection project in Mongolia

1998
  • Jun

    Emergency food supply, North Korea (until Jun 1998)

  • Nov

    Local NGO support, Indonesia (until Mar 2006)

1999
  • Jun

    Emergency assistance, Kosovo (until Mar 2006)

  • Oct

    Kickoff of “NGO Peace Winds Japan” in Japan

  • Emergency assistance, Timor-Leste (until Mar 2002)

2000
  • Sep

    Student assistance in Tibet Autonomous Region, China (until Jan 2007)

2001
  • Jan

    West India Earthquake response (until Aug 2001)

  • Apr

    Returnee support, Sierra Leone (until Mar 2006)

  • Jul

    Internally Displaced persons support, Afghanistan

  • Nov

    Liberian refugee support, Sierra Leone (until Mar 2007)

2002
  • Mar

    Coffee assistance, Timor-Leste

  • Nov

    Returnee support, Liberia (until Jan 2010)

  • Dec

    Support to South-East Iran earthquake victims, Iran (until Feb 2006)

2004
  • Oct

    Support to Chuetsu earthquake victims, Japan (until Nov 2004)

  • Dec

    Support to Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami victims, Indonesia (until Mar 2006)

2005
  • Mar

    “Emergency Support Accord” with Fukuroi City, Shizuoka, Japan

  • Sep

    Support to hurricane victims in the US (until Sep 2005)

  • Oct

    Support to North Pakistan earthquake victims, Pakistan (until May 2006)

2006
  • Mar

    “Emergency Support Accord” with Kasai Ward, Tokyo, Japan

  • May

    “Emergency Support Accord” with Sedagaya Ward, Tokyo, Japan

  • Aug

    Returnee support in Southern Sudan

2007
  • Jul

    Support to Chuetsu Offshore earthquake, Japan (until Sep 2008)

2008
  • May

    Support to Cyclone victims, Myanmar (until Aug 2009) and Sichuan earthquake, China (until Jun 2008)

2009
  • Jun

    Internally Displaced Persons support, Sri Lanka

  • Aug

    Support to typhoon victims, Taiwan (until Sep 2009)

  • Oct

    Support to Sumatra earthquake victims, Indonesia (until Nov 2010)

2010
  • Jan

    Support to Haiti earthquake victims, Haiti (until Jul 2012)

  • Nov

    Disaster relief dog training, Japan

2011
  • Mar

    Support to Great East Japan earthquake victims, Japan

  • Oct

    Support to Eastern Turkey earthquake victims, Turkey (until Nov 2011)

  • Nov

    Somalian refugee support, Kenya & support to flooding victims, Thailand (until Nov 2011)

2012
  • Aug

    Food crisis assistance, Niger (until Nov 2012) & support to flooding victims, the Philippines (until Aug 2012)

  • Nov

    Syrian refugee support, Iraq

  • Dec

    Support to typhoon “Bopha” victims, the Philippines (until Dec 2012)

2013
  • Apr

    Support to Sichuan earthquake victims, China

  • May

    Support to returnees, Myanmar

  • Aug

    Support to flooding victims and conflict affected and displaced persons, the Philippines

  • Oct

    Move of headquarters from Tokyo to Jinseki Kogen, Hiroshima

2014
  • Feb

    Support to Internally Displaced Persons in South Sudan

  • Aug

    Support to Sediment disaster victims in Hiroshima, Japan & Ludian earthquake victims in China

2015
  • Apr

    Support to earthquake victims in Nepal

  • Aug

    Support to Typhoon No. 13 victims in Taiwan

  • Sep

    Support to catastrophic flood victims in Kanto, Japan

  • Dec

    Grand opening of Saga branch, Japan & Youth Employment Service in Gaza, State of Palestine

2016
  • Feb

    20th anniversary

  • Apr

    Kickoff of the no-kill dog protection scheme in Hiroshima, Japan & Kumamoto earthquake victim support

  • May

    General exhibition of Gerhard Richter on the Teshima Island (desert island) in Setouchi, Japan

  • Jun

    Awarded Nikkei Social Initiative Award, Japan

  • Oct

    Support to Hurricane Matthew victims, in Haiti

  • Dec

    Support South Sudanese refugees, Republic of Uganda

2017
  • Apr

    Establishment of the Dog Shelter & Adoption Center in Fukuyama, Hiroshima, Japan

  • Jun

    Support to flooding victims, Sri Lanka

  • Jul

    Support to catastrophic flood victims in North Kyushu, Japan & Organization of “Social Innovation Summit 2017 in Jinseki Kogen”, Japan

  • Oct

    Support to Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh

  • Nov

    Organization of “Bremen Park”, the biggest national Cat & Dog Adoption Event in Japan; support to catastrophic flood victims in the Republic of Sierra Leone

2018
  • Jan

    Grand opening of the Dog Adoption Center in Akiruno City, Tokyo, Japan

  • Feb

    East Taiwan Earthquake emergency assistance, Taiwan

  • Apr

    Nakatsushi Sediment disaster in Oita, Japan

  • Jul

    Emergency assistance for West Japan catastrophic flood

  • Aug

    Grand opening of the Dog Adoption Center in Ikoma City, Nara, Japan & Emergency assistance for the Pulau Lombok Earthquake in Indonesia

  • Sep

    Emergency assistance for East Iburi Earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan

  • Oct

    Emergency assistance for the Sulawesi Earthquake in Indonesia

  • Nov

    Grand opening of the Dog Adoption Center in Okayama City, Okayama, Japan

2019
  • Mar

    Emergency assistance project the cyclone in Mozambique

  • Apr

    Emergency assistance projects for the big-scale wildfire in Korea & thunderstorm disaster in Nepal

  • Jul

    Emergency assistance project for North Kyushu catastrophic flood, Japan

  • Sep

    Emergency assistance project for Typhoon No. 15 (2019 Bousou Peninsula Typhoon), Japan

  • Oct

    Emergency assistance project for Typhoon No. 19 (2018 East Japan Typhoon), Japan

  • Dec

    Kickoff of “ARROWS”, the flying rescue medical team

  • The total number of rescued dogs in Japan exceeded 2,000

2020
  • Jan

    Emergency assistance project for the COVID-19 pandemic in China

  • Feb

    Emergency assistance project for the COVID-19 pandemic in Japan

  • Jul

    Emergency assistance project for the 2020 Catastrophic Flood in Japan

2022
  • Feb

    Emergency assistance project for the Russian invasion in Ukraine, Ukraine & Republic of Moldova