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Nippon Foundation

Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman

Sasakawa

Nippon Foundation

Yohei Sasakawa, Chairman, Nippon Today still, Sasakawa and the Nippon oceans, as Sasakawa explained to MTR:

Foundation, leads a huge philanthropic Foundation are laser focused on the “Today we live in speedy times; every- organization with a simple mission, so- world’s oceans because of their impor- thing moves quickly, and people tend cial innovation. While its activities to- tance in sustaining human life on earth. to focus on what might happen tomor- day cross many activities and borders, The Nippon Foundation has the luxury row or maybe 10 years. But if you think when founded in 1962 its efforts fo- to take the long-view … (we’re talking about the health and the sustainability cused largely on the maritime and ship- 5,000 years!) … when it discusses the of the ocean, this is directly related to ping ? elds. health and well-being of the world’s whether the humans will be able to live 2018 July/August

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