Alliance Forum Foundation
What we aim for through Public Interest Capitalism
Philosophy
Building an "educated, healthy, and prosperous middle class" around the world
Activity policy
The Alliance Forum Foundation is a special consultative non-governmental organization of the United States with special consultative status with the United Nations Economic and Social Council, founded in Stanford, USA in 1985 by George Hara with the mission of "Building an educated, healthy, and prosperous middle class around the world."
As a way to achieve this philosophy, we are working to spread Public Interest Capitalism and implement it in society. In 2013, we set the goal of realizing "a society where people can stay healthy until just before they reach their natural lifespan" as Japan's national goal for 2050, and based on the three elements of technological innovation, institutional innovation, and ecosystems, we are forming alliances with many companies and organizations to create new industries that will be essential to future society. We are also working in Asia and Africa, which will become the centers of the global economy in the future, to realize fair and prosperous societies that are rooted in the cultures and climates of each region.
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Foundation Overview
List of Executives
Chairman of the Board
George Hara
Group Chairman and CEO of DEFTA Partners Group
Director/Council Member
Koji Sasaki
President and CEO of Addin Research Institute, Inc. / Former Chairman of the Japan Stafford Association and MIT Japan
Directors
Shingo Torii
Vice Chairman, Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited
Director
Kyoko Watanabe
CFO/Director
Council Members
Yuichiro Anzai
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Kojunsha Foundation/Former President of Keio University
Council Members
Koki Ando
Nissin Foods Holdings Co., Ltd.
Representative Director, President and CEOCouncil Members
Kiyoshi Otsubo
Chairman and CEO, Rengo Co., Ltd.
Council Member
Hideo Ohno
Special Advisor to the President of Tohoku University
Council Members
Susumu Kaminaga
Representative Director & Chief Executive of SK Global Advisors Co., Ltd. / Outside Director of Toray Industries, Inc.
Council Member
Jun Karube
Senior Executive Advisor, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Council Members
Masahiro Suga
Former World Bank Director/Founder of Grameen Japan
Council Members
Sumio Kusaka
Chairman (Representative Director) of the Africa Association, a general incorporated association
Council Members
Kiyoshi Kurokawa
Professor Emeritus, National Graduate Institute for Policy Studies, University of Tokyo / Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Tokai University
Council Members
Akihiro Kuroda
Chairman of Kokuyo Co., Ltd./Former Representative Director of the Kansai Economic Association
Council Members
Yoshimitsu Kobayashi
Chairman of the Board, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, Inc.
Council Members
Hiroshi Komiyama
Chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc./Former President of the University of Tokyo
Council Members
Seiichi Shimada
Chairman of Tsuda University / Special Advisor to BIPROGY Inc.
Council Members
ToichiTakenaka
Director and Honorary Chairman, Takenaka Corporation
Council Members
Yoshiki Nishizawa
Professor Emeritus, Osaka City University / Director of the Osaka Healthcare Pavilion
(Vice Representative Director of the Osaka Pavilion for the 2025 World Expo, Japan)Council Members
Isao Matsuura
Chairman of MIK International/Former Chairman of the Japanese Chamber of Commerce of Northern California
Former Director of West Bank
Former Chairman of Sanwa Bank of CaliforniaCouncil Members
Hideto Mitamura
Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Zambia (also Ambassador to Malawi) / Former Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to New Zealand (also Ambassador to Samoa)
Council Members
Monte Cassim
Chairman and President of Akita International University
Council Members
Kunio Yamada
Chairman and Representative Director of Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Chairman of the Board
George Hara
Group Chairman and CEO of DEFTA Partners Group/Ambassador and Chairman of the Board
Directors
Masahide Isono
Principal of Defta Partners/Director of Bangladesh BraCNet, Director of CMED
Directors
Yoshikazu Kitahara
Representative Director Chairman and CEO of Tokyo Dome Corporation
Directors
Shingo Torii
Vice Chairman, Representative Director, Suntory Holdings Limited
Directors
Yoshinori Yomota
Representative Director of Mirai Trust Co., Ltd.
Directors
Koji Sasaki
President and CEO of Addin Research Institute, Inc. / Former Chairman of the Japan Stafford Association and MIT Japan
Auditor
Hitoshi Matsuda
Audit＆Supervisory Board Member of VALUENEX Inc. / Auditor of Bacchus Bioinnovation Inc.
Council Members
Tatsuo Uemura
Professor Emeritus and Senior Fellow, Waseda University
Council Members
Motoyuki Oka
Special Advisor to Sumitomo Corporation/Special Advisor to the Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Council Members
Susumu Kaminaga
Representative Director of SK Global Advisors Co., Ltd. / Outside Director of Toray Industries, Inc.
Council Members
Jun Karube
Senior Executive Advisor, Toyota Tsusho Corporation
Council Members
Mika Kumahira
Representative Director, Kumahira Security Foundation
Council Members
Kento Hara
CEO of Data Control Co., Ltd.
Council Members
Kunio Yamada
Chairman and Representative Director of Rohto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
Council Members
Takanori Yoshimura
President and COO of Maruichi Steel Tube Co., Ltd.
Special Advisor
Shunji Yanai
Former President of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea / Former Vice-Minister for Foreign Affairs and Ambassador to the United States
History
2023
Alliance Forum Foundation Asia established in Hong Kong
Public Interest Capitalism Implementation Division established (Japan)
Public Interest Capitalism Training and Executive Forum Alumni Association (Pic-cel) to be held on May 10, 2023
2022
Co-founded the World Healthcare Game Changers Forum with Nikkei Inc.
2021
Discussion of the new accounting presentation method DS and specific amendments to the corporate law
2020
The Ministry of Justice established the Crisis Management Company Legislation Council.
2019
AFDP Forum held
Social change global leader training program (Africa training) implemented
2018
First Public Interest Capitalism Executive Forum held
NEC Social Value Creation Academy held (Zambia)
2017
Development of a new management indicator "ROC" (=Long Term ROE) to replace "ROE"
2016
Launch of a project to improve nutrition for children in salt-affected areas with limited access to food
(Selected project for the 2016 Ajinomoto Foundation "Food and Health" International Cooperation Support Program)
2015
Japan-US Cancer Elimination Summit held
World Islamic Economic Forum (WIEF) held in Tokyo
2014
MOU signed with World Islamic Economic Forum
AFDP Seminar "Developing Country Business School" held
First Public Interest Capitalism Training Course launched
2013
Participated in African Fair 2013
AFDP African Leaders and Businessmen Meeting
Alliance Forum Global (AFG) Meeting
Alliance Forum Cafe
2012
Dispatch of the 3rd AFDP African Power Mission (Zambia and Zimbabwe)
Convened the South Pacific Island Leaders and Business Leaders Conference
Convened the World Alliance Forum Tokyo Roundtable
Convened the Nara Business Council
2011
Tokyo office becomes a general incorporated foundation. Partnership business begins. Bangladesh representative office opens. Zampia base opens. Joint research on public interest capitalism begins with the University of Tokyo and Kyoto University.
2010
Bangladesh Business Mission Dispatch Educational Project Started
2009
First AFDP African Power Mission dispatched (Zambia)
First Microfinance Course held (Bangladesh)
2008
Nutrition improvement project launched
Human resource development department established
2007
Established Tokyo office Established business division for developing countries
2001
World Alliance Forum held
1st IT Awaji Conference held
1985
Founded in San Francisco, USA
Foundation Overview
name
Alliance Forum Foundation (US corporation)
Special Consultative Non-Governmental Organization of the United Nations Economic and Social Council
Alliance Forum Foundation (Japanese corporation)
location
US Office
Alliance Forum Foundation111 Pine Street Suite 1410
San Francisco, CA 94111
Japan Office Alliance Forum Foundation
1-1-2 Takashima, Nishi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture
Yokohama Mitsui Building, 15th floor
Year of establishment
1985
TEL
+81 45-232-4281