Dear All, Happy New Year! I would like to extend my best wishes to all ISSJ supporters, collaborators, and related parties. I hope everyone has had an excellent start to 2022.  While the Covid-19 pandemic was still rampant around the globe, I imagine all of us may have had a relief as you could get through the last year.   ISSJ has been supporting the children who are the next generation for a better future, from the perspective of global citizens. In particular, we aim to understand and help the children who are trying to overcome the hardship caused by complicated family matters. We reach out to help children regardless of […]

April 23, 2021 On April 2nd 2021, we gratefully received a donation of 154,000 yen via an English-language, anonymous envelope. We would like to express our deepest gratitude for this kind contribution to our mission. It really makes a difference for the children whom we support. We are touched by the generosity and heartfelt support, which encouraged us to carry out our work. We will definitely make good use of your contribution to help migrant children and families in need, as well as refugees. We are again thankful for the donation and ongoing support of our clients. Satoshi Nagasaka President, International Social Service Japan

There has been media coverage since March 22 regarding the private adoption agency “Baby Life,” which had continued its operation without getting the license and closed in 2020.   Since ISSJ has received inquiries from media and ex-clients of Baby Life, we comment our policy as below. 1. Intercountry adoption In the postwar period when ISSJ was established, we arranged intercountry adoptions for children who couldn’t be raised in their families. Today, we place children to adoptive parents who live in Japan in principle. Such operation is conforming to the 1993 Hague Convention and Adoption Agency Law in Japan. For adoption between parents and a child of different nationalities, our […]

The ISS 2019-2020 Global Report is now available in the format of an online flip-book. Please find it here: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/81f42ee7de.html

Dear All, Happy New Year.As we step into another year, I’d like to thank you for your continuous support and encouragement to ISSJ. You may have mixed feelings about celebrating a new year when the covid-19 wreaks havoc in the world, but first and foremost, we wish you health and moments of peace. Amid the crisis that would go down in the human history, I feel as if a heavenly voice tells us to reexamine the way we are in all respects.  These days it is getting harder to see the truth or what matters most, partly due to a flood of information. What do you think about this? A […]

In light of the increased severity of the COVID-19 in Japan and worldwide, ISSJ is expanding its support for refugees, asylum seekers and immigrants. Since early April, when the spread of the virus became more serious, we have been receiving a large number of calls from people in need. Although we quickly adopted remote work, we have never closed our office so that we can promptly respond to phone calls. We first received calls from people experiencing anxiety related to sudden change of their life circumstances, such as fear of unpaid rent or availability of medical treatment for coronavirus infection. Then, as the virus spread and prolonged economic depression, there […]