The Suntory Tohoku Sun-Sun Project

To ease the burden on fishermen, the Suntory Group is acting through the auspices of Miyagi Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture to shoulder a portion of the costs to acquire new fishing vessels. The Group is supporting the restoration of about 10,000 vessels of all sizes and types, from deep-sea tuna vessels to squid fishing vessels

Donations for the reconstruction of the fishing industry in Miyagi Prefecture and Iwate Prefecture are also used in the restoration of fixed fishing nets and aquaculture facilities

For five years beginning in 2012, the Suntory Group is providing free scholarships to disaster affected students at seven fisheries high schools

We build childcare facilities, hold workshops conducted by various Suntory Group companies, provide training for instructors, excursions, etc. so that children in Fukushima Prefecture can learn and play in safety

We provide three year aid for organizations that provide intensive support to children in Fukushima Prefecture who have been living in evacuation centers for long period of time

We provided aid for the total cost of construction for the Ishinomaki City Children's Center "Raitsu" (Miyagi Prefecture) and Yamada Fureai Center "Hapine" (Iwate Prefecture) facilities that were planned and designed by the children

We are supporting students in disaster affected areas to attend music school in the United States with the cooperation of the TOMODACHI Initiative led by the US Embassy and U.S.-Japan Council. In the TOMODACHI Suntory Fukushima Mirai Music Program, we provide opportunities for the music club of Fukushima Futaba Mirai Gakuen High School to learn at workshops conducted by the New York Philharmonic orchestra in the United States

We have been holding classes where children from Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures can experience playing various Challenged Sports together with challenged athletes from the Tohoku region

Athletes visit schools to provide children at elementary schools and junior high schools in areas affected by the disaster to allow them to experience wheelchair basketball and conduct boccia experience activities at special needs schools

We provide grants to individuals and organizations as a way to support the training of athletes on par with global standards and to develop and popularize challenged sports

(As of January 2020)

We support strengthening the base and improving the environment of Challenged Sports through renovating public facilities and donating sports wheelchairs in order to develop and popularize them
Hosting introductory workshops for wheelchair sports to cultivate challenged sports coaches in each prefecture

Together with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Suntory is providing aid for music-related initiatives and is bringing concerts to the disaster affected areas

The Suntory Group conducted visit to schools by designated Preservers of Important Intangible Cultural Properties (also known as Living National Treasures) and other traditional handicraft artists

We hold exhibitions of Japanese art with items in the collection of Suntory Museum of Art in Sendai City and Koriyama City

We operate a project which provides an opportunity for junior high and high school brass band members in disaster-affected areas to ultimately perform at Suntory Hall afterpractice.

Touring concerts were held for disaster affected area in Tohoku from 2016 through collaboration with the Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra centrally located in Sendai.

We invited the people from the disaster affected areas to cultural events, such as Suntory Presents Beethoven's 9th with a Cast of 10,000, and sports events, such as Suntory Dream Match and international rugby match

Each year we hold volleyball, rugby and baseball workshops led by Suntory’s sports teams in disaster affected areas

Thinking that there must be something we can do to help the efforts of these people in Tohoku, we started the “Mirai Challenge Program” and the “Shin Mirai Challenge Program.”