November 4, 2010
Giving Children Another Chance to Read a Good Book
-JWord Now Seeking Schools to Receive Book Donations-
- JWord, Inc.
Tokyo – November 4, 2010 – GMO Internet Group company JWord, operator of the Japanese keyword search service of the same name, today announces that the 4th cycle of community service project Give Children the Chance to Read a Good Book is set to reach its one million yen fundraising target in December. This means we are now accepting applications from elementary schools that would like to receive book donations. Giving Children a Chance to Read a Good Book is supported by the Morning Reading Program.
JWord’s Give Children the Chance to Read a Good Book – Cycle 4
Give Children a Chance to Read a Good Book is a click-fundraising initiative that aims to raise one million yen for the purchase of books to be donated to five schools in five designated areas across Japan. Each school will receive 200,000 yen worth of books. In the fourth cycle of the project we collected one hundred book recommendations from sources including elementary students, book stores, publishers etc. and asked web users to vote on the recommended books.
Give Children a Chance to Read a Good Book
Give Children a Chance to Read a Good Book was first launched by JWord in February 2007. The community support initiative raises 1 million yen each cycle through click fundraising that is used to donate books to elementary schools throughout Japan. (JWord bears the actual cost of purchasing books)
JWord operates a free search tool of the same name that allows users to conduct searches in Japanese directly from their browser address bar. We aim to nurture interest in Japanese literature by encouraging children to read.
In the first four cycles we have raised 3 million yen and donated 2,291 books to 15 schools.
Morning Reading Program
The morning reading program was first proposed by two teachers at a girl’s high school in Chiba prefecture in 1988 and has since grown to include 9.7 million students. The four principles of the program are, read every day, read together, read the books you like, and just read. Morning Reading Program has also launched a new read at home initiative. Please refer to the site for details.
Related Links (All links are to Japanese language sites unless otherwise indicated)
Give Children the Chance to Read a Good Book Official Site: http://www.jword.jp/campaign/honpre/
Morning Reading Program: http://www1.e-hon.ne.jp/content/sp_0032.html
Read at Home Program: http://www1.e-hon.ne.jp/content/uchidoku_top.html
JWord
JWord is a simple and convenient Internet search service through which users can conduct a search by entering a company name, product name or other word in Japanese directly into their browser’s address bar. JWord also has partnerships with a number of major portal services including Yahoo! JAPAN. Easy to read symbols like the red J symbol displayed in the search results make it easy for users to access official sites and information related to their keyword.
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JWord Inc.
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Company Name
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Location
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Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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CEO
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Hideki Kokaji
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Business Description
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■JWord (Japanese search keywords)
■Technology license business
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Capital
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253 million yen (153 million in paid-in capital)
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GMO Internet Inc.
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Company Name
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(TSE First Section Code: 9449)
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Location
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Cerulean Tower, 26-1 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuya ku, Tokyo, JAPAN
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CEO
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Masatoshi Kumagai
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Business Description
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- Web Infrastructure & Ecommerce
- Internet Media
- Internet Securities
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Capital
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1.27 billion yen
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