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As Japan’s first incorporated food bank, we are working with others to create a new public asset,
a food safety-net, so that everyone will have access to food in their own community.

For Newcomers

Brief Introduction

food for all people

Vision

People have enough food

A community where everyone has access to food. This new public asset, a food safety-net, will make this possible

Details

Message

CEO

Hitomi Yokote

Greetings! I became CEO in July 2023 and looking back, it has been a year of many events for 2HJ. The transition from 2HJ's founder and former CEO, the move from the Mizuta Building where 2HJ was based for many years, and the Noto Peninsula earthquake in January. And the uncertainty of the world situation and soaring goods prices have also affected food assistance. Yet here we are, and I would like to thank all the individuals, companies, organizations, and volunteers who have helped 2HJ. We will continue our efforts to build a food safety net, and we ask for your continued support.

Organization Details

2HJ Bases

  • marugohan

    Higashikanda 3-7-3, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
    marugohan (https://marugohan.jp) is a 2HJ directly managed food pantry that provides food to individuals in need of food assistance

  • Kids Café

    Asakusabashi 4-4-4, Taito-ku, Tokyo
    "Kids Café" (http://kidscafe.2hj.org/) provides a variety of experiences for children, including food education

Warehouse

  • Saitama Base

    Saitama base located in Yashio City, Saitama Prefecture, is a core warehouse of 2HJ that can handle large-scale of food with 10-ton trucks. It is equipped with 4-tier pallet racks, and a walk-in refrigerator and freezer are installed. In the mornings of the working days, donated food are carried in, and in the afternoon more than 10 organizations come to pick up food for their food assistance a day.

    * Size: 262㎡, maximum storage capacity: about 150 pallet

    * 4-tier pallet racks installed, 1 forklift used

  • Asakusabashi Base

    Asakusabashi base in Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, is located close to 2HJ headquarters, provides food to small organizations

  • Kanagawa Base

    Kanagawa base located in Yamato City, Kanagawa Prefecture, provides food to organizations in the Kanagawa area

  • Nakanoto Base

    The Nakanoto base in Ishikawa Prefecture commenced full-scale operation in May 2024. We are collaborating with disaster relief and local organizations to provide medium-term support for the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula earthquake

Warehouse Saitama Base

Staff Introduction

Volunteers / Interns

Meet some of the volunteers and
interns who make our work possible.

2011~

Seiji Ooka

2012~

Kanako Shimonokado

Parrington Kevin

Etsuko Nada

Takeshi Matsuda

Rinko Taneoka

Hideya Miyawaki

Akio Hatsumi

Teruo Toyama

Timothy Sullivan

2013~

Kenji Furukawa

Kazumasa Yamamura

Kyoko Suematsu

Rich Hwang

Phoebe Gao

2015~

Yasuhiko Sakagami

2016~

Khan Rahat

2017~

Boltze Katrin

Hiromi Shrenzel

Shoichiro Takiguchi

Jonathan Field

Keiro Ozaki

Katsutoshi Kawashiri

Norikazu Nakamura

2018~

Anket Singh

Kazutoshi Oguni

2019~

Anuj Arora

Keiko Makuniya

Koichi Kaneko

Thomas Bertin

Kaeko Takeda

Satsuki Matabe

2020~

Keiji Oyama

Hiroyuki Ishikawa

2021~

Endo Isamu

Akira Watababe

2022~

Yasuaki Takahashi

Genichiro Igarashi

Ryosuke Uozumi

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History

Major milestones since our start in 2000.

Since 2000

History

Founder

Charles E. McJilton

Quality Service

We continually strive to improve the quality of our services.
To reach our goal we are developing a food lifeline and safety-net
throughout the country and we focus on these areas:

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Donors

We are very grateful to have these partners
who make our work possible.

(Donors in 2023)

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Second Harvest Japan
OFFICE : Namikawa Bldg 1F, Asakusabashi 4-4-4 Taito-ku, Tokyo 111-0053
PANTRY : Higashikanda 3-7-3, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 101-0031

We are located between Akihabara (JR – Hibiya Line) and Asakusabashi (JR – Asakusa Line) stations.