2010
September 5–22, 2010
Access to Life Photo Exhibit Open to the Public
September 5, 2010
Access to Life Special Opening Event w/ Carol Nyirenda
September 3, 2010
Access to Life Photo Exhibit in Tokyo: Launch & Opening Panel Discussion
September 3, 2010
Publication Release: "Doing Well by Doing Good: Innovative Corporate Responses to Communicable Diseases"
July 27, 2010
Conference on "Challenges in Global Health: New Opportunities for the Private Sector
May 2, 2010
Japan Raises 2010 Global Fund Contribution by Approx. 25%
March 18, 2010
Takeda Pharmaceutical Pledges 1 Billion Yen to the Global Fund
February 26, 2010
February 26, 2010
Seminar on "Okinawa, Toyako, and Beyond: Progress on Health and Development"
February 26, 2010
FGFJ Board meeting with Global Fund Director Michel Kazatchkine
February 9, 2010
2009
November 2009
Publication of report on "The Role and Challenges of Japanese NGOs in the Global Health Policymaking Process"
October 22, 2009
Roundtable on the "Role of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation in Multisectoral Partnership"
October 5-6, 2009
Diet Task Force meeting, corporate partnership lecture, and roundtable with Christoph Benn, Global Fund director of external relations
July 14 , 2009
Roundtable with Professor Miriam K. Were, Hideyo Noguchi Award Laureate
June 23, 2009
Tokyo seminar on careers in the Global Fund
March 21, 2009
Japan Announces $194 Million Contribution to the Global Fund
January 19, 2009
FGFJ Diet Task Force SE Asia mission seminar and reception
2008
July 22-26, 2008
Diet delegation to Cambodia and Vietnam
June 2008
Publication of Building Resilience: Human Security Approaches to AIDS in Africa and Asia
May 25-27, 2008
Outreach Seminars in Hokkaido, Sendai, Kyoto, Okayama, and Nagasaki
May 24, 2008
Global Seminar: "Innovative Global Networks for Healthy Society in Africa and Beyond"
May 23-28, 2008
May 23, 2008
Prime Minister Fukuda pledges $560 million to Global Fund at FGFJ symposium
May 21-25, 2008
Journalist delegation to Cambodia and Vietnam
February 29, 2008
Japanese government commits US$184 million to the Global Fund for 2008
February 7, 2008
2007
November 4, 2007
Friends of the Global Fund Africa Founder and CEO Dr. Akudo Anyanwu Ikemba visit to Japan
August 6, 2007
July 26, 2007
Inaugural Japan visit of new Global Fund Executive Director Dr. Michel Kazatchkine
June 16, 2007
Documentary on George Soros's philanthropy and the fight against AIDS premieres on NHK's Mirai no Teigen (Interview by FGFJ Director Tadashi Yamamoto)
June 5, 2007
Conference Report Released: East Asian Regional Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
March 2, 2007
Japan raises Global Fund contribution to US$186 million
February 5, 2007
International Symposium on Corporate Responses to Communicable Diseases
2006
December 1, 2006
U2's Bono speaks with Japanese leaders on AIDS and Africa
October 16, 2006
Diet Task Force meeting with George Soros, founder, Open Society Institute
September 6, 2006
All Nippon Airlines publicizes the Global Fund on its flights
July 10, 2006
Beijing Conference: East Asian Regional Cooperation in the Fight against HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria
July 1, 2006
Chinese version published: Fighting A Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia [PDF 2.5MB]
June 29, 2006
Diet members visit South African communities affected by AIDS
May 30, 2006
Diet Task Force meeting with Surin Pitsuwan, MP & former Thai foreign minister
May 26, 2006
M·A·C AIDS Fund contributes to the FGFJ
May 1, 2006
Publication of Fighting A Rising Tide: The Response to AIDS in East Asia
April 21, 2006
Roundtable with Bill Gates, co-chair, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
February 28, 2006
Conference Report Released: East Asian Regional Response to HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria [PDF 1.1MB; English and Japanese]
2005
November 8, 2005
Japanese nonprofits donate "whiteband" campaign proceeds to the Global Fund
October 20, 2005
Publication of Communicable Diseases: An Action Agenda for Corporate Social Responsibility [PDF; Japanese only]
June 30, 2005
Prime Minister Koizumi announces US$500 million for the Global Fund at FGFJ conference
June 29, 2005
Workshop: Comparative Research on Responses to the Spread of Communicable Diseases in East Asia
June 28, 2005
April 1, 2005
Seminar: Cross-Sectoral Partnership in Responding to Global Challenges—The Roles of Civil Society and Corporations in Enhancing the Work of the Global Fund
2004
December 8-10, 2004
Visit to Japan of Prof. Richard Feachem, Executive Director, Global Fund