The Takeuchi Fund is used to send Japanese probation, parole and correctional services officers overseas to study the rehabilitation and correctional systems of other countries and observe such services in action. Overseas experts and specialists in these areas are also invited to Japan to observe facilities here, give talks and meet and exchange ideas with their Japanese counterparts.
Every year the foundation supports "Movement for Brighter Society" campaigns around Japan. These are based on the concept that in order for children to live bright and cheerful lives, adults themselves must have hopes and aspirations for the future and work together to build warm, caring communities in which such aspirations can be realized.
The foundation supports the efforts of the 28 regional Women’s Associations for Rehabilitation Aid aimed at preventing crime in their communities and rehabilitating offenders. The foundation also provides support for research and surveys relating to the prevention of crime and delinquency, and the endeavors of the volunteers, Big Brothers and Sisters Movement (BBS) .
We hold ’Children and Future Support Project’ in different locations every summer joinly with the Japan Federation of Big Brothers and Sisters. The program offers primary school children a wide range of experiential activities which make full use of regional characteristics.
Instituted in 1978 and held each summer jointly with the city of Hitachi, this athletic meet helps boys and girls develop sound and healthy bodies and make friends; it also creates a spirit of solidarity, as part of creating communities with a bright, crime-free future. A total of some 1,000 boys and girls have participated in these meets.
The foundation publishes a quarterly journal, "Crime and Delinquency," which was launched in 1969. This is a forum for studies and papers by experts on juvenile delinquency and its prevention, rehabilitation of offenders, counseling, criminal policy and related subjects. By presenting information on foundation activities, overseas literature on related subjects and papers of academics as well as those working in the field, the journal covers both theory and practice.
