FEATURE INTERVIEW
Hisayuki Shimizu
Founder & Managing Director, DFF.JP

What is click donation? In this part of interview, Hisayuki Shimizu shares with us what motivates him to establish his own company in Japan and the programs of his company. He analyses the differences between U.S. customers and Japanese customers and recommends some ways for companies and individuals to join him to spread “click donation”, which will greatly help to build a better sustainable society. Tune in to find out more.
 
After graduating Hosei University and experiencing consultation at Deloitte Tomatsu Consulting, Hisayuki established DFF Inc. to spread "Click Donation" in 2001. DFF have since delivered more than 280million yen to Non Profit Organizations and is currently the largest click donation service provider in Japan. He is also a vice-president of World Watch Japan and a member of Sustainability Japan forum.

PROGRAM INTRODUCTION AND HOST

Ecotwaza TV

ECO stands for Ecology, and WAZA means technology & craftsmanship in Japanese. This program will focus on "ecology and business" within Japan. Discover the depths of Japanese ways of thinking in harmony with nature... and also learn from their mistakes.

Reina Otsuka

Founder,
Ecotwaza Co., Ltd.

Host Bio

PROGRAM GUESTS

Hisayuki Shimizu

Founder & Managing Director,
DFF.JP

After graduating Hosei University and experiencing consultation at Deloitte Tomatsu Consulting, Hisayuki established DFF Inc. to spread "Click Donation" in 2001. DFF have since delivered more than...
Takako Okamura (JP)

Organic Consultant,
Organic Concierge, Japan

Takako Okamura is the President of Organic Communication Initiative and founder of Organic Concierge Association. Takako has been active in Japan as an "Organic Concierge" to guide lifestyles and...
Ryo Yamashita

Designer & Craftsman,
Ryo Yamashita Eyewear atelier / gallery, Japan

Ryo Yamashita is one of the rare glasses artists who creates from the design stage to the cast stage, using wrought metal techniques. After learning the techniques at a historic glasses studio, he...
Frank Hiroshi Ling Ph.D

Ph.D ,
Ibaraki University & ICAS, Japan

Frank Hiroshi Ling is a climate policy researcher and entrepreneur. He has extensive experience in scientific research, environmental and energy policy, and media. Currently based in Japan, he is a...
Shoji Manaka

Certified Facility Manager,
Kokuryudo Co., Ltd.

In 1993, Manaka joined Kokuryudo Co., Ltd. and in the following years assumed the post of presidency at its subsidiaries in Hong Kong and Soshu province of China. In recent years, as certified...
Shigeru Inoue

Deputy General Manager,
City planning Project Office,
Mitsubishi Estate Co., Ltd.

Born in 1963 in Kanagawa, Inoue graduated from Nagoya University in 1987 and holds BA from the Department of Legal Studies. In the same year, he joined Mitsubishi Estate. After experiencing...
Yasushi Sakai

CEO,
Sakai Office Inc.

Charmed by gardening, it has past more than 30 years since Yasushi Sakai began his career in this field. A current trend in Japanese Gardens is “natural taste” and zoki (brushes)-planted gardens....
Masako Oka

President,
ECOMACO® Ltd.

After graduating from Sugino Dress Maker Women’s College, Designers Course, Masako Oka started her carrier with a mission to bring a new fashion to the World from a local city, Nagano, Japan,...
Daisuke Ogata

CEO,
Radish Boya Co., Ltd

Born on June 9th, 1960 in Fukuoka, Daisuke Ogata started his carrier at CBC Co., Ltd. After serving as sub manager at product development department at Kyusai Co., Ltd, which Ogata joined in 1993,...
Kazuhisa Tatsumi

Operating Officer,
Sanyo Paper Company Ltd. Tokyo

Born and raised in Osaka in 1962, Kazuhisa Tatsumi started his first carrier at a pharmaceutical company after graduating from a college in 1984. Tatsumi joined Sanyo Paper Company Ltd. in 1994 and...
Daisuke Nakajima

Sales Director,
Ion Company Ltd, Japan

Daisuke Nakajima was born in Taito-Ward, Tokyo in 1981 and graduated from Nihon University, Department of Literature and Science. Nakajima joined Japan Ion Company Ltd. in 2005 and became Sales...
Nanao Sonobe

International Marketing Director,
ECOTWAZA Co.,Ltd

International Marketing Director of "ECOTWAZA Co., Ltd." -with the mission of "connecting Japanese eco-friendly manufactures with foreign importers, distributors and retailers. " A bridge to hidden...
Yoichi Mori

CPA,
Climate Change Specialist

After experiencing finance auditing, CSR research and consultation at Azusa Audit Corporation, participated in a research project of climate change and CO2 emission information disclosure. As a...
Tsuneyuki Fujioka

Producer,
Funfam

Tsuneyuki has taught and practiced business and design in Japan since the late 1990s. He is chief executive of Brandarchitecture, a design consulting firm he set up in 2007. He has established the...
Baisho Yamamoto

Founder,
Onewill Co., Ltd.

Yamamoto-san was born in Kawamo, Takahashi City of Okayama Prefecture. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics at the University of Okayama and joined the Division of Chemical Products at Itoman...
Kaoru Kunita

Representative,
Carbon To Forests

Born 1979 in Japan, Kaoru spent her childhood years in N.Y. and Sydney, facing various environmental and international issues at a susceptible age. After graduating Keio University, Kaoru started...
Keishi Ikeuchi

Company Representative,
IKEUCHITOWEL CO. LTD.

Born in 1949 Imabari, Ehime Prefecture. Ikeuchi graduated from Department of Commercial Science, Hitotsubashi University. He joined Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. in 1971, and in 1983 he...
Keiko Kikuta

President，
Yamatonadeshiko Co. Ltd

Keiko Kikuta was born 1970, in Nagano Prefecture. She graduated from Kawamura Junior College and later joined Japan Tobacco Incorporated in 1991. In 1992, Kikuta began at Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co....

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