Today marks the third annual celebration of Giving Tuesday in Japan! As our second full year with the Giving Tuesday Global team comes to a close, we have learned (and done) a lot and have a lot to look forward to in 2026!

The 2025 theme is #BeatPlasticPollution. You can choose to follow along with the current theme and their movement through https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/, or you can focus on environmental issues within your community.

The 2025 theme is #BeatPlasticPollution. You can choose to follow along with the current theme and their movement through https://www.worldenvironmentday.global/, or you can focus on environmental issues within your community.

Peace is a concept that we are all familiar with in varying capacities.  To the fortunate, it is a part of their everyday life.  To others, it is a hope for the future.  There will always be people who crave chaos and seek to sow it into the world, but where there is darkness, there will always be light.  That light can be seen in people who strive to promote peace with their actions and words.  A beacon of that peace can be seen in the peacekeepers stationed throughout the w

平和は、私たち全員が様々な立場でよく知っている概念です。幸運な人にとっては、それは彼らの日常生活の一部です。他の人々にとっては、それは未来への希望です。混沌を渇望し、世界にそれをまき散らそうとする者は常に存在します。しかし闇があるところには、必ず光もあります。その光は、自らの行動や言葉で平和を促進しようとする人々に見られ、世界中に配置されている平和維持要員たちの中に、その平和の灯火が垣間見えます。

どの文化にも新年を祝う独自の方法がありますが、日本では12月31日の最後の瞬間は、ほっとするような一杯の蕎麦で締めくくられることが多いです。年越しそばは、単なる料理ではなく希望、再生、感謝の象徴的な意味合いが込められています。

Every culture has its unique way of celebrating the New Year, and in Japan, the final moments of December 31st are often marked with a comfo

While Christmas is celebrated in just about every country in some capacity, the way it is celebrated can be very different.  In America and