Patronage and support from private sector

The financial support from private sectors is indispensable for NNTT to fulfil its expected role as stated in the previous chapter. In order to obtain financial support from private sectors, the "Support Section (Chairman, ANZAI Kunio)," has been established. The members are either Directors or Councillors of NNTT and at the same time leading financiers. This group confers as regards the content of fundraising activities. The supporting membership system is in place to solicit donations from a wide range of corporate and individual supporters.

With respect to sponsorship through corporate advertising, year-long corporate supporting members will be recruited under the Special Corporate Support Group program. In addition, other corporate members will be recruited from time to time individually for each programme.

Despite the current harsh economic environment, the Foundation will promote fund-raising activities among Japanese and foreign corporations to achieve these goals and will also execute other activities aimed at obtaining a better understanding of NNTT and its activities. The current supporting members (corporations and individuals) and corporations agreed to provide sponsorship, as of September 2010, are as follows.

<Supporting Member > 605 members
Corporate Member--209 members
Individual Member--396 members

<Companies agreed to provide sponsorship through corporate advertising>

Special Corporate Support Group (in alphabetical order)

2011 / 2012 season
Sumitomo Chemical Co., Ltd.
Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.
TOYOTA MOTOR CORP.
PIA CORP.