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Including
two world wars, mankind has been producing large number of victims
by causing number of wars. And at the end we always swear, "Never
to start another war again."
Although with this resolution, and a hope for the better society,
today, we still engage in many wars utilizing so-called state-of-the-art
modern weapons.
Therefore, we must recall, once again, that sworn we made,
and start thinking, Global Peace.
This may well be the most challenging assignment for a human
kind. However, we must step forward, and for me, this first
step is to aid and support child victims of the war.
Also, by teaching a misery of war to children and adolescents,
leaders of our next generation, I am hoping to assist in building
a peaceful future.
Todd Yamamoto
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Profile - Todd Yamamoto
Todd Yamamoto,
Chairman of The Board, is a management expert with keen sense
of innovation, experimentation, and contribution to the society. Yamamoto is a driven businessman but at the same time, he is
a philanthropist, a community activist.
In 1981, after graduating from Aoyama Gakuin University in
Tokyo, Japan, Yamamoto came to the U.S. began his career in
importing and exporting industry at Transcontinental Mercantile
Corp. (T.M.C.) where he was assigned to be in charge of implementing
of new computer system that administrates inventories and accounting
system.
Working in a brand new environment, Yamamoto was most impressed
with a strong sense of charity in the U.S. He was surprised
to find out that almost all corporations in this country somehow
makes contribution to non-profit organization.
Ever since his college days, Yamamoto, because of what his mother
went through in Hiroshima during World War II, always had this
desire to do something to aid war victims. Yamamoto, who was
heavily moved by charity works provided by individuals and corporations
in this country, decided to get himself involved in non-profit
organizations.
In 1983, Yamamoto was promoted to president of T.M.C., and
at the same time became vice president of New York Travel Service
(N.Y.T.S.). Then Yamamoto established T.M.C. Planning, event planning, operation,
marketing company, and by utilizing corporate events, Yamamoto
started to provide volunteer works and contributions to various
non-profit organizations. Yamamoto, at this time, also began supporting 10 Feet Project,
a non-profit organization co-founded by his mother in law in Kurashiki,
Japan. Not only volunteering his time and service, Yamamoto
also operated few fund raising projects to support activity
of 10 Feet Project.
In 1987, Yamamoto founded a trading firm named PROSS International,
and in 1995 assigned as a consultant of Zue Corp., an importing company specializing
in apparels. Then in 2004 started an investing firm T Wave Fund.
After numerous successes in managing businesses in IT, finance,
importing and exporting industries, Yamamoto finally decided
to start a non-profit organization to aid child victims of the
war, and that is Kid For The Future Fund. |