While the number of economically difficult households is increasing due to the influence of the new Corona, Zushi City, Kanagawa Prefecture is a benefit-type scholarship for students of single-parent households with a cash donation of 1 billion yen offered by a local man. I decided to start a gold business.
According to Zushi City, on the 10th of this month, a man from Zushi City who lives in the United States offered to donate 1 billion yen in cash on condition that he would start a scholarship business for university students. We have decided to start a benefit-type scholarship business.
The city plans to provide 720,000 yen a year to five students who will enter the university in April next year, and the government has selected "Top Global University" with the intention of donors who want to develop international leaders at the time of selection. Our policy is to give preferential treatment to students in Japan and students from single-parent households.
The man who offered to donate lost his father when he was young and said he wanted to give back because he received educational support from Zushi City when he went to college.
According to the Tokyo NPO "Japan Fundraising Association", education is the area of greatest interest to donations for people called ultra-rich people in the United States, and last year, 8 trillion yen in Japanese yen including donations from corporations. It is reported that there was a surplus donation, but it is extremely rare for an individual to donate 1 billion yen in Japan.
Zushi City says, "Some students have no choice but to give up going to university because of the corona disaster, so I want to make effective use of it."