Japan Vegetarian Society (Authorized NPO organization)
Our society was established in 1993, we are
one of the oldest vegetarian society existed in Japan. Our credo is "To
Consider the health for the mankind and the planet earth" and has been
actively involved with health issues, nutrition, environment, bioethics and
supporting the developing countries around the world. Also, we are active in
people's awareness for vegetarianism in Japan, we hold many seminars and
activities to teach, learn and share the knowledge nationwide with a large
numbers of health-conscious people who are interested in
vegetarianism/veganism. Currently we have 2700 registered members from Hokkaido
region to Okinawa region.
In 2020, our activities has been recognized
by the city of Osaka as highly-beneficial to the society, we were granted the
title of "Authorized NPO"
We are determined from now on to spread
this ever-healthy lifestyle of vegetarianism for the people, animals and the
planet earth.
Our history
1993 JPVS
was established with 75 original members.
1996 Dr.
Kakimoto was assigned as scholarly director for IVU
2000 Establishment
of Japanese Society for Vegetarian Research with
experienced scholars.
2001 Obtained
NPO organization.
2006 Launched
JPVS Vege/Vegan foods recommendation system.
2008 Wrote
a chapter for "Overseas Tourists Manual" produced by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and
Transport.
2009 Launched
"Meat Free Monday" by the Nobel award winner.
2012 Started
"Advisor course" recognized by Japanese Society for Vegetarian Research.
2012 Together
with Vegetarian Society in UK, JPVS was introduced on an article for Asahi News Paper.
2013 JPVS
award was given to Mr. Paul McCartney.
2014 Hearings
for "International Standard for Vegetarian Ingredients" by Minister of Agriculture.
2016 Launched
"Japan Vegetarian Award"
2018 Supervised
for "Chugoku-region Vegetarian Guide Map (English)" by Minister of Transport.
2018 Given
a seminar at "Overseas Tourists Reception Manual" for the city of Tokyo.
2019 Joined
a vegetarian party at the Indian Embassy commemorating the 150th anniversary of Gandhi's birth.
2019 Joined
the congressmen group to promote Vegetarian/Vegan guidelines.
2020
Became the authorized NPO by the city of Osaka as being an highly-beneficial organization to the
society.
2020 Introduced
by worldly renowned VegNews.
2020 Supervised
"Narita Airport Handbook 2020"
2020 Supervised
"Foreign Tourists Support APP" by Japan Railway, Co,ltd. (JR)
2020 Declaration
of Japan Vegetarian Society SDGs 2020
2021 Became a team leader for the establishment of Vegetarian/Vegan JAS certification project.
2022 The Vegetarian/Vegan JAS certification. Which has been proposed by our society was approved by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.
2023 Our society (JPVS) has been officially authorized as a JAS certification agency.
If you are interested in joining us, please
contact to;
JPVS (Japan Vegetarian Society/Authorized
NPO)
Office: 5-7-25-505 Nishinakajima, Yodogawaku, Osaka-city, Osaka-fu
532-0011Japan
Tel/Fax 06-6868-9860 (country code ＋81)
email: jpvs.office@gmail.com
Website: http://www.jpvs.org/
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