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Crowdfunding platform "My Athlete"

10.07.2025, Tallinn. The Estonian Olympic Committee introduced to the public a new crowdfunding platform called My Athlete. It is a unique opportunity in Estonia that allows every sports enthusiast to contribute to the preparation of top athletes. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Crowdfunding platform "My Athlete"

10.07.2025, Tallinn. The Estonian Olympic Committee introduced to the public a new crowdfunding platform called My Athlete. It is a unique opportunity in Estonia that allows every sports enthusiast to contribute to the preparation of top athletes. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Crowdfunding platform "My Athlete"

10.07.2025, Tallinn. The Estonian Olympic Committee introduced to the public a new crowdfunding platform called My Athlete. It is a unique opportunity in Estonia that allows every sports enthusiast to contribute to the preparation of top athletes. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Crowdfunding platform "My Athlete"

10.07.2025, Tallinn. The Estonian Olympic Committee introduced to the public a new crowdfunding platform called My Athlete. It is a unique opportunity in Estonia that allows every sports enthusiast to contribute to the preparation of top athletes. Photo: Sander Ilvest, Postimees

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Illustration Crowdfunding Platform Fun in Funding

SUQIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - Illustration crowdfunding platform fun in funding, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Feb 26, 2024.

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Illustration Crowdfunding Platform Fun in Funding

SUQIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - Illustration crowdfunding platform fun in funding, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Feb 26, 2024.

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Illustration Crowdfunding Platform Fun in Funding

SUQIAN, CHINA - FEBRUARY 26, 2024 - Illustration crowdfunding platform fun in funding, Suqian, Jiangsu province, China, Feb 26, 2024.

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Zoo starts crowdfunding campaign to protect endangered bird

TOYAMA, Japan, Dec. 16 Kyodo - A file photo taken July 6, 2017, shows a male wild rock ptarmigan.

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Examples of foreign literature published in Japanese in 2014 that are eligible for nomination for the "Best Translation Award," newly established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding, are shown on Jan. 5, 2015. Readers can nominate works for consideration via the award's website until Jan. 31 and the winner will be decided in April.

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nishizaki, known in Japan for translating famous foreign works such as those of A. E. Coppard, shows on a smartphone screen the website for the "Best Translation Award" established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. In the foreground are copies of translated literature that has influenced Nishizaki.

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NPO to build traditional underwear factory in Thailand

KOCHI, Japan - Hidehiro Tamaki, head of a nonprofit organization, holds a "fundoshi" traditional undergarment for men in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 25, 2014. The organization plans to build a fundoshi production factory in Thailand to provide local impoverished children with an opportunity to receive vocational training and is currently collecting donations through crowdfunding on the Internet.

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Young lawmakers turning to crowdfunding to raise political funds

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Fumiaki Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member who is raising funds for his plan to send an ambulance to the typhoon-hit Philippines through a crowdfunding website for political purposes set up by a nonprofit organization.

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Japanese "rokyoku" storyteller to perform in N.Y.

OSAKA, Japan - Photo taken Oct. 24, 2013, shows "rokyoku" storyteller Keiko Haruno, who will make her first overseas performance in New York in March 2014 with money raised on an online crowdfunding platform.

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Wall paintings in Golden Hall of Horyuji Temple

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2022, shows wall paintings in the Golden Hall of World Heritage-listed Horyuji Temple in the Nara Prefecture town of Ikaruga, western Japan. The murals from around the late seventh century and early eighth century, which were damaged in a 1949 fire in the Golden Hall, were unveiled to the media the same day ahead of their Nov. 2-30 exhibition for people who joined a crowdfunding drive to preserve them.

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Wall paintings in Golden Hall of Horyuji Temple

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2022, shows wall paintings in the Golden Hall of World Heritage-listed Horyuji Temple in the Nara Prefecture town of Ikaruga, western Japan. The murals from around the late seventh century and early eighth century, which were damaged in a 1949 fire in the Golden Hall, were unveiled to the media the same day ahead of their Nov. 2-30 exhibition for people who joined a crowdfunding drive to preserve them.

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Wall paintings in Golden Hall of Horyuji Temple

Photo taken on Nov. 1, 2022, shows wall paintings in the Golden Hall of World Heritage-listed Horyuji Temple in the Nara Prefecture town of Ikaruga, western Japan. The murals from around the late seventh century and early eighth century, which were damaged in a 1949 fire in the Golden Hall, were unveiled to the media the same day ahead of their Nov. 2-30 exhibition for people who joined a crowdfunding drive to preserve them.

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Demonstration experiment of walking guidance by a cane-type robot with wheels at Osaka City University

When the user walks holding the staff part, the robot automatically steers the wheels and guides the user to the destination. A feature of the robot is that it does not have an autonomous movement function, so that users can feel as if they are walking by themselves. This time, a function has been added that allows users to set their destinations by holding up their cards. However, as it was found to be difficult to use during the verification experiment, Mr. Imazu intends to improve this function, saying, "We would like to consider other methods, including voice recognition technology. A crowdfunding campaign is currently underway until the evening of the 26th in order to put the system into practical use as soon as possible. The target amount is set at 2 million yen. The funds raised will be used to develop charging facilities and waterproof exteriors. On December 12, 2019, at the Sugimoto Campus of Osaka City University in Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka City, Credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images

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VTT, a simulated organ for surgical training by Kotobuki Giken

Kotobuki Giken has launched a new company to develop and sell simulated organs for surgical training using konjac. The company raised about 90 million yen through stock investment-type crowdfunding. The company will sell the products to medical equipment manufacturers as well as universities and hospitals. The company also has its sights set on overseas markets. The new company, KOTOBUKI Medical, was established with experts in venture management and medical equipment sales, and is headed by President Takayama. The company will be based in Kotobuki Giken. The new company will handle everything from the purchase of raw materials to processing and sales. The new company aims to achieve sales of 10 million yen in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and to build a plant in 2008. President Takayama is enthusiastic, saying, "We want to make this a 3 billion yen business by 2016. (Photo taken on June 13, 2019, location unknown, credit: Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun / Kyodo News Images)

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Zoo starts crowdfunding campaign to protect endangered bird

A file photo taken July 6, 2017, shows a male wild rock ptarmigan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hospital solicits donations for clean rooms via crowdfunding

Kimikazu Matsumoto, head of the Children's Cancer Center, talks about aseptic rooms in Tokyo on July 5, 2017. To cope with an increasing number of cancer patients, the center is soliciting donations from companies and hopes to begin designing such rooms in fiscal 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fans send message to SMAP in newspaper ad before band's breakup

Photo shows part of an eight-page ad placed by thousands of fans of SMAP, one of Japan's most popular and longest-lived pop groups, in the morning edition of major Japanese daily the Asahi Shimbun on Dec. 30, 2016, a day before SMAP's breakup. The ad, saying the fans will continue rooting for SMAP and including the names of the fans, was paid for by an online crowdfunding campaign that had solicited about 39 million yen ($334,000) by early morning on Dec. 28 from over 12,800 fans. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Leading translators launch award through crowdfunding

TOKYO, Japan - Ken Nishizaki, known in Japan for translating famous foreign works such as those of A. E. Coppard, shows on a smartphone screen the website for the "Best Translation Award" established by several leading translators in Japan with money raised from crowdfunding during an interview in Tokyo on Dec. 26, 2014. In the foreground are copies of translated literature that has influenced Nishizaki. (Kyodo)

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NPO to build traditional underwear factory in Thailand

KOCHI, Japan - Hidehiro Tamaki, head of a nonprofit organization, holds a "fundoshi" traditional undergarment for men in Kochi, western Japan, on Dec. 25, 2014. The organization plans to build a fundoshi production factory in Thailand to provide local impoverished children with an opportunity to receive vocational training and is currently collecting donations through crowdfunding on the Internet. (Kyodo)

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Young lawmakers turning to crowdfunding to raise political funds

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken April 25, 2014, shows Fumiaki Kobayashi, a House of Representatives member who is raising funds for his plan to send an ambulance to the typhoon-hit Philippines through a crowdfunding website for political purposes set up by a nonprofit organization. (Kyodo)

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Shanghai Auto Show

Visitors look at MG Cyberster, an electric supercar concept car that will be mass-produced through crowdfunding, at the Shanghai Auto Show in Shanghai, China, April 19, 2021.

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Crowdfunding for financially strapped Kinoshita Circus

Members of Kinoshita Circus perform in Tachikawa in western Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2020. The circus based in Okayama, western Japan, with a history of about 120 years has been raising funds via crowdfunding to recover from a business slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Crowdfunding for financially strapped Kinoshita Circus

Members of Kinoshita Circus perform in Tachikawa in western Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2020. The circus based in Okayama, western Japan, with a history of about 120 years has been raising funds via crowdfunding to recover from a business slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Crowdfunding for financially strapped Kinoshita Circus

A member of Kinoshita Circus performs in Tachikawa in western Tokyo on Aug. 30, 2020. The circus based in Okayama, western Japan, with a history of about 120 years has been raising funds via crowdfunding to recover from a business slump caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Face shields made of sheet protectors

Osaka University professor Kiyokazu Nakajima wears a face shield in Suita, Osaka Prefecture, on May 12, 2020. His team has begun mass production of face shields made of sheet protectors for health care workers fighting the new coronavirus after raising more than 32 million yen through crowdfunding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Fashion show featuring Filipino children in poverty

Photo taken in February 2017 shows a scene from a fashion show in Manila featuring children living in the poverty as models. Organized by a group of Japanese university students, six such shows have been held in the Philippine capital since 2015 with money raised through crowdfunding. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sport climbing: Nonaka builds speed wall with crowdfunding

Japanese sport climber Miho Nonaka poses in front of a newly built speed wall at Tokyo's Rikkyo University on Dec. 17, 2018. The wall is central Tokyo's first speed variant and was crowdfunded with the help of Nonaka, who sits in third on the sport climbing World Cup overall ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sport climbing: Nonaka builds speed wall with crowdfunding

Japanese sport climber Miho Nonaka poses in front of a newly built speed wall at Tokyo's Rikkyo University on Dec. 17, 2018. The wall is central Tokyo's first speed variant and was crowdfunded with the help of Nonaka, who sits in third on the sport climbing World Cup overall ranking. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuriku's sole whisky distillery gets face-lift with crowdfunding

Takahiko Inagaki, a 29-year-old board director of the parent company of Wakatsuru Shuzo, a sake brewery in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture, stands at its whisky distillery on Jan. 12, 2017. Inagaki has been raising money via crowdfunding and other sources to refurbish the dilapidated distillery, the only whisky distillery in the Hokuriku region near the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hokuriku's sole whisky distillery gets face-lift with crowdfunding

Photo taken Jan. 12, 2017, shows a whisky distillery of Wakatsuru Shuzo, a sake brewery in Tonami, Toyama Prefecture. The parent company of the brewery has been raising money via crowdfunding and other sources to refurbish the dilapidated distillery, the only whisky distillery in the Hokuriku region near the Sea of Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo