Agon Shu's Social and Cultural Activities

Agon Shu believes it is important for religious groups to make social and cultural contributions. Although it is only natural for religious groups to pray for world peace by holding religious ceremonies, Agon Shu believes that basic charitable activities are indispensable to the realization of world peace.

1985Made a donation to the African Starvation Fund.
1986Constructed a well in Sudan.
1986Made a donation to the African Starvation Fund.
1986Implemented relief activities for Japanese orphans in China to find adoptive parents.
1987Donated trucks to the Republic of Chad.
1989Established the Aiju-kai Dojin Hospital.
1989Established the Aiju-kai Shima-en Senior Home.
1989Established the Japan-USA Agon Goodwill Foundation.
1990Attended the International Exhibition of Flowers and Plants.
1990Visited Luzon Island of the Philippines for help after the earthquake.
1990Established the Japan-Italy Agon Goodwill Foundation.
1991Visited China to help after the flood.
1991 Made a donation to China for the flood. Received a letter of appreciation from the China Youth Education Fund.
1993Made a donation to the Japan Diabetes Foundation.
1994Made a donation to the Japan Diabetes Foundation.
1995Made a donation to the Japan Diabetes Foundation.
1996Established the Chinese Buddhism Agon Shu Fund.
1997Held the 20th Anniversary Ceremony of Agon Shu in Yamashina, Kyoto.
1999Co-sponsored the Agon Kiriyama Cup. Held the Agon Kiriyama “Go” tournament in six countries.（Tokyo Nihon Ki-in. Held every year since.）
1999Held the Agon Kiriyama "Go" tournament in China. (Held every year since.)
1999Founded the Agon Shu Business Administration Committee in China.
1999Donated money to the Turk Republic for the earthquake.
1999Donated money to Taiwan for the earthquake.
2000Held Agon Kiriyama "Go" Tournament (Japan vs. China) in China. (Held in Beijing, China, at the Diaoyu Islands’ State-Guest House. Japan/China tournament held every other year in China and Japan.)
2000 Made a donation to Mongolia after natural disaster.
2000 Made a donation to a charitable organization in New York.
2000 Made a donation to a hospital in New York.
2004Made a Special Donation to the Louvre Museum.
2004 Held a celebration party for the Queen of Bhutan’s book publishing.
2004 Made a donation to the Buddhism association in China.
2005Made a donation to the Buddhism society of Bhutan.

Special Efforts in Support of Education in the World

Agon Shu believes that “education is the key to character-building,” and thus considers educational support for the youth to be extremely important in the realization of world peace, along with religious activities.

Agon Shu has implemented educational support for youths wishing to get an education but are unable to do so. With the purpose of cultivating human resources to serve this planet, Agon Shu has provided educational support in various countries and has yielded exceptional results.

Over the past dozen of years, Agon Shu has bestowed scholarships to university students in Sri Lanka who could not otherwise receive such education due to financial difficulty. This has totaled to over 1000 scholarship recipients to date. Also, Agon Shu has involved itself in constructing elementary schools in remote and rural regions of China where sufficient education could not be provided. To date, ten schools have been built.

Furthermore, scholarship grants and activities supporting education are continuously implemented in Italy, Bhutan, Tibet, Mongolia and other countries.

Students who receive educational support from Agon Shu have assumed important positions in each country and continually make contributions in their homeland.

1991Began accepting exchange students from Sri Lanka.
Donated solar system to an elementary school in Thailand.
Made a donation to the Chinese Elementary, Middle School Fund for Children and Teachers.
1994Established the Sri Lanka-Agon Shu Goodwill Foundation.
Commenced scholarship and established the "Kiriyama Pacific Rim Foundation.”
1996Announced the first "Kiriyama Pacific Rim Book Award".
1998Established an Educational Fund at Peking University.
1999Made a donation to Thammasat University of Thailand.
Donated an office to Aapaladenya High School in Sri Lanka.
Celebrated the second scholarship presentation at Peking University.
2000Founded the Peking University Kiriyama Educational Foundation.Attended the signing ceremony of agreement.
Made a donation to the University of London SOAS.
2001Founded the Kiriyama Elementary School in Liaoning, China. (Since then, a school has been built each year in remote and rural regions of China.)
2002Conducted an award ceremony for the Peking University, Kiriyama Educational Foundation.
Opened the Seiyu Kiriyama Occupational Training School in Sri Lanka.
Constructed the Kiriyama Elementary School in Liaoning, China.
Celebrated the 5th anniversary of the Kiriyama College Scholarship Fund in China.
Founded the Agon Kiriyama Foundation at the Thammasat University in Thailand.
Founded the Kiriyama Kibou Elementary School in Hebei Province, China.
2003Donated a room to the Louvre Museum in France for the visually disable to appreciate the pieces of work.
Made a donation to the Thammasat University of Thailand’s Department of Journalism.
Funded the Kiriyama Kibou Elementary School in Shandong Province, China.
2004Celebrated the 11th anniversary of the Sri Lanka Agon Shu Goodwill Foundation. (Sri Lanka)
Performed a Kiriyama Scholarship Fund Presentation at Peking University.
Donated a full studio set to Thammasat University in Thailand.
Founded the Kiriyama Elementary School in Hunan Province, China.
Offered educational assistance to Bhutan.
Made a donation to educational programs at the Louvre Museum.
Sent students to Bhutan to study Tibetan Buddhism.
2005Founded the Kiriyama Elementary School in Guizhou Province, China.