Volunteerism & ICTs: Japan

Japan at a Glance


Languages	Japanese
Religions	Shintoist, Buddhist, Christian
Ethnicity	Japanese 99.4%, other 0.6% (mostly Korean)
Population	127,433,494 (July 2007 est.)
Capital	Tokyo, 34,750,000 (metro. area)
Currency	Yen (JPY)
Web Domains	.jp
Phone Codes	00-81

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Get Involved with ICVolunteers' Projects in Japan

ICVolunteers-Switzerland is the Swiss branch of ICVolunteers. Historically, the Swiss office is the cradle of the whole organization. ICVolunteers has local presence in a growing number of countries, including Japan.

We invite you to look over what we are doing in the area.

ICVolunteers Projects in Japan:

Conference on United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change

http://wwv.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=projectsshort&id=251

2006-10-14 10:36:48

The secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (CCNUCC) has received the first reports under the Kyoto Protocol, from Hungary, Japan and New Zealand.

Africa@home: Volunteer Computing for Africa

http://wwv.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=projectslong&id=223

2006-07-13 00:00:00

While you are sending an email or surfing the web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa's greatest humanitarian challenges, malaria.

African Web Language Survey Workshop

http://wwv.icvolunteers.org/index.php?what=projectsshort&id=213

2006-06-07 15:13:15

The Language Observatory (Japan), the African Academy of Languages (ACALAN) and Linguasphere Observatory (UK) have been collaborating on a African Web Languages Survey Project since the Tunis phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), held from 14-18 November 2005.