Peace Winds Japan, N.p.o.

Peace Winds Japan, N.p.o. is a foreign-owned non-profit organization registered to receive federal grant awards from the U.S. government since February 2017. The organization primarily provides disaster risk reduction, emergency response, and humanitarian assistance services through federal grant awards. Peace Winds Japan specializes in implementing disaster preparedness and resilience programs in hazard-prone areas of Japan, as well as offering technical assistance and capacity building for disaster risk reduction policies and practices. The organization has received multiple project grants from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) under its Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas initiative (CFDA 98.001).

Recent prime federal grant awards to Peace Winds Japan have focused on strengthening disaster preparedness and resilience in Japan. These projects include implementing disaster risk reduction activities, improving policies and practices, and providing emergency response services. For example, in January 2024, Peace Winds Japan received a $100,000 grant to deliver emergency response and disaster relief services following the Noto earthquake in Japan. The organization has also been awarded larger grants, such as a $1.24 million project grant in April 2023, to implement disaster risk reduction activities in disaster-prone regions of Japan through March 2025. Additionally, Peace Winds Japan has served as a sub-recipient to Peace Winds America for humanitarian projects assisting Syrian refugees in Iraq. These sub-award projects have involved providing sustainable shelter upgrades, camp infrastructure improvements, and livelihood support programs within refugee camps in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq.