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Japanese active in social businesses to help the poor

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN

photo：Satoko Kono, president of Japanese social investment company Arun, left, interviews a farmer about his needs in a village in a Phnom Penh suburb. (Takeshi Fujitani) Satoko Kono, president of Japanese social investment company Arun, left, interviews a farmer about his needs in a village in a Phnom Penh suburb. (Takeshi Fujitani)

photo：A midwife smiles at a baby in a village in central East Timor. With the use of a solar-battery light, provided by Japanese NPO Kopernik, women can give birth to children at night in villages without electricity. (Takeshi Fujitani) A midwife smiles at a baby in a village in central East Timor. With the use of a solar-battery light, provided by Japanese NPO Kopernik, women can give birth to children at night in villages without electricity. (Takeshi Fujitani)

In forming her Japanese social investment company in 2010, Satoko Kono said she knew the limitations of foreign aid, which can be a one-way street between advanced and developing nations.

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