Murakami Farm supports the Global Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign *Murakami Farm*
Press release: September 4, 2024
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Murakami Farm supports the Global Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign *September 11th (Wednesday) Hiroshima Castle light-up ceremony held* Murakami Farm Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Hiroshima City, President: Kiyotaka Murakami, hereinafter referred to as Murakami Farm) is once again participating in the global childhood cancer awareness campaign “Global Gold”.
We support the September Campaign (Global Gold September Campaign). 2023 Hiroshima Castle lit up in gold during the Global Childhood Cancer Awareness Campaign
This campaign is a global event that calls for understanding and support for childhood cancer. Every September, which is World Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, buildings and ruins that symbolize each region of each country are lit up in gold. Masu. In Japan, the circle of support has expanded year by year since the start of 2021, and last year, illuminations were held in 69 locations across the country, nearly twice as many as the previous year. This is the fourth time the festival has been held in Hiroshima since the first year, and this year too the city’s symbol, Hiroshima Castle, will be illuminated in gold.
A lighting ceremony was held at Hiroshima Castle on Wednesday, September 11th. At Hiroshima University Hospital, which is connected online, a violinist from Hiroshima University is speaking to hospitalized children.
A support concert featuring a string quartet by Akiko Goto and others will be held.
By sponsoring this campaign, we will support children with cancer. Last year’s concert and instrument experience
Murakami Farm’s mission is “We create new value based on the theme of “agricultural business that protects life.” Through the production of vegetables that contribute to health, everyone can live a healthy life. We want to support the realization of society. Based on this idea, “Broccoli Sprout 200” and “Broccoli Sprout 200”, which were developed in the process of cancer prevention research at Johns Hopkins University in the United States, have dramatically increased the content of useful ingredients.
We have been producing “Super Sprout” for over 20 years. For many years, we have also donated a portion of our sales to a foundation in the United States that supports cancer prevention research. As this campaign is being held in our hometown of Hiroshima, we have continued to sponsor it since its first year in 2021, as it is in line with our company’s philosophy.
Overview of Hiroshima Castle Light-up
[Lighting ceremony]
September 11th (Wednesday) 19:00~ Park on the north side of Hiroshima Castle moat
[Attendees]
Hiroshima University Hospital Pediatrics Professor Ken Okada, Hiroshi Kawaguchi Associate Professor, Shuhei Karakawa Lecturer
Kyoko Fujikawa, Representative Secretary, Hiroshima Prefecture Branch of the Society to Protect Children with Cancer
Murakami Farm Representative Director and President Kiyotaka Murakami [String quartet]
Akiko Goto (violin), Chiaki Imai (same), Kiyo Masuda (viola), Ryuichi Miyamoto (cello) *Volunteers
[Lighting period]
September 11th (Wednesday) – 17th (Tuesday) Sunset – 22:00
[Sponsor]
Japan Childhood Cancer Research Group (JCCG)
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Global Gold September Campaign Promotion Committee
[Sponsor]
Murakami Farm Co., Ltd.
[Sponsorship]
Hiroshima Prefecture, Hiroshima City, Hiroshima University Hospital
*Comment from Kiyotaka Murakami, President and Representative Director of Murakami Farm*
This year marks the fourth time we have sponsored this campaign, which we are sponsoring with the desire to support children suffering from childhood cancer and their families. At this lighting ceremony, it seems that the cheering concert and instrument experience held at Hiroshima University Hospital, which were very popular last year, will be held. The children who are hospitalized are also looking forward to it. We sincerely hope that the efforts of this campaign will further expand the circle of understanding and support for childhood cancer in Hiroshima.
Murakami Farm Company Profile
[Established] January 1978
[Representative] Kiyotaka Murakami, Representative Director and President [Sales] 9,094 million yen (year ending December 2023)
[Business description] Production and sales of high-component vegetables such as broccoli super sprouts and bean sprouts, sprouted vegetables, and micro herbs.
[Business offices] Head office/R&D department (Hiroshima), production center (Miyagi, Chiba, Kanagawa, Shizuoka, Yamanashi, Mie, Hiroshima, Fukuoka), sales offices (Tokyo, Aichi, Osaka, Hiroshima, Fukuoka) [Affiliate company] Okinawa Murakami Farm Co., Ltd. (Ogimi Village, Okinawa Prefecture)
[Member organization] Japan Business Federation (Keidanren)
[Website] https://www.murakamifarm.com/