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The Yoneyama Scholarship (Yoneyama Scholarship) was established in memory of the industrialist Umekichi Yoneyama who made a huge contribution to the founding of Japan’s first Rotary Club. The Yoneyama Scholarship Program started with the Rotary Club of Tokyo in 1952 and gradually developed into a joint venture of Rotary Clubs across Japan. In 1967, it received permission from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (now the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) and became the "Rotary Foundation." Yoneyama Memorial Scholarship."
The Yoneyama Scholarship is named after Yoneyama Umekichi (1868-1946). His father died when he was young, and his mother raised him single-handedly. When he was 16 years old, he went to Tokyo from Nagaizumi Town, Shizuoka Prefecture, and began a work-study life. At the age of 20, he traveled east to the United States and spent 8 years of hard study abroad life at Belmont Academy (California), Wesleyan College (Ohio), and Syracuse University (New York State).
After returning to China, he pursued the dream of becoming a writer and became a disciple of Yu Sheng Haizhou. Due to the recommendation of a friend, he became the executive director of Mitsui Banking Corporation. Later, he founded Mitsui Trust Co., Ltd. and became the president of the board of directors. When the Trust Law was promulgated, he took the lead in establishing a trust society, opening up a new field and aiming to "contribute to society", laying the foundation for what is now known as philanthropy.
In his later years, Yoneyama Meikichi served as the chairman of the Mitsui Repayment Foundation, and made great contributions to the research of Hansen's disease (leprosy), tuberculosis, and cancer. For the education of his children, he and his wife privately established a primary school. "Treat others the same way you want others to treat you. (Note: Don't do to others what you don't want others to do to you.)" This is not only the wish of Mr. Yoneyama Meikichi, but also his A portrait of a lifetime. Mr. Yoneyama Meikichi has always adhered to the belief of "caring and helping others", but he remained silent about the good deeds he had done.
In 1952, during the (economic) recovery after the defeat, members of the Tokyo Rotary Club proposed the idea of ??establishing the Yoneyama Fund. At this time, Mr. Yoneyama Meikichi had passed away for 6 years. Through scholarships, Japan conveys its image of peace and its desire to be understood to the world. As a result, the cause that started with the Tokyo Rotary Club developed into a joint cause of Rotary Clubs all over Japan in the years to come.
The Mishan Scholarship, which started with the slogan "Save a box of cigarettes a month", has received more than 13,000 students since its establishment, and they come from 106 different countries.
Note: Katsu Kaishu (1823～1899), an enlightened politician at the end of the Tokugawa period, and the head of the navy of the Edo shogunate. On the eve of the collapse of the shogunate, he served as president of the army and advocated negotiating peace with the shogunate to make Edo peaceful and open to the city. Later, he served as Navy Minister and other positions in the Meiji government.