# Japan Cancer Society

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## TL;DR

Japan's national cancer charity since 1958: it promotes cancer screening through its regional branches, runs a free cancer hotline, and organises Relay For Life and the Pink Ribbon Festival in Japan.

## Summary

The Japan Cancer Society is a public interest incorporated foundation (公益財団法人) founded in 1958 and based in Chuo-ku, Tokyo; its chair is Tadao Kakizoe, honorary president of the National Cancer Center. Its timeline records that screenings by its group organisations reached ten million in a single year in 1993 (counting repeat attendances), that a free telephone consultation with doctors began in 2002, and that its Cancer Hotline started in 2006. It also runs Relay For Life Japan, the Pink Ribbon Festival, a cancer survivors' club, free phone advice on cancer and work from social insurance consultants, research grants and cancer education. UICC lists it as a Full Member.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-11-04
- Also known as: 日本対がん協会; 公益財団法人 日本対がん協会
- City: Tokyo, JP
- Type: consortium
- Website: https://www.jcancer.jp

## Sources

- 団体概要 (organisation outline, Japanese): https://www.jcancer.jp/about/outline/
- 設立からの歩み (history, Japanese): https://www.jcancer.jp/about/history/
- UICC member profile: https://www.uicc.org/membership/japan-cancer-society

## Connected records

- institutions: [Union for International Cancer Control](https://onco.cc/institutions/uicc/)

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