1.Future generations

Based on the Basic Concepts of Financial Education outlined below, the Group engages in financial education through our original financial education programs, Hamagin Okane no Kyoshitsu (Hamagin Money Classroom), Higashi-Nippon Bank Okane no Kyoshitsu (Higashi-Nippon Bank Money Classroom) and Kanagin Kinyu Kyoshitsu (Kanagin Finance Classroom).
In addition to the Agreement for Collaboration on Financial Education with Yokohama National University, we cooperate and collaborate with educational institutions, local governments, local communities, the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and others to provide classes and lectures on financial education. We are also working to develop financial education leaders among school teachers, university departments of education, and graduate schools for the teaching profession in an effort to boost financial literacy in communities.

Since 2008, Group member the Bank of Yokohama has held naming rights to the Hamagin Space Science Center, which is a facility of the City of Yokohama.
In a collaborative effort between the Bank of Yokohama, the Yokohama municipal government, and the Hamagin Space Science Center, every year it holds the Hamagin Kids Science talk events for elementary and junior high school students and their parents. These events invite guest lecturers including newsworthy experts featured on television and researchers on the front lines in organizations such as JAXA, offering children an opportunity to deepen their understanding of space and science and to embrace big dreams.

The social issues surrounding children, such as poverty, single parents, and child caregivers, are becoming more diverse.
Group member the Bank of Yokohama provides subsidies and support in collaboration with Kanagawa Prefecture, which has concluded an agreement to promote the SDGs, to NPOs in Kanagawa Prefecture that are supporting children who face poverty or other difficulties through the Hamagin Building the Future Action Program.
To date, the bank has supported 19 organizations, contributing to the enhancement of community-based child support and the resolution of social issues.

Children who face life-threatening conditions (LTCs) and their families need not only medical care but also mental and social support.
Group member the Bank of Yokohama supports Yokohama Children's Hospice - A Home of Sea and Sky in Kanazawa Ward of the City of Yokohama by making donations to the facility and participating in events held by the facility.
The bank supports the creation of a “second home” that makes children’s wishes come true, contributing to the provision of an environment where they can live with peace of mind.

Since 2022, Group member the Bank of Yokohama has given donations to support Voyage, a scholarship program for high school students studying abroad through Tthe Hamagin Foundation for Promotion of Industry and Culture. This program provides up to 3 million yen to individual students to alleviate the financial burden of studying abroad. This provides high school students with the opportunity to study abroad and supports the development of global human resources who will contribute to the economic development of Kanagawa Prefecture.

Since 2013, the Group has been a special sponsor of concerts for parents and children organized by the Kanagawa Philharmonic Orchestra.
Every year, we invite families from the local community and offer them opportunities to nurture rich sensibilities in their children through powerful orchestral performances, conductor experiences, introductions to musical instruments, and other programs.

Group member the Bank of Yokohama respects the Children's Rights and Business Principles and engages in the Children's emergency shelter initiative that contributes to the promotion of children's rights.
In order for the community as a whole to watch over children and protect them from crime, the bank's staffed branches in Kanagawa Prefecture aid children seeking help by providing emergency shelter in the branches and notifying police.

Since 2007, Group member the Bank of Yokohama has served as the crown sponsor for the Bank of Yokohama Cup Kanagawa Prefecture Schoolchildren's Softball Tournament, which brings together about 40 elementary school teams, including the winner and runner-up teams from district tournaments in Kanagawa Prefecture.

Group member Higashi-Nippon Bank sponsors the Little League East Kanto League Major Ibaraki Tournament, in which six teams from Ibaraki Prefecture participate. The Bank donates commemorative balls and other items to promote regional revitalization and the healthy upbringing of children through sports.

As an official sponsor of the Kanagawa Future Dreams, a professional independent baseball league team that is a member of the Route Inn Baseball Challenge League (BCL), Group member THE KANAGAWA BANK serves as the main sponsor of an annual official game and invites local little league baseball teams, providing children with opportunities to interact with professional baseball players.

Group member the Bank of Yokohama accepted donations of baseball equipment they no longer use from visitors to YOKOHAMA STAR☆NIGHT Supported by the Bank of Yokohama, an event held by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. This equipment was delivered to children who face economic, environmental, or other obstacles to playing baseball.

Group member Kanagawa Bank sponsors and supports Carpesol Shonan Sports Club NPO, a comprehensive sports club based in Chigasaki, Shonan. Through sports, the club works to foster friendships between local youth and working adults, build physical fitness, and nurture good character, so youth will become better members of society and contribute to local communities as proud working adults.