Individual Donors

Please review the following before submitting your donation.

You can make your donation via credit card payment.*
*Important Note on Receipt Dates: Please note that the date issued on your donation receipt will be the date the funds are transferred from the credit card company to ICU, not the date you submitted your application. Consequently, if you apply in December, the receipt may be issued in the following year, and the donation will be eligible for tax deduction in that following year.

Click the "Give Now" button and complete the online application form. Upon completion, the bank account information required for the transfer will be displayed.

You can donate from your local financial institution using our dedicated bank transfer form (Furikomi-Yoshi).
No transaction fees will be charged when using the dedicated form at any branch of Mizuho Bank, MUFG Bank, or Japan Post Bank (Yucho Bank).

Donations to ICU are eligible for tax benefits as contributions to a "Special Public Interest Promoting Corporation" (Tokutei Koeki Zoshin Hojin).
For Japanese income tax, you can choose between an "income deduction" or a "tax credit" when filing your tax return, depending on which is more advantageous for you. In addition, depending on your local municipality, a tax credit may also be applied to your resident tax. All necessary documents for your tax filing will be sent to you in a single package once your payment has been confirmed.

Donors residing in the U.S. can claim a tax deduction by making their contributions through the Japan ICU Foundation (JICUF).

Learn more about tax-deductible giving in the U.S. via JICUF.

According to the regulations of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT), any donations made by first-year guarantors until the end of December in the year of admission are considered "contributions related to school admission." Consequently, these donations are not eligible for tax deductions (Income Tax, Corporate Tax, or Inheritance Tax).
For donations to ICU, please note that only contributions made from January of the year following admission will be eligible for tax deduction. We appreciate your kind understanding in this matter.

Note on the Education and Research Fund: Please be advised that donations to the "Education and Research Fund" are eligible for tax deduction at any time during the student's enrollment.