| Established | 27 March 2002 |
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| The Aim of the Foundation | The aim of the Kobayashi Foundation is to provide financial assistance in the form of a scholarship to overseas students from Asia who are faithful to their principles and good academic achievers but who are experiencing difficulties in continuing their studies in Japan due to economic hardship. In this way, the scholarship program promotes friendly international relations among the countries of Asia and between Asia and Japan while also contributing to human resources development in those countries. |
| Operations | Scholarship Program, Scholarship students are invited to attend several events each year designed to provide opportunities for promoting exchange and helping students with general advice and guidance on living in Japan. |
| Property | \32,078,460,000（As of the end of March 2024） |
| Competent Authority | Cabinet Office |
| Address | 〒541-0045 Osaka Office 4-10, 4-chome, Doshomachi, Chuo-ku, Osaka 541-0045 Japan Phone: +81-50-1732-4981 Mail-address：info@kisf.or.jp |
※2026.6.16
- President
- Kazumasa Kobayashi / Special Advisor, KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.
- Vice-President
- Hiroko Kobayashi / Representative director, Ohtori Limited Liability Company
- Managing Director
- Nobuyuki Sakai, M.D., D.M.Sc. / President, Seijinkai Shimizu Hospital
- Director
- Goro Okuda / Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Osaka International Educational Institution
- Nobuhiro Nishitakatsuji / Chief Priest, Dazaifu Tenmangu
- Nahoko Furuta / Specially Appointed Professor,Graduate school of Landscape Design and Management , UNIVERSITY OF HYOGO
- Auditor
- Yutaka Oasada / Representative Partner, YUTAKA TAX CORPORATION
- Shinji Kawabata / Managing Partner, THE MITSUBOSHI LAW FIRM
- Chairman
- Akihiro Kobayashi / Executive Officer, Member of the Board, KOBAYASHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO.,LTD.
- Councillor
- Yukako Iue / President, Shuwa Foundation
- Eri Ogawa / Executive Director, LGT Wealth Management Trust Inc.
- Toshihiko Ogura M.D., Ph.D. / Specially Appointed Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University
- Kenji Kano / CEO, HAKUTSURU SAKE BREWING CO.,LTD.
- Tetsuo Tsukamoto / Senior Adviser, Rokko Butter Co.,LTD
- Masao Homma / Chairman, Association for Innovative University Management
- Takashi Morishita / General Director, Japan Foundation For Health Sciences
- Takao Yamada / Chairman, President and Representative Director, TCD Corporation
- Hideki Yoshikawa / Director, Center of Medical Education, Bellland General Hospital
