PSVP GOES GLOBAL!

Local Investor Group Works to Strengthen Ties With Japan

In the latest edition of Global Pittsburgh News, the enewsletter of Global Pittsburgh, there is a great article on PSVP’s recent “Coffee Talk” with SVP Tokyo’s founding partner Hideyuki Inoue.

PSVP partner Erin Queen put together a fabulous meeting and discussion with some of our partners and Hideyuki who was in Pittsburgh as part of his travels across the country.  During his visit, he also met with Bill Strickland at the Bidwell Training Center.

During the Coffee Talk held at Panera Bread on the Blvd. of the Allies, we talked about issues related to at-risk kids in Tokyo and Pittsburgh.  Teen suicide seems to be an increasing issue in Tokyo.

Philanthropy and SVP is new in Tokyo. As Hideyuki said, “For many generations, there has been nothing else outside of work. Today, young people in Japan want more. In recent years, there has been a big shift among the younger generation in Japan to care more about society.”

John Denny

Chair