{"id":410,"date":"2026-09-09T12:02:58","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T12:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stg.doronko.jp\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-10-08T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:54:55","slug":"message","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.doronko.jp\/en\/about\/message\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from the chief director"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"lazyblock-common-pagetitle-Z12JYRC wp-block-lazyblock-common-pagetitle\"><div class=\"p-pagetitle u-middle\">\n  <picture>\n    <source media=\"(max-width:769px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/main_sp.webp\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_head.webp\" alt=\"A child holding muddy hands up to the camera\">\n  <\/picture>\n  <div>\n    <h1 class=\"c-pagetitle__headline\">Message from the chief director<\/h1>          <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<nav style=\"--separator: &quot;\/&quot;\" class=\"wp-block-breadcrumbs\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><ol><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doronko.jp\/\">TOP<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.doronko.jp\/en\/about\/\">About Doronko-kai<\/a><\/li><li><span aria-current=\"page\">Message from the chief director<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-common-headlineset-2e3Dk4 wp-block-lazyblock-common-headlineset\"><div class=\"p-section-header\">\n  <h2 class=\"c-section-headline\">Message from the chief director<\/h2>\n  <p class=\"c-section-headline__en\">Message from the Director<\/p>  <p class=\"c-section-headline__lead\">Regardless of age or disabilities, children actually experience everything,\nwhat they are tempted to do or what they cannot easily manage to do.<\/p>  <\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-chair-1jmDpF wp-block-lazyblock-chair\"><section class=\"p-chair\">\n  <div class=\"p-chair-header\">\n    <div class=\"p-chair-header__bg\">\n      <picture>\n        <source media=\"(max-width:769px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_yasunaga_sp.webp\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_yasunaga.webp\" alt=\"Chairperson Aika Yasunaga talking with a child\">\n      <\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"p-chair-header__inner\">\n      <p class=\"c-chair-name\">Social Welfare Corporation Doronko-kai\nChief Director\nAika Yasunaga<\/p>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n\n\n  <div class=\"p-chair__block u-block1\">\n    <h3 class=\"c-chair_headline\">Relying on each other, conflicting with each other, and teaching each other.<\/h3>    <p class=\"c-chair__text\">Instead of turning away or running away from the many challenges waiting for them in the future, we want the children to have the will to move forward on their own, asking people first, supported by their surroundings.\nWe let the children with disabilities experience everything they want to do.\nWe build a Big House where, not following the instruction from the adults, brothers and sisters live together, move around freely and learn from each other, life, playing and labor.\nJust 20 years ago today, I made up mind so and opened my first small non-authorized childcare room in Saitama Prefecture.<\/p>  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"p-chair__figure u-img2\">\n    <picture>\n      <source media=\"(max-width:769px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/block01_01_sp.webp\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_01.webp\" alt=\"Children gathered and playing in a nursery classroom\">\n    <\/picture>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"p-chair__block u-block2\">\n    <h3 class=\"c-chair_headline\">Help children develop their own way of thinking<\/h3>    <p class=\"c-chair__text\">Nurturer, psychologist, physical therapist, speech therapist, cooks, facility managers, clerical workers, janitors, employees, part-timers, parents and local people.\nAll adults who raise children should go beyond these roles and make their children aware of nature, nature of things, preciousness of life, ingredients and food circulation through their own senses, experiences and labor. They should also constitute an environment and let the children develop their own way of thinking so that they can choose the activities they want to do.\n\u201cI\u2019m a specialist\u201d, \u201cI\u2019m a cook\u201d. Don\u2019t we hear such words in our facilities? We would always keep asking ourselves.<\/p>  <\/div>\n\n  <figure class=\"p-chair__figure u-img3\">\n    <picture>\n      <source media=\"(max-width:769px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/block01_02_sp.webp\">\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_02.webp\" alt=\"A child lying on the ground while another child watches nearby\">\n    <\/picture>\n  <\/figure>\n\n  <div class=\"p-chair__block u-block3\">\n    <h3 class=\"c-chair_headline\">Think while running<\/h3>    <p class=\"c-chair__text\">In line with the changes in industry, society, population, and life expectancy, we have to renew our education. How should we, the educators be in the present age of raising children who think and act on their own after the era of raising good obedient children? We cannot spend time just for thinking. Industry and society change at a tremendously fast, and children grow up more and more. Now, we, the adults who are responsible for raising children. must think seriously \u201cwhat the children who create the future society should experience\u201d, create opportunities, and sometimes adjust them\u2026 Yes, they have to think while running.<\/p>  <\/div>\n      <figure class=\"c-chair-figure__last\">\n            <picture>\n        <source media=\"(max-width:769px)\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_03_sp.webp\">\n        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/doronko2026\/assets\/images\/pageimg\/about-message\/message_03.webp\" alt=\"Children playing inside a concrete pipe\">\n      <\/picture>\n          <\/figure>\n  <\/section>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"lazyblock-common-about-Z1YM0H1 wp-block-lazyblock-common-about\"><h3 class=\"c-aboutdoronko__headline u-multilingual\">Learn more about Doronko<\/h3><ul class=\"p-aboutdoronko\">\n\t<li>\n\t\t<a href=\"\/about\/message\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div><img 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