Started Hello! U.S.A. Pen Pal Service

Released fantastic balloons with flower seeds and messages

Painted and humorous postcards became popular

Started volunteer activities to write letters for others

Supported victims of the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake

Sent celebration letters to the Nobel Peace Prize winner for the sake of world peace

Involved in volunteer activities in the Nagano Paralympics Games

The national convention for celebrating the 50th anniversary

And in the national convention in 1999, the 50th anniversary ceremony was held with the Minister of Posts and Telecommunications, Seiko Noda attending. In the program-to boost the mood of the ceremony-a symposium was held with veteran members of PFC who were active in society. They sent special postcards entitled “Greetings from the Cherry Blossom Country!” to inform friends in foreign countries about the 50th anniversary of PFC. As well, international exchanges between members and foreign students in Japan were conducted.

Presented “snowman” to golden age facilities in the midsummer

Changed the club name to Association of Pen Friend Clubs of Japan

Involved in Dream Wing Project of the FIFA World Cup (soccer)

Involved in volunteer activities for restoration after typhoon damage

Sent letters of encouragement to maritime safety officials

In 2006, PFC came to a big turning point. The secretariat operation of PFC was transferred to Japan Post. Moreover, secretariat operations were conducted by the Japan Post Service Co., Ltd. in October 2007 due to the privatization of the national postal mail, savings and insurance services. In addition, the number of school members has decreased but the number of individual members is increasing. Therefore, PFC needs to change its organization to suit the times.

Sent pop-out letters of encouragement written in English to various national teams of the IAAF World Championships in athletics

Sent letters of encouragement to participating teams of the WAKASUGI National Athletic Meet in Akita

Sent message boards of encouragement to victims of the earthquake in Sichuan, China

The 61st National Convention for celebrating the 60th anniversary

Started the “Campaign to spread the greatness and happiness of letters” as part of PFCs 60th anniversary celebrations

Started the project of “Let’s make 1,0000 folded paper cranes for world peace!”

14219 paper cranes were sent to Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park

Held the national convention titled “PFC letter festival“

Held Self-made New Year's card making classes at public libraries

Set up the project “Send letters to people affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake“

We sent 1,455 letters to evacuees centers and temporary housings in Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima.

Participated in “PHILANIPPON 2011“

Japan World Stamp Exhibition “PHILANIPPON 2011“ was held in Yokohama from July 28 to August 2.
We set up the booth “PFC & Relief for people affected by great east Japan earthquake“.