Donation total as of August 31st, 2023: 697,281,900 JPY (US$ 4.77 million)
What if a single T-shirt had the power to spread peace?
What if a single T-shirt had the power to spread peace?
“It’s time for action, in the name of world peace.” Major figures who share this vision with UNIQLO have volunteered to design T-shirts embodying their peaceful wishes. All proceeds will be donated to international organisations supporting those affected by violence, discrimination, armed conflict, and poverty. The PEACE FOR ALL project is powered by each and every one of you who wear these T-shirts. Our wish is for a world in which all people can feel safe in their daily lives.
UNIQLO will continue to broaden this initiative, working with people all around the world.
*UNIQLO parent company Fast Retailing Co., Ltd. will donate an amount equivalent to all profits (no less than 20% of the selling price) equally among UNHCR, Save the Children Japan, and Plan International Inc.. This sales promotion is conducted by Fast Retailing, a parent company of UNIQLO Japan.
Fundraising report
The total amount of funds raised from sales of T-shirts globally through the PEACE FOR ALL charity project from June 17th, 2022 - August 31st, 2023.
We would like to express our sincere gratitude to everyone who purchased a T-shirt, and to those who participated in the fundraising activities.
| Total funds raised from sales of T-shirts | JPY 697,281,900 (US$ 4.77 million) |
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All profits* from the charity T-shirts purchased will be donated to international organisations to support victims of poverty, discrimination, violence, conflict, and war.
The concept
We have partnered with world-renowned leaders in art, design, literature, science, and sport who support the idea of “taking action in the name of global peace”. These volunteers have each designed a T-shirt that embodies their individual call for peace. Their charity T-shirts are available for purchase online and in UNIQLO stores.
- Haruka Ayase
- Daido Moriyama
- Julian Opie
- Francesco Risso
- Akamai Technologies
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (artist) and Christopher Makos (photographer)
- Dick Bruna
- Roger Federer
- Cristina de Middel, Magnum Photos
- KEITH HARING
- KAWS
- LISA LARSON
- PEANUTS
- WIM WENDERS
- AYUMU HIRANO
- SHINGO KUNIEDA
- KEI NISHIKORI
- GORDON REID
- ADAM SCOTT
- Jonathan Anderson
- Rei Inamoto
- Kosuke Kawamura
- Christophe Lemaire
- HANA TAJIMA
- Tadao Ando
- INES DE LA FRESSANGE
- Haruki Murakami
- Kashiwa Sato
- Shinya Yamanaka
Available from Friday July 21st 2023
Haruka Ayase
When I left the house for school as a kid, my mum used to tell me, “Make someone smile today.” She taught me to take things one step at a time.
Haruka Ayase
Actress
Since her acting debut in 2000, Haruka Ayase has appeared in a wide range of films, dramas, TV shows, and commercials. Her starring role in Palme d'Or contender Our Little Sister earned her a nomination in 2016 for the Japan Academy Film Prize for Best Actress. Since February 2021, she has served as a special ambassador for LifeWear.
Daido Moriyama
I see photography as memory. What the self remembers, what the subject remembers, what the people who see it remember; it’s all memory. My photos are a way of seeing things, and perhaps a way of holding things for later.
Daido Moriyama
Photographer
Moriyama was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1938. After assisting Takeji Iwamiya and Eikoh Hosoe, he became a freelance photographer in 1964. He has exhibited his work around the world and has published numerous photo books, including Japan: A Photo Theater, Farewell Photography, and his Record series.
Julian Opie
People passing on the street in every town in every country all busy and focused, engaged in their lives and concerns. These people were walking in Busan, South Korea but they could be anywhere really, part of a constant flow of people around the world. I read a lot of history books and so much of them are about war and conflict. I have to remind myself that most of the time people were just going about their business walking the streets in the mornings to work or to see friends.
Julian Opie
Artist
Julian Opie plays with ways of seeing through reinterpreting the vocabulary of everyday life; his style evokes both a visual and spatial experience of the world around us. Influenced by classical portraiture, Egyptian hieroglyphs, and Japanese woodblock prints, as well as public signage and traffic signs, Opie connects the clean visual language of modern life with the fundamentals of art history.
Francesco Risso
Do we need to be like aliens to observe the miracle of creation, rather than the culture of destruction? In a nostalgic and simple vision of peace, an alien with sunglasses sits on a globe as if it was a Pilates ball. This image seems to suggest: what I like about Planet Earth isn't found on Planet Earth. The best telescope in the world shows what unites us. The primordial universe? Love that moves the sun and other stars?
Francesco Risso
Creative director of Marni
Marni creative director Francesco Risso approaches fashion as a gesamtkunstwerk, a total artwork: he merges languages and disciplines into a multifaceted whole. Risso's aesthetic is embodied through interconnected media, which are rooted in the materiality of clothing but come alive through shows and collaborations. Through one seamless creative exchange, he fosters dialogue as the fuel of the brand to keep shaping Marni into a laboratorial community ruled by freewheeling multi-dimensionality.
On sale from Friday April 21st 2023
Akamai Technologies
Every day, billions of people connect online to work, play, learn, shop, and share ideas. They may not know it, but Akamai is there, powering and protecting life online. For 25 years, Akamai has been scaling and securing the Internet to make life better for billions of people, billions of times a day. The code “texture” in this design represents the shared language behind the many digital experiences that connect us all. It’s a language that unites Akamai with the world’s top brands and the people they serve, as we work together toward a vision of a safer and more connected world.
Akamai Technologies
Cloud Company
Akamai Technologies, Inc. established in 1998, is the cloud company that powers and protects life online. Leading companies worldwide choose Akamai to build, deliver, and secure their digital experiences — helping billions of people live, work, and play every day. Akamai Connected Cloud, a massively distributed edge and cloud platform, puts apps and experiences closer to users and keeps threats further away.
Jean-Michel Basquiat (artist) and Christopher Makos (photographer)
Jean-Michel Basquiat and Christopher Makos positioned Basquiat with the globe, adjusted to emphasise that Basquiat's inspiration and influence were global.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Artist
An icon of New York in the 1980s, Jean-Michel Basquiat became renowned during his short career for works inspired by street art and a distinctive iconography often connected to art history. His paintings, drawings, and prints drew on a diverse range of sources, from African, Aztec, and Greek cultures to Americana in the form of jazz, baseball, and social and political events.
Christopher Makos
Photographer
Christopher Makos is known internationally for his explosive and innovative photography. Makos became a prominent figure in the New York downtown art scene where he befriended and created raw, indelible portraits of artists and creatives such as Jean-Michel Basquiat. His photographs have been exhibited in more than 100 museums and galleries.
Dick Bruna
Dick Bruna has always cherished and supported the idea that the more the slogan “WORLD PEACE IS POSSIBLE” takes hold worldwide and the more people are convinced of that possibility, the more realistic the goal of achieving world peace will become. Here, we empathise with the PEACE FOR ALL project, which involves taking action fuelled by a desire for peace, and we, together with miffy, sincerely hope all people on this earth will be able to enjoy peaceful living.
Dick Bruna
Picture Book Author, Graphic Designer
Dick Bruna was born in 1927 in Utrecht, the Netherlands.
He gained international fame as an author, illustrator of children’s books, and graphic designer.
Dick Bruna’s work is characterised by thick black outlines drawn with a paintbrush, vibrant colours and plenty of room for the reader's imagination.
Over the course of approximately 60 years, he wrote and illustrated more than 120 picture books. His books have been translated into more than 50 languages and have sold more than 85 million copies worldwide.
He also supported many humanitarian organisations through his work, including UNICEF, the Red Cross and WORLD PEACE IS POSSIBLE.
Roger Federer
For over 25 years, I considered myself very fortunate to explore the world while competing in a sport I love. Tennis and peace both start with “Love” and I hope this simple design also can remind everyone how important it is to respect each other.
Roger Federer
Professional Tennis Player
Tennis legend. 20-time Grand Slam winner with 8 Wimbledon titles. Holds the record of being ranked No. 1 in the world for 237 consecutive weeks. One of the most beloved and influential players of all time.
Cristina de Middel, Magnum Photos
I use symbolism in my work a lot and wanted to create an image that meant "right to peace" and what fighting for peace carries. Both the fist and the dove are symbols for each one of these concepts so I tried to put them together. The picture could have been shot anywhere in the city of Salvador de Bahia, which always has these beautiful clouds.
Cristina de Middel
Magnum Photos’ President
Cristina de Middel investigates photography’s ambiguous relationship with truth. Blending documentary and conceptual photographic practices, she plays with reconstructions and archetypes in order to build a more layered understanding of the subjects she approaches. Working from the premise that mass media is reducing our real understanding of the world we live in, De Middel responds to an urgency to re-imagine tired aesthetic tropes and insert opinion in place of facts.
De Middel was born in Spain and is based between Mexico and Brazil. She became a Magnum nominee in 2017 and Magnum President in 2022.
Magnum Photos
Magnum Photos is a co-operative of acclaimed, independent photographers who share an ongoing commitment to documenting world events, people, places, daily life, and culture. Founded in 1947, Magnum Photos has been telling stories of the past, defining the present, and shaping the future through photography for over 75 years, united by its values of uncompromising excellence, truth, respect, and independence.
KEITH HARING
Keith Haring created this artwork as a sign of global peace. It was meant to signify people all over the world coming together to stand for peace on Earth.
KEITH HARING
Artist
A key figure in New York's East Village scene in the late 1970s and 80s, American artist Keith Haring's work populated not only art galleries, but also the city's subways, streets, and sidewalks. An icon of counterculture art with an iconographic artistic vocabulary, Haring drew inspiration from graffiti artists, pop art, and the underground culture of the world around him.
KAWS
I wanted this design to serve as a reminder that we are all responsible for this planet and it’s our job to come together and care for it. Our relationship with Earth is fragile and we can't let it fall through our hands.
KAWS
Artist
KAWS engages audiences beyond the museums and galleries in which he regularly exhibits. Over the last two decades KAWS has built a successful career with work that consistently shows his formal agility as an artist, as well as his underlying wit, irreverence, and affection for our times.
LISA LARSON
The picture speaks of unconditional friendship and trust. The vulnerable girl sits on the back of a wild beast. We have to trust in Peace and choose the path of Peace.
The lion symbolises strength, loyalty and bravery. It takes bravery to turn against violence.
To protect the young girl means protecting the future of the human race.
Trust is not being afraid. Peace is strength.
LISA LARSON
Ceramicist
Born in 1931 in Härlunda in the province of Småland in the south of Sweden, Lisa Larson began working for Gustavsberg porcelain in 1954. Later, as the company’s star designer, she became a mainstay of the golden age of Swedish ceramics. In 1980, Larson left the company to work as a freelance designer. In 1992, she co-founded Keramikstudion Gustavsberg. Full of life, Lisa continues to make new designs for production, and unique (one-off) ceramic pieces.
PEANUTS
The group of friends who inhabit the world of Peanuts display a wide range of personalities: bold, nervous, romantic, curious, thoughtful, and adventurous. What unites them is their friendships and sense of community. For decades, the characters have resonated with fans for displaying all the elements of humanity. This design captures both the love the characters have for one another and the love that Peanuts inspires around the world.
PEANUTS
COMICS
Charles M. Schulz, the creator of the comic strip Peanuts, drew 17,897 strips over the course of half a century from 1950 (the year of the comic’s initial syndication in seven US newspapers) to his death in 2000.
WIM WENDERS
I never saw more horizon in my life than on that day in the West-Australian desert.
And at the very end of that road, I was sure, behind the horizon, we could only find a peaceful future.
WIM WENDERS
Film director
The film director, producer, photographer, and author was born in Germany in 1945. Wenders is one of the most important representatives of contemporary cinema; creating multi-award-winning feature films such as Paris, Texas, Wings of Desire, and Until the End of the World, as well as innovative, Oscar-nominated documentaries like Pina, Buena Vista Social Club, and The Salt of the Earth. Wenders is currently working on a new feature film, starring Koji Yakusho, shot in Tokyo.
AYUMU HIRANO
“Boarders have no Borders”
I’ve interacted with people from different countries through snowboarding and skateboarding since I was a child and I’ve learned a lot. It's great that you can enjoy an exciting session with a single board, regardless of what country you are from. Times like that make me wish we could all live our daily lives without forgetting to respect each other.
AYUMU HIRANO
Professional Snowboarder, Skateboarder
Olympic snowboarding and skateboarding star. At 15, he became the youngest Japanese medalist ever at the Winter Olympics. Gold medalist for snowboarding at the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
SHINGO KUNIEDA
“PEACE WILL GET US THROUGH”
Whenever I play wheelchair tennis in different places around the world, I am always struck by the power of sports that enables us to mutually respect and challenge other players and enjoy the vocal support from the crowd, unfettered by national borders. I hope as many people as possible get to experience the wonder of sharing emotions when watching or playing sports themselves. That desire inspired me to participate in this project.
SHINGO KUNIEDA
Professional wheelchair tennis player
The king and pioneer of wheelchair tennis. He holds the record for being the first wheelchair tennis player to complete a Grand Slam. He’s earned 4 gold medals at the Paralympics, 27 Grand Slam singles titles, and 21 doubles titles.
KEI NISHIKORI
“PLAY FOR PEACE”
What can I do? The first thing that springs to mind is to put my all into PLAYing tennis and to enjoy it. I want to give hope to as many people as I can and encourage their dreams by determining to play my very best and always remembering to enjoy tennis. I hope that my tennis and everyone else’s PLAY will put a smile on more people’s faces.
KEI NISHIKORI
Professional tennis player
History-maker and pride of his homeland. First Japanese player to make the finals at the US Open, to enter the top 4 in world rankings, and to win an Olympic medal in 96 years.
GORDON REID
“Challenge and Change the World”
I've told myself to "never stop challenging" ever since I started playing wheelchair tennis. I would consider it as an honor if my efforts and my passion helped to motivate others and inspired them to continue pushing themselves in the face of challenges in life. It is with this in mind that I have decided to participate in this project.
GORDON REID
Professional wheelchair tennis player
Wheelchair tennis star. Made history for being part of the first pair to complete a Men’s doubles wheelchair tennis Grand Slam. 2-time Singles and 19-time Doubles Grand Slam Champion. Paralympic medals in gold, silver, and bronze.
ADAM SCOTT
“Peace, Love, Par”
Along with peace and love, as a golfer, I hope for all things being “par”. Everything should be good, equal, and calm.
ADAM SCOTT
Professional golfer
Adam Scott was born on July 16th 1980 in Adelaide, Australia. He is one of the world's top golfers with the most consecutive starts as an active player. In April 2013, just after becoming a Global Brand Ambassador for UNIQLO, he became the first Australian to win a Masters championship. He established the Adam Scott Foundation in 2005, providing education opportunities for children and young people.
Jonathan Anderson
In ever more uncertain times, we need to do all we can to support those who need it most.
The fashion community must work together to make the best possible contribution to society that it can.
Jonathan Anderson
Designer
Northern Irish designer Jonathan Anderson founded JW ANDERSON in 2008.
What was initially a collection of elaborate accessories quickly grew in popularity, appearing at London Fashion Week 2008.
The success of this debut collection earned praise and commercial success for Anderson, whose label is now considered one of the most innovative and progressive brands in London.
The UNIQLO and JW ANDERSON collection first released in Autumn/Winter 2017.
Rei Inamoto
“THERE IS NO PEACE WITHOUT LOVE”
Achieving PEACE FOR ALL may not be easy but there is a simple place to start:
There is no peace without love.
Each dot in my design represents a nation on Planet Earth, with the hope that one day, we’ll think of ourselves as one humanity bound by love.
Rei Inamoto
Creative Director
Creative Director, named in Creativity Magazine’s Annual “Creativity 50”, as well as one of “the Top 25 Most Creative People in Advertising” in Forbes Magazine. Founding Partner of I&CO, a Business Invention Firm in NY and Tokyo.
Kosuke Kawamura
“GIVE THIS WORLD GOOD ENERGY”
Collecting and melding disjointed individual pieces into one creates a large presence and power. I created this design thinking that if everyone could transmit even tiny pieces of positive energy in their own way, then the world would move in a better direction.
Kosuke Kawamura
Collage Artist, Graphic Designer, Art Director
Born in 1979 in Hiroshima Prefecture. As a collage artist, he has collaborated with a variety of artists and held solo and group exhibitions throughout Japan and internationally. His varied work includes graphics for clothing brands, book covers, advertisement designs, and artistic direction for CD and DVD packaging.
Christophe Lemaire
This design's combination of the peace symbol of the dove with two hands expresses our desire to “care.”
If we want peace for all, we must question our lifestyles and materialistic values. This means we need to relearn how to care for the planet. With time, we can protect biodiversity and create decent, sustainable living conditions. This change is possible. It is just a matter of good will.
Christophe Lemaire
Designer
Christophe Lemaire has been designing his namesake collection since 1991. He has also served as Artistic Director of Lacoste and Artistic Director of women’s ready-to-wear at Hermès. In 2015, he partnered with UNIQLO, resulting in the UNIQLO AND LEMAIRE collaboration collections for Fall/Winter 2015 and Spring/Summer 2016. Christophe Lemaire was appointed Artistic Director of the UNIQLO Paris R&D Center in 2016, where he and his handpicked team of designers create the Uniqlo U collection.
HANA TAJIMA
“Peace”
I wanted to create a design that would represent how we are all connected to the earth and to each other. Our own joy also contains the joy of others. When we bring peace to others we can also bring peace to ourselves. And when we are all free to be joyful, the world is a more colourful, and more abundant place.
HANA TAJIMA
Designer
UK-born fashion designer, Hana Tajima is changing the way women dress all over the world. Her contemporary, functional designs, which are both culturally sensitive and extremely versatile, continue garnering international attention.
Tadao Ando
“The Earth is One”
In today’s increasingly fragmented world, we need to reacquaint ourselves with the fact that we all live together on one single planet. That is why I have used this particular message. To achieve “The Earth is One,”it is vital that each one of us thinks very carefully about what we, as individuals, can do for society.
Tadao Ando
Urbanist, Architect
Tadao Ando founded Tadao Ando Architect & Associates in 1969, became a professor at the University of Tokyo in 1997, and professor emeritus in 2003. His many works include Japan Pavilion for Expo ‘92, Church of the Light, Osaka Prefectural Chikatsu Asuka Museum, Awaji Yumebutai, Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art, Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Punta della Dogana, and Bourse de Commerce.
INES DE LA FRESSANGE
“Peace for all”
Today designers and fashion brands must be generous and think firmly about the world and about humanity. I believe people will enjoy participating in this new and ongoing commitment and in expressing their views about peace in such a specific way. Don’t you want to wear this T-shirt?
INES DE LA FRESSANGE
Model and designer
Born in France, Ines de la Fressange started modelling and quickly became widely known walking for the biggest fashion houses from the age of 17. She became a style icon and beloved muse and in 2013 she reestablished her own brand as an art director - embodying modern "Parisian chic".
Haruki Murakami
“save humans, save cats”
I just wanted to be of some use (maybe not much, but still..). I think it would be nice to create a world in which people, and cats, can live in peace .
Haruki Murakami
Novelist
Born in 1949 in Kyoto Prefecture, Murakami made his debut in 1979 with Hear the Wind Sing. His major works include Norwegian Wood, Kafka on the Shore, and 1Q84. His work has been translated into different languages all over the world and he has received multiple prizes, including the Franz Kafka Prize. He has also translated many of the books that have influenced him, including The Great Gatsby and Catcher in the Rye. He has seen Harper more times than any other movie, and also loves the novel it was based on.
Kashiwa Sato
“PEACE FOR ALL”
I designed my T-shirt to convey the concept of PEACE, straight and simple. The repeated call for PEACE FOR ALL represents the feelings and voices of many people worldwide. It expresses a strong and heartfelt desire for a peaceful world.
Kashiwa Sato
Creative director
Kashiwa Sato is Creative Director & CEO of SAMURAI INC . As a comprehensive “total producer” for brand strategies, he collaborates with a number of leading companies on various, including the launch of UNIQLO’s UT brand in 2007.
Shinya Yamanaka
“Humanity must progress.”
I took part because I wanted to do something useful as an individual in addition to promoting research as a physician-scientist. The ability of science and technology to change the world for the better is entirely dependent on the people who use it. So I added the message “Humanity must progress.”
Shinya Yamanaka
Physician-Scientist
Dr. Shinya Yamanaka was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 2012 for successfully generating induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells from skin cells. He is a professor at the Center for iPS Cell Research and Application (CiRA) at Kyoto University, the Representative Director of the CiRA Foundation, and a Senior Investigator at the Gladstone Institutes in the United States.
Charity organisations
All profits* from the charity T-shirts purchased will be donated to international organisations to support victims of poverty, discrimination, violence, conflict, and war.
UNHCR
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, leads international action to protect people forced to flee because of conflict and persecution. They deliver life-saving assistance like shelter, food and water; help safeguard fundamental human rights; and develop solutions that ensure people have a safe place to call home where they can build a better future.
Save the Children
Save the Children is an international NGO that works to make children’s rights to survival, development, protection and participation a reality worldwide. It was established in the UK in 1919 and is currently at work in approximately 120 countries.
Plan International
Plan International is an independent development and humanitarian organisation that aims to advance children's rights and equality for girls in more than 75 countries. They strive for a just world; working together with children, young people, their supporters, and partners.
ACTIVITY REPORT
Your generous donations have supported a variety of programs. Thank you!
Your kind donations will be shared among three global UNIQLO partners. Here’s a look into the beneficiary groups and their activities.
UNHCR
Thanks to your kind donations, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has provided lifesaving humanitarian support to millions of forcibly displaced people in Ukraine, several neighboring countries and beyond. UNHCR is also helping Rohingya women refugees in Bangladesh rebuild their lives by learning essential livelihood skills.
Emergency support for forcibly displaced people
Emergency relief for people forced to flee in Ukraine and neighboring countries.
Supporting the livelihood of female refugees in Bangladesh
Promoting self-reliance through the development of sewing skills and the production of sanitary products.
Save the Children
Your donations can help children grow up safe and healthy in some of the world's toughest places to be a child, such as Ukraine and other conflict-affected regions.
Emergency assistance and relief
Providing aid to countries like Ukraine facing humanitarian crises.
Educational support in Lebanon
Educational support for displaced Syrian children and vulnerable Lebanese children in North Lebanon.
Plan International
Donations go toward protecting girls and young women from harmful practices like child marriage, early marriage and forced marriage, and toward realising a world where girls are respected, rather than exploited, and can make their own decisions about their life. Projects in relation to eliminating child early and forced marriage is going to be implemented in Vietnam by Plan International.
Preventing child early and forced marriage (CEFM) in Vietnam
To improve the condition of boarding schools and increase the capacity for youths, parents, and teachers to protect adolescents and youths, especially girls from CEFM.
Changing our future through the power of clothing
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CLOTHING SUPPORT
We donate clothing collected from customers through recycling activities to refugee camps, and other places where people are in need of clothing. Working with UNHCR, NPO and NGOs worldwide, we confirm necessary volumes, clothing types, and delivery routes, and ensure the right people are in the right place to conduct effective needs-appropriate clothing support initiatives.
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DISASTER RECOVERY ASSISTANCE
After natural disasters occur in Japan and elsewhere around the world, UNIQLO leverage our store network to provide clothing and financial support to people in affected areas as swiftly as possible.
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MAKING THE WORLD BETTER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS
We also leverage our worldwide network to provide learning opportunities so children can fulfill their potential.
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DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We embrace differences and respect individuality in our commitment to building teams in which all members can excel.
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