[2026] The spirit of mutual support connected by music: A collection of classic charity songs
Although dark news such as wars and major disasters continues day after day, those who are actually facing hardship may not even have the luxury of listening to music.
Even so, artists around the world have released many charity songs that will go down in music history, guided by their own convictions.
Because these songs lead directly to support, it’s important that we as listeners can take part in charitable activities by purchasing the tracks.
In this article, we introduce a curated selection of charity songs—both international and Japanese—that we hope you’ll listen to now.
We’ve included many recently released tracks as well, so please lend an ear to the artists’ heartfelt cries.
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[2026] The spirit of mutual aid connected by music: A roundup of classic charity songs (21–30)
To tomorrowMISIA
It was produced as a message song to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake, and a live recording from NHK Hall in Tokyo was released as a digital exclusive.
It has been used as the ending theme for the ANN special news program “Let’s Connect! Japan — What Television Conveyed.”
Hikari (Light)JP2HAITI
Released in 2011.
This charity song was created to support recovery efforts following the 2010 Haiti earthquake.
Artists who responded to DJ YUTAKA’s call on Twitter took part.
The lineup includes big names such as Zeebra, DJ YUTAKA, Akihiro Namba, Maki Ohguro, DJ KAORI, and Hiroshi Kamayatsu.
[2026] The spirit of mutual aid connected through music: A collection of classic charity songs (31–40)
Miracle EarthKuwata Keisuke & Mr.Children
Released in 1995.
This charity song by Keisuke Kuwata and Mr.Children was created as part of the Act Against AIDS (AAA) fundraising campaign to support people living with AIDS.
Although it was produced as a limited release until June 1995, it became a massive hit, selling over 1.72 million copies.
It was produced by Takeshi Kobayashi.
RESTARTRESTART JAPAN with TUBE
This is a charity song released in 2011 to support recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake.
Proceeds were donated to the affected areas through Save the Children Japan.
Many artists participated, including TUBE, Maki Ohguro, Chinatsu Morishita, and Angelica Michibata.
StarsHear ‘n Aid
1985.
It was a charity project to relieve famine in Africa.
The participating artists included Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Vivian Campbell and Jimmy Bain of Dio, and Neal Schon of Journey, and it recorded about $1 million in sales.
What we can do nowŌru Naito Nippon Pāsonararitīzu
Released in 1993.
This was the STOP AIDS campaign song for All Night Nippon.
Participants included Yoshihiro Ishikawa, Ucchan Nanchan, Izumi Kato, Denki GROOVE, Masaharu Fukuyama, and others, who were serving as All Night Nippon hosts at the time.
Dragon Jet StreamCocco
It was released in 2014.
This song is included on the charity single “Cocco Single CD Special Punch,” the second installment of the Great East Japan Earthquake relief project.
All proceeds have been donated as relief funds for the Great East Japan Earthquake.