A New Choice for the Aging and Single-Person Era: Learn How to Put Your Legacy to Use Through 'Legacy Giving' in Manga!

Shufunotomo Co., Ltd. will release 'Easy-to-Understand Manga: Legacy Giving Book - Your Inheritance Can Help the Future' (supervised by Hiromichi Saito) on Monday, March 30, 2026. With the progression of an aging society, the number of annual deaths in Japan is rising, and the number of inheritance cases is increasing year by year. Concurrently, the number of people without children and single-person households is growing, leading to an increase in estates that are surrendered to the national treasury due to a lack of heirs. Amidst this, interest in 'how to utilize one's estate' is rising, and 'legacy giving'—the act of using a will to dedicate a portion of one's assets to social causes—is gaining attention. An Introductory Guide to 'Legacy Giving' for Beginners This book is an introductory guide that uses manga and illustrations to explain legacy giving in a way that even beginners can understand. It covers everything from the basics of the system to specific procedures in a single volume, making the topic feel accessible even to those who previously thought it was 'too difficult' or 'not relevant to them.' The book also includes personal stories from people who have actually chosen legacy giving. By introducing how they arrived at their decisions based on their individual lives and values, the book goes beyond mere system explanation to support readers in making a 'choice they can feel confident about.'