World Heart Day, organized by the World Heart Federation (WHF), is the WHF's most important advocacy event and aims to increase public awareness and promote preventive measures to reduce cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Begun in 1999 with the vision that all WHF members could collectively help to curb the global pandemic of cardiovascular disease, which claims some 17 million lives worldwide annually, World Heart Day is now celebrated by members and non-members alike in more than 100 countries around the world.
Japan Heart Foundation, is the member of WHF, conducts various nation-wide campaigns of World Heart Day. This is designed to raise awareness of World Heart Day in Japan.