Elizabeth Saunders Home is an orphanage in Japan established in 1948 by Miki Sawada, a Mitsubishi heiress,[1] with the original intent of housing biracial children, typically those born between men of the occupying US Armed Forces and Japanese women, who were abandoned by their parents and ostracized by Japanese society immediately after World War II.

Miki Sawada bought the land back for 4 million Yen that she managed to collect, in part by selling her personal property.

Prior to her death in Tokyo, in 1946 she asked that her charitable bequest be left to work under the auspices of the Anglican Church in Japan.

Miki Sawada never met Elizabeth Saunders, receiving news of her donation through intermediary Lewis Bush and the Anglican bishops acting as executors to the charitable trust.

[3] The groundbreaking ceremony for the home was held on 26 October 1947, attended by Allied Church Club benefactors and long-term supporters of the orphanage such as Paul Rusch.

Elizabeth's charity enabled Miki Sawada to register her orphanage as a non-profit organization for the first time, and opened the door for future charitable connections.