We already know that megaquakes can level cities and launch tsunamis, but they’ve now been implicated in the sinking of volcanoes in Chile and Japan as well. Play Video Two teams of scientists working independently on volcanoes in Japan and Chile discovered that after mega earthquakes in 2011 and 2010, some nearby volcanoes dropped as … Read more
Volunteering Projects: Aid Distribution #1: The Warehouse Loading Trucks with Aid for Temp Housing For today’s entry, I thought I’d quickly talk about the process of warehouse distribution. On Jan 26th, we worked with a team effort by It’sNot Just Mud and the On The Road project to lend support to DSP (DisasterSupport Project) to … Read more
Rescue Japan will host an outdoor event at the Yunuki Temporary Housing Community in Soma City, Fukushima October 13th, 3pm. レスキュージャパンは福島県相馬市柚木仮設住宅にて、１０月１３日に野外ＢＢＱイベントを開催予定です。 Operation Plan: Volunteers locally will participate in notifying residences, cooking, cleaning and helping with distribution of free goods donated from corporations thru Rescue Japan. 地元の方々にもご参加いただき、調理、清掃、協賛企業からの物資の受け渡しなどお手伝い頂く予定です。 Tokyo Team: The team from Tokyo will include members … Read more
Iwaki City at the request of Shirou Sawai, principal of Fujima Junior High School, Iwaki Fukushima. He continues to support the housing community where earthquake victims are in need of daily household items. Relief Request Document 082412-A includes the following: Large Tape Diapers 10 boxes Large Pants Diapers 20 boxes Small Tape Diapers 8 boxes Soap 60 … Read more
Rescue Japan joined the festival at Soma City, Yunuki Temporary Housing Community, Saturday August 11th. We arrived in the early afternoon to help prepare for the festival. Just before festival started, we said a few words to everyone about why we were there. We helped with the cooking and serving drinks, water and soda to … Read more
Our affiliate Tokyo Media International is hosting an extraordinary Business/Social Networking event featuring a Photo Exhibit, Tuesday July 31st at the Strings by Intercontinental, in Shinagawa. The events gives guests an opportunity to meet new people, make valuable business contacts and enjoy an extraordinary Photo Exhibit from the 26th floor of the East One Tower … Read more
One of our partnering NPO Groups went to Kesennuma June 16th-17th. Below is their report. GPOP did the massage & healing event in Makisawa Tennis Court temp housing community in June 16th, and mini Food & Fun event in Nishi Hachiman Mae temp housing community in June 17th. Also we delivered aid supplies from RJ (soaps … Read more
We delivered new Dell PCs to the Iwaki 2nd City Junior High School which in August we will return for installation. Then in September a great opportunity to have an opening ceremony for the students to start using them in the new student lounge setup in their library. We are looking forward to working with … Read more
Rescue Japan is actively engaged in a donation project with sponsor and partner healing organization GPOP to deliver brand new PCs to the Iwaki 2nd City Middle School in Fukushima. The PCs have been received from Dell and are being prepped to be delivered to the school in the coming weeks. The arrangements for … Read more
More than 3700 people gathered for a moment of silence on Facebook today to commemorate the 11 year anniversary of the Higashi Nippon Tsunami and Earthquake of March 11th 2011. The event started 2:46pm where participants where ever they are would stop for 11 minutes of Silence to remember the earthquake victims. Facebook gathered about … Read more