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5/01/2011
Tshirts for fundraising
Hand Craft &
Order made
~Gold Fish Tshirt is made to order and made from Japanese summer Kimono fabrics. ~
Adult $ 18 Child $15
*Please choose Size,Color,Pattern & Fabric
*And send me e-mail : mailto:susquehannav.japanesec@gmail.com
For example
1 . Color
Kids - only white
Adult-white, Navy(V-neck, Round-neck)
2 . Size
Kids size : 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T
Youth : S, M, L
Adult Size(Women, Men): S, M, L, XL
3 . Pattern
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4/24/2011
Heroes
The following is a translation of two articles that tell real stories of the tsunami:
Twenty-eight firefighters in Otsuchi, Iwate tried to close the seawall gate after the earthquake and help people run for cover at the last minute; four of them died and seven are still missing. Koshida Fujio, age 57, is one of the dead. After the earthquake, he closed the seawall gate and asked a coworker, Hiuchi, to sound the alarm for the approaching tsunami. Hiuchi drove up to their office to do so, but, without electricity, the alarm was silent. When Koshida arrived, Hiuchi told him what had happened; Koshida simply responded, “Okay,” and sent Hiuchi off to help others. Koshida then climbed to the rooftop and began to hit the emergency bell to warn others of the approaching tsunami. This was the last anyone saw of Koshida; he kept hitting the bell—“kahn, kahn, kahn”—until the tsunami washed everything away. A man heard the bell from a hilltop hundreds of meters away. He said, “Koshida must have seen the tsunami. It sounded sad. I cannot forget the sound of the bell.”
Minamisanriku, Miyagi was hit with waves fifty feet high. One young woman saw the waves approaching and began to warn people of the tsunami; her voice kept shouting until the tsunami washed her away. She was 23 years old. She was supposed to have her wedding in September. She kept crying out her warning for the people living in the town where she was born and raised, for the people she loved.
Translated by Yukiko Takahashi from “Heroes” Author 鈴木一生、山本将克,Newspaper Mainichi/ＮＨＫ news
Edited by Celia Shiffer
4/19/2011
Poems from Fukushima, Japan
These poems were written by a high school teacher in Fukushima. After the unclear issue, he started posting his poems on his webpage which became popular among the victims and other Japanese people
あなたは放射能が降ってきたら、どうやって故郷を守りますか。
How would you protect your hometown from radiation? You whom I hold so dear, what would you do? I have been in line for a long time hoping to buy gasoline…this is all I can do right now.
東北はものみな雪だろうか。南三陸では、
Perhaps the whole northeast is blanketed in snow. In southern Sanriku, a family is still searching the area around their ruined home for their grandmother. They find the string of her purse. That alone brings them all to tears and joy. They treasure it. They weep.
福島は三月にぼた雪が降る。外を歩く人に何かを尋ねられて、
In Fukushima, fat, fluffy flakes fall in March. Someone outside speaks to me and I roll down the window to answer. Snowflakes crowd into the car as if in jest. The mere touch of my hand melts them. Terrifying. We had been so close. Snow flakes crowd into my car. Fluffy flakes melt on my thigh....silent destruction.
Translated by Mizuki Takahashi ,Elizabeth Armstrong
from Twitter http://twitter.com/#!/
4/18/2011
Event on this Tuesday 19th 5PM at Bucknell University
Panel discussion: 'Japan's response to crisis'
Bucknell University will host "Japan's Response to Crisis: A Panel Discussion on History, Religion, and People in Japan" on Tuesday, April 19, at 5 p.m. in Coleman Hall, Room 221
The discussion, which is free and open to the public, will provide a scholarly analysis of the crisis reaction from historical, cultural and religious perspectives. The discussion also will feature photos, eyewitness accounts and family experiences.
Elizabeth Armstrong, associate professor of East Asian studies, will moderate the panel.
Elizabeth Armstrong, associate professor of East Asian studies, will moderate the panel.
Jim Orr, associate professor of East Asian studies, will offer a historical perspective on the situation in Japan, helping to understand how the 1923 earthquake and the nuclear bombs at the end of WWII have shaped the current day responses to this national tragedy.
James Shields, associate professor of comparative humanities, will discuss the religious aspects of Japanese life and how that impacts responses to crises and this disaster in particular.
Mizuki Takahashi, post-doctoral fellow in biology, will share news from his family in Tokyo and discuss the formation of the local Susquehanna Valley Japanese Community, a group that is providing support to one another and raising awareness and funds for disaster relief.
Kyoko Breczinski, a member of SVJC, will speak about what it has been like to be so far from family during the unfolding disaster and share reports from Japan.
Bucknell junior Anna Uehara, president of the Bucknell Japan Society, will share observations from Kota Suenaga, a Bucknell student currently on leave in Japan. A resident of Sendai, Suenaga's entire family has been displaced, their home and business destroyed by the tsunami.
4/11/2011
Event on this Tuesday 12 Apr
Panel: Japanese Awareness and Education
At Susquehanna University
- Degenstein Campus Center-
Room: Meeting Room 3
Start time : 7 PM
This panel will discuss the science behind tsunamis, the culture of Japan and how that affects information flow about the disaster and the nuclear issues, and accounts of life in the affected regions.
Panelists will be Lisong Liu, assistant professor of history; Jennifer Elick, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences; Toshiro Kubota, associate professor of mathematical sciences; Jack Holt, professor of biology; and Junko Torii, a member of the Susquehanna Valley Japanese community.
4/08/2011
4/07/2011
4/06/2011
April.6 2011
Missing 15,077 people
Dead 12,554 people
Injured 2,866 people
Lost houses 46,268 houses
4/02/2011
18 years old in Miyagi
Japanese school year starts from April. Many students were about to end the year when the disaster happened on March 11th. Many children were killed and many children were left behind.
“I was supposed to go to University but if not possible I’ll have to look for a job” says Yuya Numata, 18, from Miyagi. His home has submerged with the tsunami and he is currently staying at the shelter. Few days after the earthquake, Yuya confirmed the corpse of his grandmother, 83, and his older brother, 22. His parents are still missing but he is prepared for the worst. “I want to find them at least.”
“My family members think of others before themselves” he said. When the earthquake came, father went out on his bike to let neighbors know, mother went to the home across to see if they need help evacuating and older brother went out to help the neighbor with rope in his hand. Yuya stayed home with his grandmother until the earthquake calmed down.
They evacuated to the community center but the water came right after. He held onto some tire-like material. A man asked “Are you ok?” but next second that man was gone. It was a day later when Yuya realized he’s at the elementary school near his home.
Trying to stay strong, Yuya helps transporting the supplies and separating garbage at the shelter. However, the family is always on his mind. If not for this earthquake he was going to be a freshman at the University starting April. The letter Yuya wrote to his father upon graduation was also lost in tsunami.
On 18th, Yuya went to the place where his home once was. The only thing left was some tiles from the entrance way and bath area. He told himself “I can mourn later. Now is not the time…” Yuya hopes to find his parents as soon as possible.
http://news.mixi.jp/view_news.pl?id=1548759&media_id=2&m=2&ref=news%3Aright%3Aphoto
From my friend , She translate this Japanese Article .
3/30/2011
The information from LARA
629 Fairground Road, Lewisburg, PA. 17837 • 570-524-4774 • http://www.golara.org/
 JAPANESE JUJITSU SEMINAR Hi, My name is Jeff Ramsey. I teach Jujitsu at the LARA gymnastic center. Sunday, April 3rd from 3-6 pm, I am hosting a Japanese Jujitsu Seminar for the Japan Disaster Relief. We are asking for a minimum donation of $10 for the American Red Cross to help the victims of the tsunami and earthquake in Japan. There will be quest instructors there as well. Refreshments will be provided. Everyone is Welcome.. All ages! If you have any questions please feel free to email me at shihanramsey1@yahoo.com Your help is greatly appreciated!!Sunday, April 3rd from 3-6 pm at the LARA Gymnastics Center |
3/29/2011
3/28/2011
Event Report : 24.25 Mar 2011 at Bucknell
Total raised so far $907
Thanks so much everyone for your kindness and support !!
3/27/2011
Boy continues lonely search for family member
By KUNIAKI NISHIO
Staff Writer of the vernacular Asahi Shimbun
ISHINOMAKI, Miyagi Prefecture--Quake evacuees give sympathetic looks to a boy who has become a familiar face at evacuation centers in this city ravaged by last Friday's quake and tsunami.
But sadly, they cannot offer any information about the names on the handwritten signs he holds up at each center.
The names are of the father, mother, grandmother and two cousins of 9-year-old Toshihito Aisawa. The last time he saw his family members, they were trapped in a car and being swept away by the massive wall of water.
On Tuesday, Toshihito visited Kadowaki Junior High School, home to about 2,000 evacuees, for the fourth time since last Friday.
He had witnessed emotional reunions between separated loved ones at another junior high school and a high school he visited earlier in the day. But there would be no reunion for Toshihito on Tuesday.
According to the third-year elementary school student, his father, Kazuyuki, picked him up at his school soon after the magnitude-9.0 earthquake hit.
Packed in a minicar, Toshihito, Kazuyuki, grandmother Kyoko, mother Noriko, and two cousins, Yuto and Yuna Shima, headed for Kadowaki Junior High School located on a hill in central Ishinomaki.
As they sped down a trunk road near the port that would take them to the hill, his mother noticed the tsunami bearing down on them.
"A tsunami's coming. Head left, left!" Toshihito recalled his mother screaming, as the wave that seemed much taller than the car loomed outside.
His father tried to escape the roaring water, but the car became stuck in a parking lot. Then the seawater swallowed the vehicle.
Toshihito recalled hearing all sorts of things smashing against the car. The window cracked, and on the spur of the moment, he broke the glass with his bare hands. Grabbing the hand of Yuto, a first-year junior high school student, Toshihito managed to crawl out of the window.
"But then something, probably a tree, came crashing through, and I had to let go," Toshihito said.
He said the voices of Yuto calling to him and his grandmother pleading for help gradually became distant.
The boy soon lost consciousness. When he came to about 30 minutes later, his body was strewn on a piece of wood and parts of his clothes were caught on a bamboo branch.
A man fished him out of the water and gave the boy some clothes.
Toshihito was taken to the family of Mitsunari Kitahara, 64, a barbershop owner with whom Toshihito's family was acquainted.
"Stop worrying so much. Come back home as soon as you can," Kitahara repeatedly told the boy.
"Yes, I'll do as you say. I won't worry about it," Toshihito said, although his face betrayed his show of bravery.
Much of the city remains under water. But Toshihito is determined to find his family.
"When the roads clear up, I'm going to check our home," he said.
[26.Mar.2011]
Missing 16,621 people
Dead 10,489 people
Injured 2,777 people
Lost houses 20,069 houses
3/23/2011
[ 25 Mar.2011 ]
In evacuation center 263,915 people
Missing 17,053 people
Dead 10,102 people
Injured 2,777 people
Lost houses 20,069 houses
3/21/2011
Japan Relief Efforts at Bucknell University
The Offices of Civic Engagement and International Student Services, as well as the Japan Society andStudents for Asian Awareness at Bucknell are working together to collect monetary donations to assist with relief efforts following the devastating earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan on March 11.
Join us in supporting the local Red Cross
Cash and check donations will be accepted
in the Langone Center Mall
Thursday, March 24 and Friday, March 25
from 11 am - 1 pm
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