Countermeasures for the Great East Japan Earthquake

The Japan Foundation would like to express its deepest gratitude
for sincere support from all over the world.

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Arts and Cultural Exchange

• Japanese Junior Jazz Orchestra to Perform in New Orleans as a Token of Appreciation for the Musical Instruments
  Received after the Earthquake Disaster (August 1 - 7, 2013)
• Minamisanriku and Chile – To Our Faraway Friends, With All My Heart –
  High school students from disaster-stricken regions in Chile and Minamisanriku, Miyagi Prefecture, exchange gifts of poems and songs across the Pacific Ocean. (February 27 - March 15, 2013)
• Sendai Philharmonic Orchestra to tour Russia in Appreciation of the Support (March 27 - 30, 2013)
• Rebuilding Our Hometown after the Great East Japan Earthquake: Restoration of Oyster Fisheries <A Message from the Urato Islands of Shiogama City, Miyagi Prefecture> Lecture and Demonstration on Local Oyster Dishes in Paris, Warsaw, and Dortmund (February 9 - 15, 2013)
• Traditional Japanese Music Concert Delivering the Timbre of Japan in Appreciation of the Recovery Support in Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (November 1 - 15, 2012)
• Miyagi-New Orleans Youth Jazz Exchange:Debriefing Session and Mini Concert (Tokyo: October 11, 2012)
• Shishi-Odori (Deer Dance) at The Mayor’s Thames Festival (September 6 - 9, 2012)
• Venice Biennale 2012: Japan Pavilion
  “Architecture. Possible here?- recovering from the Great East Japan Earthquake” (tentative) (August 29 - November 25, 2012)
• LIGHT UP NIPPON: Introducing Young People's Challenge to Energize the Devastated Areas in Tohoku Region through Fireworks, a Japanese Traditional Art Foam with a Long History
• US, France, China: Overcoming the Disaster: Gratitude from Japan to the World: Ondekoza Taiko & Musicians World Tour (March 5,2012)
• Brazil: Wadaiko Performance: Rhythms: Meeting of Japan and Brazil (March 18, 2012) *
• Brazil: Lecture & Demonstration: Tohoku Local Cuisine (March 12,2012) *
• India: Fireworks and Symposium "LIGHT UP NIPPON" Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 11, 2012)
• Thailand: Kizuna 3.11- The Tohoku Earthquake Commemorative Film Screening (March 11, 2012)
• Hungary: Ganbatte, Nippon (March 11, 2012) *
• Spain: Documentary Film: 3.11 Memorial, Bond and Gratitude (March 7, 2012) *
• Brazil: Photo Exhibition: Recovery from the Great East Japan Earthquake (March 1, 2012)*
• Italy: Photo Exhibition “WILL-One Year Ago, One Year After” (March 1, 2012)*
• Newly organized three traveling exhibitions to mark the 1st anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake are posted. (January 5, 2012)
• Canada: "3.11 Portrait Project"Exhibition and Talk event (January 1, 2012)
• India: Japanese Kite Demonstration - Hopes for Recovery and Memorial (January 10, 2012)
• Australia: 15th Japanese Film Festival: Documentary Film Screening and Panel discussion on Disaster Recovery (November 17,2011)
• Russia:Kuromori Kagura Performances in Russia (October 2 - 3, 2011)
• France: Exhibition of Traditional Japanese Crafts "Voice from Eastern Japan" (September 8, 2011)*
• France: Photo Exhibition: Hiraizumi - Temples and Gardens Representing the Buddhist Pure Land (June 24, 2011)

Japanese-Language Education Overseas

• US: JET Memorial Invitation Program for US High School Students (July 16, 2011)

Japanese Studies and Intellectual Exchange

• Video Materials about the Japanese Society after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Community X Graffiti @ Temporary Dwelling (Tomorrow Business Town) in Ishinomaki (April 4 - 9 and 11 - 15, 2012)
• UK: Literature and Disaster in Japan - Reflections from History and the Present Day (March 20, 2012)
• France: Lecture "Changes in Japanese Literature after 3.11"Hirano Keiichiro, Risa Wataya (March 17, 2012)*
• India: Kizuna Festival 2012 (March 16, 2012)
• Philippines: Creative Learning for Comfort in the Devastated Communities and Recovery from the Disaster (March 16, 2012)
• Malaysia: Public Lecture on 3.11 The Great East Japan Earthquake (March 12, 2012)
• France: Concert: 3.11 UNESCO Concert  by Yutaka Sado with Super Kids Orchestra (March 11, 2012)*
• US: Lecture for JET Memorial, Taylor Anderson at her College (March 11, 2012)
• UK: Lecture on Japanese Art after the Disaster (March 8, 2012)
• Australia: Panel Discussion on Disaster Recovery and Human Connections (February 23, 2012)
• India: Seminar on Disaster: Earthquake Countermeasures in India (February 17, 2012)
• Hungary: Lecture: Changes and Support Activities in Japanese Performing Arts Scene after 3.11 (January 26, 2012) *
• Indonesia: Tohoku Report by Japan Foundation’s Invitation Program for Young Muslim Intellectuals in Southeast Asia (November 24, 2011)
• UK: Lecture: Challenges for Energy Sustainability, Policy & Innovation in Japan after Fukushima (November 22, 2011)
• Germany: "The Disaster and the Role of Conventional and New Media -A Comparative Look at How Japan and Germany Reported the Earthquake" (July 7, 2011)
• Japan: Japan-Europe "Kizuna" Project - Embracing Solidarity and Diversity in Community Symposium (July 3, 2011)

The Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership

• JET Memorial Project
• Kizuna (Bond) Project
• CGP Grant Listing FY2011 Projects with a Focus on Recovery and Disaster Prevention after the Great East Japan Earthquake
• Countermeasures for the Great East Japan Earthquake(JET Memorial Project)
• US: Delegation Visit of Japanese NGO Leaders: US-Japan Cooperation on Japan Disaster(July 21, 2011)
• US: Visit to Disaster Area by Young American Journalists to Hand Over Genki Mail (Hope Messages) from American Children (June 26, 2011)