Japan’s Earthquake — One Year On
An expression of thanks from Japan to the UK.
Between March 6–12th, 2012, there will be a series of events in London, focusing on the past twelve months since Japan was affected by the earthquake and tsunami of March 11th, 2011.
Events include a performance by the Joji Hirota and the London Metropolitan Ensemble, and also by artists from the Tohoku area. The Toramai — a traditional tiger dance group from Otsuchi-chi, Iwate-ken, where most of the villages were wiped out — will also perform. This is their 1st appearance in the UK. There will be a week-long photo exhibition “Memory – things we shouldn’t forget” by Japanese journalists supported by Nippon Keizai Shinbun-sha, and a series of lectures by British and Japanese people who have devoted themselves to the recovery of Tohoku. The lectures are “Things I have seen in Tohoku” and “Tohoku Earthquake and the Art.”
These events are intended to thank the people of the UK who have supported Japan during the past twelve months — people who have kindly visited to assist with the rescue and recovery effort, people who donated to the Red Cross, and those who simply carried Japan in their thoughts. March 11th, 2011 showed us how this cruel nature can be, but also how beautiful the human spirit can be, as many people worked together to bring hope to those who had none. The recovery is by no means over.
The organizer, “The Committee for delivering Messages from Overseas” has been set up just after the earthquake, by Joji Hirota, an artist and Aisuke Matsutoya, Managing Director of Cross Culture Holdings Ltd in London, supported by various individuals and corporations in the UK and Japan, who believes that long term continuous efforts would bring benefit to the suffered people.
You can find more information on all of these charity events on our events page.
