In the Wake of 3/11

Today, March 11, 2015, marks the four-year anniversary of 3/11, the date of the massive earthquake and tsunami that caused tremendous devastation in northern Japan, particularly in Tohoku. There is still much struggle and hardship in the region, and Tomo has continued to support teens in Tohoku through the NPO Hope for Tomorrow. 

Ishinomaki, May 4, 2011 (photo by Holly Thompson)

Have you read the 36 stories in the Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction anthology? On this Tomo Anthology blog is an extensive Readers' Guide to the anthology, as well as many, in-depth interviews featuring author and translator contributors.

Below are some articles that may be of interest on this fourth anniversary, two of them by Louise George Kittaka, a Tomo anthology contributing author:

Putting a foreign face on the 3/11 recovery effort Japan Times

Artist delivers heartfelt tribute to 3/11 cleanup workers Japan Times

Labor of love left to wither and die in Fukushima  Japan Times

In lycra and online, foreigners are doing their bit for Tohoku Japan Times

NGOs looking out for little lives in the wake of 3/11 Japan Times

Various Tohoku stories TimeOut Tokyo

Tohoku man honors brother killed in tsunami with hundreds of carp streamers Rocket News

Japan marks 4th anniversary of 3/11 disaster NHK

And below is a free webinar to be held on April 15 by the National Consortium for Teaching about Asia featuring works in two concurrent exhibits at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 

The Great Wave of Hokusai and the Great Wave of 3/11: Japanese Artists' Responses to Nature

Wishing all in Tohoku love and wellness--from the Tomo Anthology community of authors, translators, illustrators and the generous publisher Peter Goodman of Stone Bridge Press.