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Friday, March 11, 2016

5 Years After 3/11

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Today is the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake (東日本大震災 Higashi nihon daishinsai  ) on March 11, 2011. Buddhist Lanter...
Saturday, June 6, 2015

Tomo Still Giving

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All proceeeds from sales of the book Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction--An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories are donated to support teens in...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015

In the Wake of 3/11

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Today, March 11, 2015, marks the four-year anniversary of 3/11, the date of the massive earthquake and tsunami that caused tremendous devas...
Wednesday, February 18, 2015

Artistic and Activist Responses to 3/11

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Soon the four-year anniversary of the March 11, 2011 Great Eastern Japan Tsunami and Earthquake will be upon us. Sales of  Tomo: Friendship...
Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Three Years After, Tomo Keeps Giving

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March 11, 2014 marked the three-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Recently the 2013 earnings from sales of...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Tomo Travels---to Wichita, Kansas

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This summer  Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction was featured in Wichita, Kansas.  Hear more from  Tomo contributor Avery Fischer Udagawa: ...
Monday, May 27, 2013

Talking Translation--TOMO in the AFCC Translation Seminars

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The Asian Festival of Children's Content (AFCC) is a conference in Singapore with various tracks, workshops and seminars. This year, fo...
Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Tomo in the World Literature Classroom

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Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction is making its way into school libraries and classrooms and is being adopted as a textbook in some schools....
Monday, April 1, 2013

YARN Visits Japan--with a Tomo Story Lesson Plan

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The Young Adult Review Network (YARN) shared a sneak peak at Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction last year that featured the Tomo story ...
Friday, March 1, 2013

Tomo Story in Cricket Magazine

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This month Part 1 of Marji Napper's short story "The Lost Property Office" which is published in Tomo: Friendship Through Fic...