JFS Newsletter No.115 (April 2012)
The Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011, caused catastrophic damage in northeastern Japan, particularly in the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima. One year later, rehabilitation and reconstruction work continues in the affected areas.
While measures to alleviate the hardships faced by affected people are needed now, rehabilitation and reconstruction work must also continue in the affected areas for some time, and it is now clear that true recovery will take much longer than originally anticipated. JFS believes that during the recovery process, for years to come, it will be important for children to continue having hopes and dreams, for youth to acquire and utilize leadership skills for the reconstruction, and for people to share what they learn with the world while improving the recovery processes in the Tohoku region.
Japan for Sustainability (Chief Executive Junko Edahiro), a non-profit organization created in 2002 to disseminate information on developments and activities originating in Japan that lead toward sustainability, will launch three disaster aid projects with funds raised by Nipponkoa Insurance Co. (President/CEO Masaya Futamiya) through the "Eco-Net Agreement" and "On-Line Policy Confirmation" -- two ways customers can choose to "give back" to society when they renew their insurance policies online.
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