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TokyoLiz
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 Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2016 9:54 am Post subject: Kumamoto Earthquake Relief RCJ |
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Red Cross Japan is collecting donations for Kumamoto earthquake relief (info in Japanese only).
There are three designated bank accounts into which you can deposit donation money until June 30th.
http://www.jrc.or.jp/contribute/help/28/ |
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TokyoLiz
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TokyoLiz
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 4:11 am Post subject: |
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Maitoshi, I'm posting info as it comes to my attention.
There were two purposes in my mind as I put these posts up.
First, my partner and I feel a great deal of empathy for the people who are suffering through this disaster. We feel helpless, and want to do anything we can to provide information about relief.
Second, broadcasting this information shows readers of the forum what information (if any) is available in English. While watching the continuing broadcasts on television, we saw little indication that non-Japanese, who may not be fully fluent in Japanese language, have access to emergency services.
On a personal note, a friend living in Vancouver has family in Kumamoto, and she has yet to hear from them.
It's just a matter of time until a quake of significant magnitude hits the east coast of Japan. The Japanese government describes estimates of damage of the predicted Nankai Trough Earthquake - http://iisee.kenken.go.jp/symposium/10thIWSMRR/10.pdf
For those who are considering living and working in Japan, and those already here, it's important to be aware of where the threats are.
Knowing is half the battle, GI Joe says. |
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:02 am Post subject: |
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| You are doing the right thing, Liz! |
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TokyoLiz
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Maitoshi
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 11:30 am Post subject: |
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| I'm wondering why my previous response got modded. It's no secret that everyone is paying a 2% tax on income to aid the rebuilding after the Great Kanto earthquake. Was someone offended by my description of the reconstruction as "a boondoggle"? Given what has occurred with reconstruction efforts, I get the feeling that many would agree it is and accurate enough description. |
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TokyoLiz
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 1:02 pm Post subject: |
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Kumamoto JET has details about damaged infrastructure, closures, and gives an insight into the networking there -
http://kumamotojet.com/shin/ |
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rxk22
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| Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2016 10:53 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Liz, I am def going to donate. I mean why not? It's the right thing to do, even if the govt messes things up. |
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mitsui
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Give money to the Red Cross, if you wish. It is a NGO.
You can do this at your local post office, I believe.
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TokyoLiz
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| Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2016 4:02 am Post subject: |
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Yucho Ginko, the postal savings bank, receives donations -
Bank account number 00130-4-265072
Name of account holder 日赤平成28年熊本地震災害義援金 |
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TokyoLiz
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TokyoLiz
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KUMAMOTO —
Following a series of powerful earthquakes that struck Kumamato and Oita prefectures, a serious problem has surfaced for the Japanese government: the lack of support services for foreigners and a “tendency for Japanese to take precedence” in disaster preparedness planning for many municipalities.
At most of the evacuation sites in both prefectures, there is no language guidance provided other than in Japanese.
In order to secure the safety of a growing number of foreign tourists, the government is requesting that foreigners be assigned a similar status to that of disabled persons—as people requiring special help in disaster scenarios.
But the reality for many is a feeling of isolation as some foreigners struggle just to reach evacuation sites amid a system of faulty communication. |
http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/lack-of-support-for-foreigners-during-disasters-creating-problems
The foreigners caught up in the disaster are travelers who may not speak Japanese, students who may be studying the language and foreigner residents at any language level.
On top of everyday Japanese, the broadcasts and notices are loaded with situation-specific vocabulary to do with quakes, transportation and shelters. It's going to be tough to parse even for a Japanese learner who can manage daily conversation. |
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victory7
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Well done Tokyo Liz, and good points made. On your reference to foreign visitors - I had to listen to a student make some snidey references to foreigners 'screaming and trying to escape' during the recent earthquake and after shocks in other locations.
Of course, no Japanese ever scream or try to escape during a disaster and its after-effects......There is still some way to go for many Japanese regarding their consistent use of often exaggerated examples of how foreigners apparently are not as good. It sounded like the old 'flyjin' nonsense during the last big one. Japanese people sought to leave Kanto but of course if foreigners wanted to go back home, then there was something weak about them or disloyal. Apparently.  |
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victory7
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| I'm wondering why my previous response got modded. It's no secret that everyone is paying a 2% tax on income to aid the rebuilding after the Great Kanto earthquake. Was someone offended by my description of the reconstruction as "a boondoggle"? Given what has occurred with reconstruction efforts, I get the feeling that many would agree it is and accurate enough description. |
I doubt most of the new 2 percent tax goes to genuinely productive purposes. Most political systems (and Japan's is no exception) use compulsorily given money from taxpayers for purposes that can be quite different from the ones announced publicly.
Most westerners never believe that most of their taxes go to service the national debts their governments pile up. In essence much tax goes on the interest of the debt. I bet the 2 percent tax here is like the Japanese 'foreign aid' which is the opposite of unconditional. The yen donated usually finds its way back into Japanese companies and other privileged friends of the govt's pockets. Same in other places. |
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