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AAR JAPAN initiated Tohoku aid and relief activities on March 11th, 2011, the day of the Great East Japan Earthquake. Opening offices in both Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, and Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, we have been engaged in emergency and recovery assistance ever since.
In our aid activities, AAR JAPAN focuses on people who are likely to be left out of regular support action, such as people with disabilities, the elderly, evacuees staying in their own homes, and residents on isolated islands.
The Great East Japan Earthquake: Activity Report (PDF, 2.9MB)
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Great East Japan Earthquake Relief Activities |
| Delivery of Relief Supplies (Iwate, Miyagi, Fukushima & Yamagata Prefectures) |
 AAR JAPAN has been distributing relief supplies to evacuation centers, senior care facilities, facilities for people with disabilities, and evacuees staying in their own homes in Miyagi, Iwate, and Fukushima Prefectures. The needs of the evacuees differ with each location and depend on the specifics of their situations, changing as time goes by. AAR JAPAN has been working to quickly deliver necessary supplies such as fuel, food, clothing, paper diapers, batteries, high-pressure washers, and household appliances in response to these constantly-changing needs. |
 Survivors at Seishokan Seseragi Senior Care Facility are pleased to receive fresh food, which is rarely provided due to the difficulty of long-term storage. In the center is Yuki DAIZUMOTO of AAR JAPAN. (Rikuzen-Takata City, Iwate Prefecture) Photo by Satoshi TAKAHASHI. |
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| Soup Kitchens (Iwate, Miyagi & Fukushima Prefectures) |
 In coordination with the Peace Project, which is led by Ingram Co., Ltd., AAR JAPAN has been preparing soup kitchens at evacuation centers in Miyagi, Iwate and Fukushima Prefectures. |
| Delivering beef stew to more than 400 people at Utatsu Junior High School. At the right is Yukako NIIMI of AAR JAPAN. (Minami-Sanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture) |
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| Delivery of Relief Supplies to Families in Temporary Housing and Leased Housing (Fukushima Prefecture) |
AAR JAPAN has been delivering household goods such as pots, knives, kettles, washbowls, vacuum cleaners, and cupboards to families in temporary housing and leased housing in 13 municipalities of Fukushima Prefecture (Soma City, Minami-Soma City, Iitate Village, Shinchi Town, Tomioka Town, Kawauchi Town, Kooriyama City, Sukagawa City, Shirakawa City, Kagamiishi Town, Yabuki Town, Izumisaki Village, and Nishigo Village). We have been working to procure supplies through the local Chamber of Commerce as much as possible in order to contribute to local economic recovery.
This project has been enabled by funding from Japan Platform, as well through donations from many individual supporters. |
| At Emergency Headquarters in Tomioka Town, set up in “Big Palette Fukushima”. From the right: Mr. Hiromichi WATANABE from Emergency Headquarters; Daigo TAKAGI, AAR JAPAN; Mr. Yoshito SAKAMOTO and Mr. Naohisa NAKAYAMA, both from Shopping Arcade Cooperative Association in Tomioka Town. (Kooriyama City, Fukushima Prefecture) |
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| Medical Assistance (Oshika Peninsula area of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) |
 On the Oshika Peninsula, a part of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture, closed roads and slow government response have meant that relief supplies and medical services have not been able to reach evacuees staying in their homes. AAR JAPAN formed a medical team led by Dr. Toshiaki YASUDA, a local medical practitioner, to provide healthcare services such as a traveling clinic, check-ups for people suffering from chronic illnesses, prevention of infectious diseases, and psychological support for the residents of 16 areas of the peninsula, including Makinohama, Takenohama, Kitsunezaki-hama, and Sudachi. |
| Dr. Toshiaki YASUDA, a member of the medical team, examines an evacuee on the Oshika Peninsula. (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) |
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| Reconstruction of Facilities for People with Disabilities and Senior Care Facilities (Iwate & Miyagi Prefectures) |
In coordination with local construction companies, AAR JAPAN is repairing the buildings and grounds of senior care facilities and facilities for people with disabilities so that these facilities can resume operation as soon as possible. By the end of December 2011, AAR JAPAN will have supported the reconstruction of more than 50 facilities.
This project has been enabled by funding from Japan Platform, as well through donations from many individual supporters. |
| Repair work on the parking lot at Asunaro Home, a facility for people with disabilities. (Rikuzen-Takata City, Iwate Prefecture) |
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| Container Housing Project (Miyagi Prefecture) |
AAR JAPAN has been involved in a Container Housing Project proposed by international journalist Mr. Izuru SUGAWARA. Sending easy-to-build container houses to the disaster zone, we are enabling long-term evacuees to leave evacuation centers and use the container houses as residences or as combined residences and shops. |
| Working together to set up container houses. Front center is Yoshiaki HORIE, Secretary General of AAR JAPAN. (Onagawa Town, Miyagi Prefecture) Photo provided by Mr. Izuru SUGAWARA. |
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| Tote Bag Project (Iwate, Miyagi & Fukushima Prefectures) |
Responding to requests from evacuation centers and senior care facilities we visited while administering emergency assistance after the Great East Japan Earthquake, AAR JAPAN collected hand-made tote bags for evacuees, with approximately 5,000 bags prepared by the May 20th deadline. AAR JAPAN volunteers attached a strap of our mascot, “Sunny-chan”, to each bag, and delivered them to evacuees, with precedence going to the elderly. |
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| Mental Care for Elementary and Junior High School Students in the Disaster Area (Soma City, Fukushima Prefecture) |
AAR JAPAN has been supporting Soma Follower Team, a nonprofit organization that was formed by Soma City to offer psychological care to children at kindergartens, elementary schools, and junior high schools. A professional team of clinical psychologists and health care workers has been carrying out care activities in each school in the city, as well as organizing events to enable students in Soma City to interact with one another. |
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| Regular Bus Services (Miyagi Prefecture, concluded June 4th) |
From April 10th, AAR JAPAN supported the operation of regular bus services for survivors on the Oshika Peninsula area of Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture. Minibuses capable of navigating the peninsula’s narrowed roads circulated twice a day in the Ogihama area, and once a day in the Ayukawa area. 530 people in the Ogihama area and 220 people in the Ayukawa area used the bus services for shopping and commuting to school.
As the local infrastructure recovered and regular vehicles were once again able to travel on the peninsula’s roads, AAR JAPAN concluded this project on June 4th. |
| Children getting on the minibus to go home from Higashihama Elementary School. (Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture) |
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| “Let’s Bring Hot Springs to the Disaster Zone!” Project (Miyagi Prefecture, concluded at the end of May) |
 In coordination with Manyo Club Co., Ltd. (Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture), Ascendia Inc. (Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo) and other companies, AAR JAPAN provided hot spring water to evacuees in the disaster zone. With the cooperation of Kanagawa Prefecture’s Yugawara Onsen (hot spring), on the first day of the project, April 9th, hot spring water was delivered to four evacuation centers in Matsushima City. From April 12th, with the cooperation of Miyagi Prefecture’s Onikobe Onsen, hot spring water was delivered to six evacuation centers in Higashi-Matsushima City and Ishinomaki City every day except for Sunday. A total of over 10,000 evacuees came to bathe, with up to 500-600 people bathing each day. AAR JAPAN provided the service until the end of May. |
| AAR JAPAN delivered hot spring water to evacuees in Miyagi Prefecture. (Higashi-Matsushima City, Miyagi Prefecture) |
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