The Japan Society  is delighted to announce its partnership with the Sanaburi Foundation to distribute money donated to the  Tohoku Earthquake Relief Fund to NPOs and voluntary organizations throughout Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in support of local recovery projects.

Christopher Purvis, Chairman of the Japan Society, commented “We were all shocked and saddened to see the devastation in Tohoku. It quickly became clear that once the emergency relief work of the Japanese government and major NGOs had finished, and the basic physical needs of the victims of the disaster had been met, there would be an immense amount of work to be done to rebuild lives and livelihoods. It is our hope that projects facilitated through this Fund will provide support for the emotional and physical needs of those in the affected areas in the process of recovery.”

Full details of the grant fund and the application process are

• on the Sanaburi Foundation website (Japanese only)
• and the Japan Society website (in English and Japanese)