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VOLUNTEERS

Japan Times
JAPAN / Remembering 3/11
Mar 9, 2021
'I still have dreams about it': Volunteers reflect on 3/11 aftermath
Ten years on from the disaster, expats who gave their time to help the victims have found the experience has stuck with them.
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JAPAN
Feb 24, 2021
Hesitancy to ask for help slows earthquake recovery in part of Fukushima
A local welfare association that sets up volunteer centers in times of disaster has not done so following the quake earlier this month, saying it has not received any requests for help.
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JAPAN
Feb 7, 2021
Olympic organizers reach out to volunteers amid turmoil over Mori's sexist remark
The email begins by stating 'President Mori made inappropriate remarks that go against the spirit of the Olympics and Paralympics.'
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JAPAN
Aug 10, 2020
Over 60% of Olympic volunteers worry about anti-coronavirus measures
The survey found that 21.5 percent of respondents said they may no longer volunteer due to the pandemic's impact on their studies and job situation.
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JAPAN
Jul 12, 2020
Sendai training foreign residents to be leaders in time of disasters
The tourism association hopes foreign residents with good Japanese-language skills will convey disaster information to those with poor Japanese skills.
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JAPAN
Mar 23, 2020
Volunteers pitch in to help restore gutted Shuri Castle in Okinawa
Volunteers joined in Monday to help with the reconstruction of the historic Shuri Castle, an Okinawa landmark destroyed by fire last year, cleaning the distinctive red roof tiles that are to be used in the restoration.
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JAPAN
Jan 14, 2020
Local group plays key role in Nagano three months after Typhoon Hagibis
Ever since the city of Nagano was hit by massive floods caused by a strong typhoon last October, a group of local people has been playing an important role in supporting those affected by the disaster at a time when the number of volunteers is decreasing.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
Nov 16, 2019
Volunteers start 2020 training
Diversity was on full display at the National Olympics Memorial Youth Center in Tokyo's Shibuya Ward on Saturday.
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JAPAN
Nov 12, 2019
A month after Typhoon Hagibis, volunteers, local officials and SDF tackling mountains of waste
The SDF is working to coordinate disaster waste and rubble removal efforts through officers dispatched to municipalities affected by the 19th named storm of the season.
Japan Times
COMMENTARY / Japan
Nov 7, 2019
Time for a national volunteer registry
Each community has its own registration process, cutting into time that could be used for doing the actual volunteer work.
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JAPAN
Nov 2, 2019
Government seeks more volunteers to help in typhoon-affected areas
The government is asking for more volunteers to help with the recovery effort in areas devastated by typhoons Faxai and Hagibis, hoping to speed up the process.
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JAPAN
Oct 1, 2019
Tokyo Olympic volunteers will be limited to one-hour stints due to heat concerns
Volunteers at next summer's Olympics, likely to be laboring in blazing heat, will work no more than one hour at a stretch, and a manual will be drafted to help on-site leaders determine break times, according to officials.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 18, 2019
Volunteers ready for action at Rugby World Cup
With the historic first Rugby World Cup match in Asia fast approaching, the volunteers are working to be just as ready as the players for the sport's extravaganza.
Japan Times
Rugby
Sep 11, 2019
13,000 'Team No-Side' volunteers ready for Rugby World Cup
Fans can expect plenty of helping hands at the Rugby World Cup starting on Sept. 20 as a record-high 13,000 volunteers are set to cover 12 venues across Japan.
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JAPAN
Jun 24, 2019
High school students volunteer to sort waste in quake-hit Yamagata Prefecture
High school students from Sakata, Yamagata Prefecture, worked on sorting disaster waste Monday in the Koiwagawa district of Tsuruoka, Yamagata Prefecture, which was hit by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake last week.
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JAPAN
May 15, 2019
Volunteers prepare to be the face of inclusive 2020 Tokyo Olympics
While athletes will take center stage at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, volunteers — including people with disabilities — are expected to play a significant role in supporting spectators and others who will flock to the games.
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CULTURE / Books / RECENTLY PUBLISHED BOOKS ABOUT JAPAN
Mar 23, 2019
Yusuke Kimura's 'Sacred Cesium Ground and Isa's Deluge': Tohoku refuses to be silenced
In Yusuke Kimura's two novellas, 'Sacred Cesium Ground' and 'Isa's Deluge,' the aftermath of the 3/11 disaster plays out across two stories exploring the post-disaster relationships between humans and animals.
Japan Times
COMMUNITY / Issues / THE FOREIGN ELEMENT
Mar 10, 2019
A new approach to volunteering in Tohoku
When Angela Ortiz describes what it felt like to return to Aomori Prefecture five days after the Great East Japan Earthquake of March 11, 2011, she uses words like "horror," "incredulous disbelief" and "intense curiosity."
JAPAN
Feb 10, 2019
Screening sessions and interviews for 2020 Games volunteers begin in Tokyo
The organizing committee for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government have begun briefing sessions and interviews for people who want to volunteer to help run the games.
Japan Times
Rugby
Feb 3, 2019
Volunteers participate in RWC orientation
Rugby World Cup 2019 organizers held an orientation session Saturday in Osaka for some of the roughly 13,000 volunteers who will assist visitors at the Sept. 20 to Nov. 2 tournament.
'So hot you can't breathe': Extreme heat hits the Philippines
A pedestrian cools himself with a folding hand fan as he waits for a ride along a road in Manila on Wednesday, as extreme heat hit the Philippines.
Did Japan intervene to prop up the yen? Analysts think it did.
A man walks past an electronic board displaying the exchange rate for the yen against the U.S. dollar (right) in Tokyo on Tuesday.
Town to block view of Mount Fuji in response to overtourism
The town government of Fujikawaguchiko, Yamanashi Prefecture, decided to set up a 2.5-meter-high screen to prevent tourists from taking pictures of Mount Fuji looming behind a convenience store.
Number of vacant homes in Japan hits record high of 9 million
A vacant house in Tokyo is seen demolished in January 2020.
Weak yen fattens tourist wallets in Japan
People visit the Ameya Yokocho market in Tokyo's Ueno district during the Golden Week holiday on Tuesday.
Kishida sets sights on energy and climate in South America trip
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will use a policy speech in Sao Paulo to set out his vision for ties between Japan and South America, almost 10 years after former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe advocated for stronger ties between the two in the same city.
Yellow sand allergy: A health issue made worse by climate change
A screenshot of the Meteorological Agency's satellite image of clouds and yellow sand (in pink) on Sunday.
Climate change, chalky grains and the risks for Japan’s rice farmers
A farmer plants seedlings in Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Prefecture. Japan’s self sufficiency rate for rice is nearly 100%, compared with 38% for food overall, on a calorie basis.
Japan wants you to spend more with ‘luxury tourism’
Performers play a traditional drum unique to Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, in the prefectural capital of Kanazawa on March 16 to mark the extension of the Hokuriku Shinkansen line to Tsuruga Station in Fukui Prefecture.
Theaster Gates’ ambitious ‘Afro-Mingei’ brings Black Chicago to Tokyo
Theaster Gates' “A Heavenly Chord” lines up church pews before seven speakers and a Hammond B3 organ, a type of electric organ prevalent in Black American churches.

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