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    • Some 50 days after the disaster, I traveled through some of the worst-affected areas of the Tōhoku coast. I was not sure whether I would find any evidence of spring here at all, after the tsunami ripped away the rich topsoil and dumped seawater and mud across wide stretches of the coast. I encountered a scarred landscape that looked as barren and desolate as ever, but here and there small flowers were starting to bloom amid the desolation, and there were signs of new life springing up amid the wreckage. 

Photos: Kawai Satoshi

      Spring Blooms in the Disaster Areas

    • Almost three months on from the horrors of March 11, the focus of support operations in disaster areas across Tōhoku was shifting from emergency relief to helping with reconstruction efforts. Volunteers are a vital part of this process; helping the disaster areas to move on from the disaster will require plenty of labor.

From June 3 to 5 the Nippon Foundation’s student volunteer center, Gakuvo, dispatched its sixth group of volunteers to help with the work of removing sludge and debris. This series of photos follows the group at work with other volunteers in the area.

The group was a joint undertaking between Gakuvo and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. Along with 30 Japanese student volunteers, 70 ASEAN participants helped with debris removal and other work around evacuation shelters. Among them were 25 students from 10 ASEAN countries including Indonesia and Thailand, ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan, and ASEAN staff.

Photos: Kawamoto Seiya

      Let’s Volunteer! Following a Team of Student Volunteers in the Field

    • Taken in late April, this series of photos shows some of the hardest-hit disaster areas around 40 days after the earthquake and tsunami. Starting in the city of Rikuzentakata in Iwate Prefecture, the photographer headed south along the Sanriku Coast, before moving on to the cities of Ishinomaki and Sendai, staying as close to the coast as possible. By late April, the situation on the ground was beginning to improve. Efforts to remove the ubiquitous sludge and debris  were well under way, and the prospect that vital utilities would soon be restored was on the horizon. But with aftershocks and mudslides still continuing, and a constant threat of flooding brought on by land subsidence, the mood remained somber and fearful. Of the countless wounds that scar the ravaged landscape, no two look quite the same. A world of devastation and sadness stretches as far as the eye can see. 

Photos: Kuyama Shiromasa

      Scars of Devastation

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