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  • The idea of giving up without a fight is anathema to the people of Tōhoku. The nation’s politicians need to do more to use the powers and resources at their disposal to help local people as they work to rebuild their lives, says Miyagi-based freelance writer Ishida Osamu.

    “It may not be much, but it’s a lot more than nothing.”

    Posted on 2011/07/27
    The idea of giving up without a fight is anathema to the people of Tōhoku. The nation’s politicians need to do more to use the powers and resources at their disposal to help local people as they work to rebuild their lives, says Miyagi-based freelance writer Ishida Osamu.

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  • Media coverage of the situation in the disaster-ravaged Tōhoku region often portrays the local people as tough, tenacious types with the strength to stand up to hardship and adversity. But is this really true? Miyagi-based writer Ishida Osamu goes in search of the facts.

    The Hardiness Stereotype

    Posted on 2011/06/14
    Media coverage of the situation in the disaster-ravaged Tōhoku region often portrays the local people as tough, tenacious types with the strength to stand up to hardship and adversity. But is this really true? Miyagi-based writer Ishida Osamu goes in search of the facts.

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  • Miyagi-based freelance writer Ishida Osamu has received more than 100 boxes of donations from friends in the Kansai region, “veterans” of the major earthquake that struck Kōbe in 1995. The author has been distributing these care packages to other people in Tōhoku as a way of helping with recovery efforts on a grassroots level.

    Care Packages from “Disaster Veterans”

    Posted on 2011/05/18
    Miyagi-based freelance writer Ishida Osamu has received more than 100 boxes of donations from friends in the Kansai region, “veterans” of the major earthquake that struck Kōbe in 1995. The author has been distributing these care packages to other people in Tōhoku as a way of helping with recovery efforts on a grassroots level.

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  • Ishida Osamu is a freelance writer based in Miyagi Prefecture, part of the disaster-stricken Tōhoku region. He writes of his resolve to engage in reconstruction by harnessing the virtues of the Tōhoku people that he rediscovered following the earthquake.

    “Okage sama”

    Posted on 2011/04/08
    Ishida Osamu is a freelance writer based in Miyagi Prefecture, part of the disaster-stricken Tōhoku region. He writes of his resolve to engage in reconstruction by harnessing the virtues of the Tōhoku people that he rediscovered following the earthquake.

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