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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=SS-sWdAQsYg&vq=medium
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Very moving! Japan really is a great nation, filled with great people who take great pride in their country. We should be proud to call them our friends.
Its really nice to see a story like this posted. 
Good stuff. No thanks needed, we just did what was right.
I have absolutely no problem helping the Japanese.
…but Turkey and Pakistan can stay buried next time for all I care.
Finally, some foreign aid that doesn’t piss me off.
Thanks chadbag for posting this.
Arigato, Chad-san. Domo arigato.
I went to Japan a couple months after the earthquake, I got many thanks, especially the farther north I went, simply for being American.
We were there in September. Most of our 3 weeks we were in the Osaka area with day trips to Tokyo or further south. So we did not see any of the devastation or really meet the people who lived through it.
We stayed overnight one night with a friend who lives in Tokyo, whose husband works for a large cloud computing company and is in charge of the Asia operations. She told us their story of being in the earthquake etc but especially interesting was the response they got from the Japanese because they did not leave Tokyo afterwards. A lot of foreigners left for a while. The sheer number that bailed seems to have “offended” many Japanese. Our friend said they got lots of people coming up to them and thanking them for staying and not abandoning them. It was moving having her describe their experiences living through it. They are in Tokyo so only lived through the swaying buildings, electricity being out, and stuff like that. They did not live through the Tsunami. But to hear them describe it was interesting and moving none-the-less.
very well done
To keep the thread going, this is from the Daily Mail UK today (2/14)
Amazing transformation after a road is cleared of debris in Tagajo, Miyagi prefecture
In March four people take to the area of Rikuzentakata, Iwate unsure where to begin after it was devastated by rubble but 11 months on the whole area has been cleared leaving just a cross roads in the centre
Major project: A number of areas like this site Natori, near Sendai required large scale operations to clear them of the debris which seemed never ending
A hill overlooking the city of Kesennuma and the same area on January 14 this year
Rubble: Collapsed buildings and rubble in Kesennuma in Miyagi had made this corner impossible to get through but the impressively swift clean up has left the same corner accessible to traffic
:eek: See even MORE pics & details here - http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2099811/Eleven-months-tsunami-earthquake-ravaged-Japan-new-pictures-incredible-progress-multi-billion-pound-clear-up.html
Uplifting world news thread?
Thank you!
I applaud the Japanese for taking the time to acknowledge the world’s contribution towards their disaster recovery.
Now if they were to make the same OFFICIAL acknowledgement of their role in World War II. Especially in the atrocities they committed against their Asian neighbors. Then maybe I might consider visiting Japan to visit their beautiful country.
Unfortunately, it is too late for my Father (may he RIP) who suffered under the Japanese during the Battle for Bataan, the Bataan Death March and during his time as a POW where they beat him and shoved bamboo slivers under his fingernails.
Sorry, but until then the whole Japanese archipelago can end up at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean and I couldn’t care less (NOTE: I am not wishing such ill will towards them or anyone else). JM2CW.
Your loss.
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I agree. Except for the fact that male Japanese teens/young adults dress like female American pop stars, they are probably the most respectable society on the planet.
I have the feeling that we’d still be in committee after the S&R was done.
Huh? Americans are DA BEST!
Dude New Orleans is still trashed because it’s a giant leech. It contributes nothing. The Japs on the other hand contribute lots, like their freaky long lasting vehicles.
New Orleans was trashed BEFORE Katrina.
valid statement sir