Remembering the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in 2024
11 March 2024 marks the 13 year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Our charity who supported the orphans of the tsunami disaster closed last year, however, we are still in touch with the orphans and their … Read More
Aid For Japan Memories
In 2023, Aid For Japan announced that after their 12-year anniversary event and a final outing at Doki Doki Japanese Festival in Manchester, the charity would close. To mark the decision, we have created a special Memorial Page for the … Read More
Our final Doki Doki Manchester Japanese Festival – Summer 2023
Our final outing as a charity coincided with the final Doki Doki Manchester Japanese Festival this year. The charity and the festival have grown up together, and so coming to a close together was a bittersweet feeling. Incredibly, over the … Read More
Eternal New Mornings – Japanese independent cinema
We are very proud to present the Japanese independent film 『有り、触れた、未来』Ari Fureta Mirai or Eternal New Mornings (English title) directed by Toru Yamamoto this summer at Doki Doki Japanese Festival in Manchester. The film is about the importance of community … Read More
12 Years On From The Disaster And Our Closing Charity Event
Twelve years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the charity held its final anniversary event to mark the occasion on 11th March 2023 at the London Metropolitan Archives. It was warming to see familiar faces there, like … Read More
KENJI stores fundraise for Aid For Japan
Over the festive holiday season in December 2022, the super-cute Japanese retail store KENJI ran a raffle and prize draw to fundraise for our charity. The raffle included soft toy plushie giveaways and the lucky winners received a copy of … Read More