Operation Tomodachi
Disaster relief efforts push Japan public sentiment toward U.S. military to all-time high
Japanese goodwill toward America has hit an all-time high, according to a new poll, mostly likely because of the U.S. military’s earthquake and tsunami relief efforts this spring.
Relief supplies rolling into Misawa
With life slowly creeping back to normal at Misawa, attention has now turned to Operation Tomodachi, the U.S. military’s humanitarian relief efforts to assist communities devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis that pounded northeastern Japan.
Pacific students turn creative efforts into earthquake aid
In the week before the school’s spring break, students at Misawa labored through a project to raise money for the Japanese communities hardest hit by last month’s deadly earthquake and the tsunamis it spawned.
Seabees still working in tsunami-ravaged northern Japan
For the last nine weeks, a three-man team of Navy Seabees has labored along the northeastern Japanese coastline, helping local residents clean massive debris fields left when the March 11 earthquake and tsunamis devastated the area.
Tsunami-battered day care center gets new life from military, volunteers
In 2011, the Great East Japan Earthquake cracked open the Hoikuen Aihara day care and nursery school. The ensuing tsunami, which rose as high as 65 feet in this small coastal city, battered it further.
3 years later, many survivors of tsunami, Fukushima disaster still living in temporary housing
The residents of the Terauchi No. 2 housing project served up heaping portions of thick, tangy Japanese curry, with a side of steamed rice and grilled ham.
Navy continuing to provide relief to earthquake victims
The U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet has directed 13,000 military personnel as part of Operation Tomodachi, bringing in hundreds of tons of relief items to the Japanese people hit hard by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.