Category: Japan Responses

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Every Second Counts: How Peace Winds’ ARROWS Disaster Response Team Saves Lives

New Year’s Day marked two years since a 7.6 magnitude earthquake devastated… Read more >

Rebuilding Community on Japan’s Noto Peninsula Two Years After New Year’s Day Earthquake

New Year’s Day marks two years since a 7.6 magnitude earthquake devastated… Read more >

A Look at How You Helped Communities in Need this Year

As we reflect on 2025, we want to express our heartfelt gratitude… Read more >

Peace Winds Team Deploys After Aomori Earthquake

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Aomori Prefecture,… Read more >

Creating a Place of Joy for Noto’s Children that No Disaster can Take 

Ever since the 2024 New Year’s Day earthquake devastated Japan’s Noto Peninsula,… Read more >

REPORT: America’s Foreign Aid Retrenchment: Implications for US-Japan Cooperation

[米国の対外援助削減: 日米協力に与える影響] In January 2025, the US government shocked the world by… Read more >

Torrential Rains and Continuing Earthquake Recovery on Japan’s Noto Peninsula

Torrential rains in Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture forced more than 2,000 Noto Peninsula… Read more >

New Beginnings in Noto: A Conversation with an Aspiring Disaster Response Nurse

As the weather finally warms up on the Noto Peninsula, flowers are… Read more >

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Earthquake Recovery on Japan’s Noto Peninsula: One Year Later

New Year’s Day marks one year since a 7.6 magnitude earthquake devastated… Read more >

Peace Winds’ Response to Flooding in Noto, Japan

On September 21, record downpours caused flooding and landslides in the northern… Read more >