Category: Japan Relief and Recovery

Three elderly Japanese evacuees sit at a table, smiling and waving to the camera while holding oranges. A Peace Winds staff member in a red jacket stands at the end of the table, smiling and holding a box of oranges
Ishikawa Earthquake Relief Week 4: Managing Evacuation Center Operations

Four weeks after the New Year’s Day earthquake in Japan’s Noto Peninsula,… Read more >

Two smiling Japanese women sit on opposite sides in an elementary school gym holding a plastic wrapped food while a Japanese woman in a red ARROWS jacket sits between them
Ishikawa Earthquake Relief Week 3

Three weeks have passed since the 7.5 magnitude earthquake struck Ishikawa Prefecture… Read more >

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Ishikawa Earthquake Relief Week 2: Providing Medical Care and Essential Supplies

A full week has passed since a 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck the… Read more >

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Ishikawa Earthquake Week 1: Medical Care and Search-and-Rescue Support

The 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s western… Read more >

Team of 8 Peace Winds/ARROWS staff members stand inside a white tent wearing red or blue emergency response uniforms
Earthquake Response in Ishikawa, Japan: Jan 1, 2024

A powerful 7.6 magnitude earthquake struck near Ishikawa Prefecture’s Noto Peninsula on… Read more >

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Emergency Relief and Cleanup for Flooding Survivors in Northern Kyushu

Click here to make a donation in support of Peace Winds aid… Read more >

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Support for elderly community members following the Ishikawa Earthquake in Japan

On May 5, 2023, a magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck Japan’s Ishikawa Prefecture,… Read more >

Five Japanese people wearing white face masks stand around a table with bowls, flour, and supplies for making noodles
Disaster Preparedness and Community Building in Western Japan

More than four years after heavy rains and flooding affected the lives… Read more >

Japan Disaster Response and Preparedness in 2022

Flooding and typhoons have continued to affect western Japan in 2022. In… Read more >

Relief worker hands basket of supplies to beneficiary in Japan
Community-Building and Disaster Mitigation in Japan

In the wake of Japan’s major flood disasters in recent years–from heavy… Read more >