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April 16, 2012

When Kamaishi was struck by the tsunami, its business district was destroyed and along with it, many of the town’s restaurants. Thanks to contributions from the Japan-America Society of Indiana (JASI) and others, JCIE is providing a grant to the Fuji Social Welfare Foundation for … Read more

Tags 2012-04, economic development, food, job creation, Kamaishi, Kamaishi Kitchen Car Project

June 11, 2012

NICCO has been carrying out a special project that uses food to promote economic recovery and support community building. In the early stages following the disaster, NICCO had been running daily soup kitchens to feed evacuees, but as local restaurant owners began reopening temporary shops, … Read more

Tags 2012-06, community, corporate aid, economic development, food, NICCO, radiation

June 28, 2012

The JCIE fund is supporting the Kamaishi Kitchen Car Project. One of the project’s participants is Noriko Kojima, who decided to make a new start after the earthquake and start her own business. Having enjoyed crêpes in other towns, she always wondered why there were no … Read more

Tags 2012-06, economic development, food, Kamaishi Kitchen Car Project

August 24, 2012

This past week JCIE staff made another trip to Tohoku to visit a few of the JCIE fund’s grantees and other innovative local recovery efforts. On Friday they visited a Kamaishi Kitchen Car for lunch where Ms. Teiko Haga, whose ramen noodle shop was swept away … Read more

Tags 2012-08, economic development, food, job creation, Kamaishi Kitchen Car Project

September 28, 2012

One of the organizations that JCIE supported during the relief phase of its funding efforts was NICCO, an NGO that continues to be active in the regional recovery efforts as well. In a recent report, NICCO described its psychosocial care program in Miyagi Prefecture. In the … Read more

Tags 2012-09, community, construction, food, long-term recovery, mental health, Natori, NICCO
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