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JAPAN PLATFORM
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Cover photo: Iitate in Fukushima s Soma District

The message Welcome home! is written on a monitoring post which measures and displays radiation levels at the entrance to Iitate.
This report provides detailed information about what is happening right now in Fukushima and what kind of aid is needed; it also gives©2017 JAPAN PLATFORM All rights reserved (Published in December 2017)

the reasons for strengthening aid to Fukushima and describes top-priority activities.

Introduction
We at JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) are sincerely grateful for your continuing support.
JPF carries out domestic and international aid activities, and provides aid to the victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake
as part of its work within Japan. Thanks to your help, from the date of the disaster on March 11, 2011 through March 31,
2017, we have been able to collect more than 7.2 billion yen in donations from over 3,800 companies and organizations andover 44,000 individuals, and we have connected these donations with 198 NGOs and NPOs which have carried out morethan 4501 aid projects.
Some among you have continued to donate to us throughout the more than six years that have passed since theearthquake, and thanks to you, the Living Together Fund has been able to support 39 projects working toward recovery
during fiscal year 2016. Once again, we offer our heartfelt gratitude for your warm support.
Fiscal year 2016 was a year of transition for JPF s aid to Tohoku, as we ceased to accept grant applications to the Living
Together Fund from Iwate and Miyagi, and moved toward stronger implementation of the Strengthening Aid to Fukushima
strategy agreed upon in November 2015. In Fukushima Prefecture, the lifting of evacuation orders has brought new
challenges such as the discontinuation of housing subsidies and reparations, and the situation remains complex as evacuees
are forced to make difficult decisions regarding returning to their hometowns. To address these issues, JPF has analyzed thecurrent situations and needs for aid in Fukushima Prefecture and among wider-area evacuees, and has adopted five new
top-priority activities, with a view to continuing aid at least until the end of fiscal year 2018.
We will also continue to coordinate with local organizations on particular challenges in Iwate and Miyagi, such as poverty
caused by the earthquake. At the same time, we will work to transfer operations of intermediary aid organizations to local
hands.
JPF will continue to back strong local communities which can sustain locally-led efforts toward recovery, working diligently
with those in need of aid. We ask for your continued understanding and support as we move forward.
August 2017

Table of Contents
Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………01
What is JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF)? …………………………………………………01
The Current Situation in the Disaster-Affected Area of East Japan ………03
1 : Community Aid …………………………………05
Living Together Fund
Project Report

2 : Safety-Net Aid ……………………………………07
3 : Occupational Aid ………………………………09
4: Coordination Support …………………………10

ARIMA Toshio

Strengthening Aid to Fukushima……………………………………………………11

Chairperson
JAPAN PLATFORM

Five Top-Priority Activities for Aid to Fukushima ………………………………13
Program Evaluation by Experts ……………………………………………………15
Messages from the Businesses and Organizations Which Support JPF ………17
Companies and Organizations Which Have Supported JPF ………………19
Efforts to Disseminate Information About Aid to Fukushima ………………20List of Projects Funded by the Living Together Fund ………………………21
Income and Expenditure Report……………………………………………………22
Appeal for Donations …………………………………………………………………22

1The cumulative total number of projects

A scene in Iitate, where an evacuation order was lifted in March 2017.
Piles of black container bags full of soil and other waste from decontamination work are visible.
Photograph taken in June 2017 ©JPF

What i s J A P A N P L A T FO RM ( J P F) ?
JPF is a non-profit organization working together with civil society to provide humanitarian aid in partnership with its
472 allied NGOs, the business community, and government.
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As of August 2017

DonationsMonetary contribution,
employee fundraising, etc.

Less than 3 hours after the earthquake on March 11, 2011, JPF made the decision to take action. We opened a
Tohoku office in Sendai, dispatched area managers to the three prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, andmoved quickly to aid victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake. As we went to work, we leveraged our experience
with and expertise in aid activities being developed through aid projects around the world.
Since our inauguration in the year 2000, we have delivered a total of approximately 4.65 billion yen in humanitarian
aid to 1,306 projects in 47 countries.
Current Programs

Water & Sanitation

Business
Community
Japan Business
Federation, etc.

Food & Nutrition

Relief Items
Blankets, food,hygiene products etc.

Relief Items & Shelter

Victims of
NaturalDisasters(Programs apart from aid to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake, as of August 2017)

・Emergency Response to Afghan Repatriated Refugees 2017
・Response Program for Yemen Humanitarian Crisis
・Response Program for Syria and Iraq Humanitarian Crisis
・Emergency Response to Northern Kyushu Flood 2017
・Emergency Response to Earthquake in Kumamoto・Response to Sierra Leone Landslides and Floods 2017

・Response to Sri Lanka Floods 2017
・Emergency Response to IDPs in the South Philippines
・Response to South Asia Floods 2017
・Humanitarian response to South Sudan conflict・ Emergency response to Extreme Winter Condition (Dzud)・Humanitarian Assistance to Palestine and Gaza 2017

NGOs
Services

Medical Treatment

Transportation, communication,
travel, fee-free banking etc.

Rebuilding Livelihoods

Human Resources
Expertise provided bybusiness leaders and experts

Refugeesfrom Armed
Conflicts

Government

Japanese Ministryof Foreign
Affairs, etc.

Education &Psycho-Social Support
Response to Yemen Humanitarian Crisis ©ICAN

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Response to Iraq and Syria Humanitarian Crisis ©JPF

Emergency Response to Earthquake in Kumamoto ©JPF

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The Current Situation in the Disaster-Affected Area of East Japan:
The recovery of Fukushima requires new approach to aid strategy
Considering the situation that the evacuation orders continued to be lifted for many areas of Fukushima such as
Iitate and Namie, new challenges arising from the lifting of the evacuation orders became apparent, and delays were
foreseen in Fukushima s extremely difficult recovery process. In fiscal year 2016, JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) fully
implemented our strategy for Strengthened Aid to Fukushima as set forth in November 2015, and decided tocontinue aid to Fukushima at least until the end of fiscal year 2018, while much of the aid projects to Fukushima
Prefecture continued to decrease. .
Evacuees from areas affected by the nuclear accident face a difficult decision when evacuation orders for thoseareas are lifted. Should they return to the area, or should they rebuild their lives in the places to which theyevacuated? If they stay, and choose not to return, the housing subsidies and compensation they were receiving will
be discontinued. Even after evacuation orders are lifted, mothers cannot hide their anxiety, returning elderly people
will find hospitals, pharmacies and transportation infrastructure are poorly maintained, community has weakened,
and they grow increasingly isolated. Almost seven years after the earthquake, the hard reality in Fukushima is thatless than 20% have returned in approximately 70% of the areas for which evacuation orders have been lifted, andmore than 70% of those returned are elderly. With this in mind, JPF is working to strengthen aid to Fukushima by
advocating five top-priority activities (see below).
On the other hand, in both Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, recovery is gradually coming within sight, thanks to all of
the warm support we have received both from businesses/employees and from individuals. However, specificchallenges remain, such as life-threatening poverty, and delays in consensus-building among residents in certain
areas. We will draw on local resources to continue aid for these specific challenges and areas.
JPF has cultivated the function of supporting the activities and organizational management of its alliedorganizations in our overseas aid work. Utilizing these experiences, we are transferring our intermediary function to
local intermediary aid organizations in Tohoku: the Iwate Recovery Collaboration Center; the Sanaburi Foundation in
Miyagi prefecture; and Miyagi Recovery Collaboration Center. In Fukushima, JPF will continue to strengthen thecollaboration with local intermediary organizations including the Fukushima Recovery Collaboration Center.

The Living Together Fund: Aid in Four Fields
JPF established the Living Together Fund in April 2011, and began inviting applications the following month.
Taking into account regional needs for aid, the Fund has continued quarterly financial assistance to organizations
that provide a wide range of aid to victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake in the following four key aid areas.
The Fund not only supports locally-led activities, but also carefully determines the phases of recovery, providing
support that will take root locally and connecting activities with the next steps in recovery.

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Community Aid
Pages 5-6

Safety - Net Aid
Pages 7-8

Occupational Aid
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Coordination
SupportPage 10

This type of aid creates
connections amongresidents: furthering
recovery through theprocess of working
together; and providing
places where members of
the community can gather.

This type of aid gives
disaster victims the
security to live healthy
lives by providing aid topeople or domains ofactivity which are not yet
covered by government
programs.

This type of aid helps toprovide a secure livelihoodfor disaster victims
through activities andinformation-sharing whichlead to jobs and income
for those who lost theirjobs in the disaster.

This type of aid helps to
support the coordination ofaid with government
entities, NGOs, NPOs andother organizations so thatsafety-net aid, community
aid, and occupational aid
can proceed efficiently.

T he R ec o very S i t ua t i o n i n E a c h P ref ec t ure

Five Top-Priority Activities for Strengthening Aid to Fukushima

Reports from the Recovery Collaboration Centers in Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima

JPF will continue to further strengthen aid to Fukushima Prefecture which faces long-term, complex challenges.
We have decided to continue accepting grant applications on Fukushima projects through the Living Together
Fund at least until the end of fiscal year 2018. Furthermore, we held a discussion meeting on needs analysis with
United Nations experts, and came up with the following five top-priority activities. As we continue to provide aid,
we will listen to the voices of local people to understand their needs, and assess what aid is really necessary andwhere gaps in aid exist.

In Iwate, construction of public disaster housing in coastal regions is 80% complete.* As therelocation from temporary housing accelerates and temporary housing is consolidated, new issues
have arisen: how to support those who cannot relocate due to financial or health conditions; and how
to form new communities in the relocation sites situated on higher spots far from the seashore andremote from their original place of residence. As part of these relocations, horizontal development will beneeded to transfer the aid knowhow of the coastal region to aid organizations working inland.

Aid to sociallydisadvantaged people
Strengthening local safety nets

Sustaining regional culture

Activities focused on socially disadvantaged people: people withdisabilities; women; the elderly; people struggling in their daily lives;and people in economic and psychological need
Activities that encourage building, maintaining, and reviving regional
communities (local societies) that can function as safety nets
Activities connected to sustaining local traditions, culture, andMiyagiPrefecture

vocations that provide a foundation for people s lives

Addressing concerns
about radiation

Activities that stand close to people who have concerns and worries

Facilitation of
locally-led networks

Activities that facilitate networking and create venues in which aidthat stem from radioactive contamination

workers and civil society can complement one another s activities
Please see pages 13 and 14 for details.

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Iwate
Prefecture

Fukushima
Prefecture*As of May 31, 2017

In 2016, the first year of the Period of Recovery and Creation, the restoration of infrastructure in
the disaster-affected area has moved forward, and housing reconstruction is in full swing. In order torebuild communities in the disaster-affected area, municipal aid for community formation and mutual
support networks are particularly necessary in public disaster housing, and there is a need to train
leaders for these activities. However, collaboration with municipalities and non-profits in charge of aid,
and with businesses and universities, is still insufficient. Promotion of collaboration that ties together
diverse sectors is indispensable. For the forming of sustainable and autonomous communities, there isa pressing need for aid to train staff in intermediary aid organizations and for aid to strengthenorganizational foundations, including through fundraising.
In fiscal year 2016, evacuation orders were lifted one after another all around the prefecture. With
the addition of Tomioka, where the evacuation order was lifted on April 1, 2017, it is possible forpeople to live in almost all areas, except for designated Difficult-to-return zone. However, thenumber of returnees is limited because of factors such as uneasiness to leave the communities they
have diligently adjusted as evacuees for the long seven years, and delays in improvements toinfrastructure. Thus, local communities are projected to continue to fracture. Moreover, as programs
like free provision of housing are discontinued and the amount of aid decreases, the future of aid
remains uncertain due to factors like the fragmentation of aid needs. The lifting of evacuation orders
is a factor propelling recovery, but it also gives rise to new challenges that will be difficult to face.

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Co mm unit y Aid

Building Communities with
Active Local Leaders
Aid recipientorganization

Rikuzentakata Machizukuri Kyodo Center(NPO in Iwate)

A workshop for residents ©Rikuzentakata Machizukuri Kyodo Center

Our organization is an intermediary aid organizationin Rikuzentakata, Iwate which provides aid tocitizens community-building activities. We focus oncommunity development with residents in charge, andour motto is Building communities with active local
leaders. Now, in the phase when the infrastructureof residents daily lives is being moved from
temporary to permanent housing, one of thechallenges for the disaster-affected area is how todevelop and manage communities. Originally,
Rikuzentakata had residents organizations at thelevel of elementary school districts, and even before
the disaster, these organizations work focused on
promoting local community. We have focused oncommunity-building in which these organizations areat the center as they take the initiative to meetchallenges. We have used the Living Together Fundas we give support, consultations, and advice; holdworkshops, and provide management support for theplans born from those workshops; and work tostrengthen the foundation of residents organizations.

As many people have moved after the disaster and the local bonds they
have always shared have become thin, local communities came through thedifficulties in carrying out recovery activities as planned. Since local community will endure
even after recovery is complete, we, the supporters, must not solve problems on behalf ofpeople: rather, it is important for communities to work toward solutions independently. We
will continue to work closely with communities to help them exercise this power.

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Chief Director / MIURA Marie

Nemareya Local Life-Sharing Home, a place where residents of all ages, from children to the elderly, can come together,regardless of whether they experienced the disaster and of whether they have disabilities. (Aid recipient organization: Workers Coop) ©Workers Coop

Providing Play Parks Where Children
Can Become Absorbed in PlayAid recipientorganization

T he Gr owin g Ne e d for
C o m p r e h e n sive Aid to C om m uni ti es
In 2016, advances have been made in the completion of public disaster housing. The total rates of completion
have reached 100% excluding areas where raising levee has taken time, like Yamada in Iwate and Onagawa in
Miyagi, areas where consensus-building among residents has taken time, like Natori in Miyagi, and areas likeIwaki in Fukushima which have the largest numbers of evacuees from the nuclear accident. People are continuing
to relocate from temporary emergency housing to public disaster housing. However, a variety of new challenges
have come to light. These challenges are: formation of new communities in public disaster housing rebuilding ofcommunities in temporary emergency housing where people who have been unable to rebuild their lives forvarious reason have stayed behind; integrating disaster victims and evacuees into local areas; and finding placesin these areas for children and the elderly to feel a sense of belonging. Although the increase in activities such as
children s cafeterias is a good thing, more gathering places are needed for people left in a vulnerable position by
the earthquake. However, local leaders, such as the leaders of neighborhood associations, are becoming
exhausted. There is demand for creating systems so that everyone can support these leaders. In the future,comprehensive aid to communities will be even more necessary. The present need is to revive circles of mutual
support and connections, as well as the value placed on human bonds that has always existed in Tohoku.

Kodomo Mugen Kanpani (NPO in Miyagi)
Hard at work, hammers in hand ©Kodomo Mugen Kanpani

In an area where children had lost their place to play(that is, their place to belong) because of the disaster,
local residents have reopened their park and held Play
Park events since July 2011, where people from children
aged 0 to grandmas and grandpas aged 86 can cometogether. There were no children s centers in the area,
and there were no buildings on the park site, so children
said, We want a building where we can spend the cold
winter and We want to be able to come here even on
rainy days. In response to these requests, we built a

prefabricated building in December 2015, and using the
Living Together Fund, we have installed plumbing anda wide wooden deck where children can lie around andrelax. We have also purchased interior wall coverings.
When we build something for the Play Park, thechildren work together with us. This time, too, everyone
got to work with hammers in hand. This is their own
place to belong, built with their own hands! That is why
this place has become so special and precious toeveryone.

Playing is child s job. Getting soaked while playing with water, getting covered insweat while running around, taking a brief rest indoors and then running off to playagain... Playing means children getting so absorbed in what they are doing that meals become anafterthought. Children call the Play Park the free place. I think that our role as adults is to createthat free environment and to watch over it. Together with the local community, we will continue ouractivities, making a place where we can watch over our children s growth.

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Representative Director / TANAKA Masako

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Safety - Net Aid

Hosting the Forum to Consider
Sustainable Legs for Living
Aid recipientorganization

Idoushien Rera (NPO in Miyagi)
A view of the Forum ©Idoushien Rera

We began by giving rides to disaster victims, but as
we continued our activities, we realized that the
problem of mobility is not only in the disaster-affectedareas. The challenge of mobility is also what local towns
in Japan is facing.
Along with people providing mobility aid in thedisaster-affected areas, there are also organizations thathave been giving rides since before the disaster, local
governments working to create traffic policies, anddedicated researchers. However, they have each beenfighting a lone battle, being unable to share enoughinformation with one another.
At the Forum to Consider Sustainable Legs for
Living, we were able to create a rare venue for people
in various places including local governments, NPOs,
scholars, residents and the national government, tocome together. It was an important opportunity for us to
get to know one another and to create lateral
cooperation as we move together toward our common
purpose.

As I was traveling around Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima carrying the plan for theForum, I was deeply moved by the many treasures I found: the wonderfulactivities and pioneering efforts; the pivotal experts; and the passionate residents. The Forumblazed with energy, and many of the participants shared the feeling that This is where it
starts! We overcame boundaries and constraints to forge new connections, and we will takeadvantage of these as we bring communities together to face our challenges.

M essa ge

Representative / MURASHIMA Hiroko

Making Unseen Suffering Visible andSustaining Psycho-Social Care in Kawauchi,
in the Coastal Region of Fukushima
Making original T-shirts by silk-screening, a design drawn by children with disabilities (Aid recipient organization: Fuyoudo 2100) ©Fuyoudo 2100

Aid recipientorganization

Médecins du Monde Japon (NPO in Tokyo)
Dr. KOWATA Ippei, a psychiatrist who has been volunteering continuously since 2012 © Médecins du Monde Japon

Facing and Dealing with the Reality of Poverty as
People Struggle to Rebuild Their Livelihoods

As the move from temporary emergency housing to public disaster housing continues, there are calls to pass on
to local communities the responsibility for relocation aid and safety-net aid addressing issues like psycho-social
care. For example, in some municipalities, mobility aid to people with reduced access to transport has been
entrusted to local NPOs. However, the hard fact is that the problems of mobility caused by the disaster are
deeply rooted. As residents of temporary emergency housing grow fewer and housing facilities are consolidated,bus routes are canceled. The reality is that elderly people who are left behind in temporary disaster housing areunable to rebuild their livelihoods, and are falling deeper into poverty. Along with calls to transfer responsibility
for services such as psychological care to local communities, it comes the challenge of a lack of local leaders andorganizations to take on these services. Even if staff are trained, the challenge remains that young workers are
failing to put down roots in the community. Moreover, increasing numbers of people are unable to rebuild theirlives and are falling into poverty. The situation with regard to disaster-related deaths in the three prefectures inNortheast Japan continues to be unpredictable. Furthermore, psycho-social care is also becoming necessary foraid workers including government staff.

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More than six years have passed since theearthquake, tsunami, and nuclear accident, and thedisaster victims who suffered the combined effect of thedisaster and nuclear accident face mental issues thatare increasingly diverse.
Many people are dealing with a variety of settings andstresses during their lengthy period as evacuees fromthe disaster and nuclear accident. Many cases ofalcoholism, suicide risk and depression have been
observed, as well as delayed-onset PTSD, referred to as
Fukushima Trauma.
In cooperation with local action groups and the local

government, since 2012 we have continuously carriedout aid activities in Kawauchi, in Fukushima s coastal
region. Taking advantage of our unique status as a
medical aid organization, we have dispatched medical
professionals from many fields (including psychiatrists,
nurses and clinical psychologists). Because we work in
the field of mental health, we have dispatched the same
medical professionals so that we can carry out our aid
activities more effectively based on the relationships oftrust we have with the beneficiaries who have been able
to work with the same medical professionals over a long
period.

The evacuation order for the Odaka area of Minamisoma in Fukushima Prefecture
was lifted in July 2016, but at the end of that year, the population remained at 8.5%of its pre-disaster level, and the number of returnees is not growing. In cooperation with anorganization which manages a community salon in the Odaka area to raise interest in returning, wehave begun offering psycho-social care in Odaka. Even now, more than six years later, the confusionthat followed the disaster cannot be wiped away, and many residents are still experiencing
psychological trauma. The incidence of delayed-onset PTSD is also increasing. In the mental healthcare setting, we have continued to offer examinations by psychiatrists to address this situation. We
will continue to provide psychological care, trusting in local residents ability to recover.

M essa ge

Senior Project Officer /TAMATE Koichi

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Occupational
Aid

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Coordination
SupportSewing Machine School ©Shinsei

Occupations Supporting Local Identity and a Sense of Being Alive
Multilayered Barriers Standing in the Way
At JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF), we have provided occupational aid connected to community-building and tocreating a purpose in life for people who are called socially disadvantaged and who live in disaster-affectedareas. For example, our aid has created opportunities for residents to come together across age and genderdivisions to think about rebuilding local community and fishing on a disaster-affected coastline; supported
evacuees and returnees as they lead workshops on creating job opportunities and a sense of purpose in life
centered on their hometown; and supported the construction of a shared management system for welfare worksites serving people with disabilities who have lost their place to belong as a result of evacuation or relocation.
A livelihood is not simply a source of income to cover living expenses; it can be a life s work, a family businesspassed down through the generations, a pillar of identity and pride, and a point of contact with society and thecommunity; it is directly connected to life itself.
In the areas affected by radiation and damaging rumors, many business owners are still unable to restart theiroperations due to regulations. Some shoulder great investment risks in an harsh environment of misgivings about
the dispersal and effects of radioactive materials, labor drain from the coastal region, and the steep rise in wages
and rent. Both for-profit and non-profit organizations are experiencing financial difficulties, and there are
multilayered barriers to reviving occupations.

After Six Years and Into the Seventh, Deepening
Connections Is More Important Than Ever
The Role of Coordinators Connecting Diverse Aid Workers
After the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred, coordination meetings were held among aid workers in eachmunicipality. Meetings were also held to exchange information related to various themes, such as aid to children,
psychological care, and community aid. If groups providing aid to address local challenges do not coordinate inthese ways, many difficulties may arise such as biased understanding of local issues, and inability to deal withmultilayered challenges that require various kinds of expertise. Six and a half years after the disaster, thesituations of different areas and people vary widely. Increasingly, the issues they face stem from a variety ofmulti-tiered causes. If each case is not approached flexibly and comprehensively, solutions to its problems will
not be reached. A higher and higher quantity and quality of coordination is required
From the viewpoint of disaster victims, this kind of coordination is indirect aid, and like stage hands in a play, is rarely
exposed to the light. However, local situations can differ greatly depending on the quality of these coordination
functions. This backstage player, the field of coordination support, becomes foundational for local areas.
Although the need for aid in this field can be difficult to communicate, JPF has stationed staff in local areas whoare carrying out this kind of coordination.

From Coordination of Disaster Aid
to Coordinating the Passing on of
Lessons from the Disaster

Implementing Projects like
Polvorón Magic Cookies and
Sewing Machine School
Aid recipientorganization

Citizen s Forum for Passing on Lessons from the Disasterat the planned location of the Ishinomaki Minamihama
Recovery Memorial Park ©Ishinomaki Future Support Association

Aid recipientorganization

Shinsei (NPO in Fukushima)

Ishinomaki Future Support Association(Public Interest Incorporated Association in Miyagi)

A conference to establish a joint project to study the disaster ©Ishinomaki Future Support Association
Polvorón Magic Cookies ©Shinsei

Shinsei works in Koriyama, Fukushima to help
people with disabilities who were affected by theGreat East Japan Earthquake to live peaceful andsafe lives. The damage that Fukushima Prefecture
suffered from the Great East Japan Earthquake andnuclear disaster was so great that it was impossible
for one person, one group, or one organization tomeet the challenge. Faced with this situation, welfare
workplaces for evacuees with disabilities were quick
to join together to create work opportunities througha cooperative system incorporating outside aid.
Shinsei serves as the director of this system andcarries out projects such as Polvorón Magic
Cookies and Sewing Machine School whileconnecting businesses and NGOs/NPOs todisaster-affected areas. It also provides support todeepen understanding of disabilities among people
who want to use welfare services after being
evacuated.

One of the lessons that people with disabilities in Fukushima Prefecture learned
from the Great East Japan Earthquake and the nuclear accident was about job
creation for people with disabilities during the recovery period. For a long time, althoughpeople returned to the center, it was difficult to reopen and run welfare centers at evacuationsites due to cash shortage in paying wages when there was no work. Using the wisdom gainedby Fukushima Prefecture as it came through this experience, we will do our best to ensure thatpeople with disabilities, who are also a part of our society, can work together with othermembers of the community in order to accelerate the recovery process.

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Ishinomaki Future Support Association wasestablished in May 2011 as a group that would provide
a venue for coordination among NPOs and NGOs, andin just one year, we contributed to the coordination of
130,000 people through disaster volunteer centers and
160,000 people through NGOs. This year, our motto is
From coordination of disaster aid to coordinating thepassing on of lessons from the disaster , and we arecoordinating the groups, individuals, local governments,
and disaster research institutions that will lead the
response to a new challenge that has arisen indisaster-affected areas: the challenge of passing on

lessons learned from the disaster.
Thanks to aid to the field of coordination from the
Living Together Fund, we have been able to find ways
for local government and citizen s groups to work
together to establish a recovery memorial park. Thismay be the first time that citizens activities have been
leveraged in this way to construct a memorial park inJapan. Precisely because the scale of the disaster was
so unprecedented, we will continue our activities topass on its lessons in the memorial park and the ruins of
the disaster, while creating innovative ways of working
together.

As we pass on the lessons learned from the disaster, we are forced to face thethought of how many lives might have been saved if people had fled. In considering
this, we must confront the fact that our failures were infinitely greater than our accomplishments.
There certainly was a need at that time for coordination among the people who felt powerless as
only one individual or only one group. Now, as you and I go about our ordinary lives, I hope thatcoordination can provide ways for us to solve the challenges that we cannot meet by ourselves.

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Secretary General /TOMONAGA Miho

Managing Director /NAKAGAWA Masaharu

10Strengthening Aid to Fukushima

Expressing quantities of radiation

Through continuing subsidies from the Living Together Fund and through the guiding principles of strengthening
the abilities and organizational foundations of groups and networks, JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) protects theirreplaceable mainstays of people s lives, providing dignity and possibilities to disaster victims and evacuees.

(As of November 18, 2016
(approximately 68 months after the accident)
Akita

Rationale for an added yearly radiation exposure of
1 millisievert (mSV) due to the nuclear accident

Yamagata

According to the Ministry of the Environment, areas must have 0.23 microsieverts (μSv)
of radiation in the air to require investigation and cleanup of contamination. This value iscalculated by converting an added yearly radiation exposure (radiation exposure due tothe nuclear accident) of 1 mSv (1000 μSv) to an hourly exposure, and adding the existing
naturally occurring radiation exposure to this amount.

Niigata

Iwate

Miyagi

Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant

In fiscal year 2016, evacuation orders were lifted for Katsurao, Kawauchi and Minamisoma. By the end of the fiscal year, theorders had been lifted for a wide area including Iitate, Namie and the Yamakiya area of Kawamata. At the end of fiscal year
2016, housing subsidies for voluntary evacuees (evacuees from areas not under evacuation orders) were discontinued, andnow some of the people who are continuing to live as evacuees have fallen into serious financial difficulties. They come fromareas where levels of radiation are much higher than before the accident, and they are scattered all across the country. Even
within the Fukushima prefecture, some people who had to evacuate from their original neighborhoods are still living in
temporary housing, and others have moved to public recovery housing or new homes. There is a tendency among thesepeople to withdraw from society as an aftereffect of a long period of living in an unfamiliar area.
Even if people have managed to find a home in the area to which they were evacuated, this does not necessarily mean thatthey are able to lead lives securely and peacefully. As reparations are paid only for those who meet the set criteria, not all
evacuees can receive them. However, regardless of reparations payment, they are facing difficulties to be accepted in their
new communities due to envious speculation that all evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture are receiving large sums of money
as reparations. Furthermore, some evacuees experience family breakups over division of inheritances or of reparation money,
which can be difficult to resolve.
On the other hand, those who have returned to the prefecture from evacuation sites outside are uncomfortable being
exposed to radiation in their daily lives. Especially for mothers and children, it is indispensable to exchange and share
information about childrearing and places for children to play and belong. Another phenomenon that has been observed is that
evacuees being unable to integrate into the returned communities spend the weekends at communities in the prefectures towhich they evacuated.
In addition, there are still hotspots in local areas, where radiation levels rise suddenly. To ensure that people can live safely
and securely, continued measurement of radiation levels is crucial.

Distribution Map of Air Dose Rates inFukushima and the Surrounding Prefectures

The units which are often heard in discussions of radiation are the becquerel and thesievert. The becquerel measures strength of ability to produce radiation, and can beused when discussing radioactivity of soil, etc. The sievert which measures the amount(strength) of radiation in the air, expresses the effect on humans of exposure to radiation.
If we think of these measures in terms of rain, the amount of rain falling from the rain
clouds (in this metaphor, clouds are the radioactive substance) can be measured inbecquerels, while how wet people got in that rain would be measured in sieverts.

Fukushima

Method by which the value of 0.23 μSv is calculated

LegendAir dose rates at 1m
above ground (μSv/h)

0.19 (portion of radiation due to the accident) +0.04 (portion of radiation which is naturally occurring) =hourly exposure of 0.23 μSv

Gunma● Portion of radiation due to the accident:(Based on a pattern of daily activity in which 8 hours are spent outdoors, and 16 hours
are spent indoors (in a wooden home with a shielding effect of 0.4))
1 mSv (1000 μSv) ÷ 365 days ÷ (8 hours + 0.4 × 16 hours) ＝ 0.19 μSv/h

Ibaraki

Saitama
Yamanashi●Portion of radiation which is naturally occurring: The amount of radiation occurring
naturally before the accident, 0.04 μSv/h

19.0 ＜9.5 - 19.0
3.8 - 9.5
1.9 - 3.8
1.0 - 1.9
0.5 - 1.0
0.2 - 0.5
0.1 - 0.2
≦ 0.1

Tochigi

Snowpack distribution

Tokyo

Areas for which nomeasurements
were available

Chiba

Background map: Geospatial Information Authority of Japan

Source: Regarding the Measurements Taken During Airborne
Monitoring of Fukushima Prefecture and the Neighboring Prefectures,
published on February 13, 2017 by the Nuclear Regulation Authority

Source: Based on the Ministry of the Environment s Rationale for an Added Yearly Radiation Exposure of 1 Millisievert

Effects of discontinuing the provision of free housing to evacuees

Why Is Aid to Fukushima Prefecture Necessary?
The basis for establishing and lifting evacuation orders

Fukushima Daiichi
Nuclear Power Plant

For average people who do not work with radiation, the yearly dose limit is 1 millisievert (mSv), but evacuation orders arelifted at a yearly dose of 20 mSv. These two values come from the recommendations and advice of the ICRP (International
Commission on Radiological Protection).
How much radiation is it in a yearly dose of 1 mSv or of 20 mSv? To give one example, you may have had the opportunity to
see the yellow mark labeled Radiation Controlled Area on X-ray rooms in hospitals. This Radiation Controlled Area is anarea in which there is a risk that the radiation
伊達市
dose may exceed 1.3 mSv in three months.
Conceptual Diagram of Areas Under Evacuation Orders
Converting it to a yearly dose, there is a risk
(as of April 1, 2017)that the dose will exceed 5.2 mSv in one year.
Iitate"Difficult-to-return zone"
In order to avoid unnecessary exposure to
Kawamata
Minamisoma
Areas in which the yearlyradiation, places in which the amount of
cumulative dose of radiation
radiation exceeds a certain level are managed
exceeds 50 mSv, and in which theby clearly dividing them from places which
yearly cumulative dose may not
fall below 20 mSv even after fivedoes not exceed, and by preventing
years have passed.
unnecessary entry. Strict standards are set for
Katsuraothese areas: for example, people under 18
Residential restricted areas
Namie
years old are not permitted to work in them,
Areas in which the yearly
TamuraFutabacumulative dose of radiation may
and food, drink and smoking are prohibited to
exceed 20 mSv, and which
As of March 31, 2014
prevent oral ingestion of radioactive materials.*require extension of evacuation
Okuma
While the Declaration of a Nuclear
orders.
Emergency Situation which was issued on
Tomioka
Evacuation order release
KawauchiMarch 11, 2011, is still in effect, evacuation
preparation areasorders continue to be lifted on the basis of a
Areas in which the yearly
yearly dose of 20 mSv as the standard for
Narahacumulative dose of radiation has
living. Now the dose of yearly 1 mSv, thebeen reliably confirmed to be
20km
below 20 mSv.
standard for people to live their lives safely
HironoIwaki
and securely, is referred as the long-term
Source: The website of the Fukushimatarget value.
Source: Website of the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry
Prefectural Government
Fukushima Daini
Nuclear Power Plant Date

*Act on the Prevention of Radiation Damage by Radioactive Isotopes
Regulation for the Prevention of Damage by Ionizing Radiation (based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act and the Order for Enforcement of the Industrial
Safety and Health Act, as well as regulations for the implementation of said Act)On March 3, 2017, rental subsidies were discontinued for evacuees except those
whose hometowns are still under evacuation order. This discontinuation applies not
only to voluntary evacuees who elected to evacuate from areas with high levels ofradiation from the nuclear accident in order to avoid exposure, but also to evacuees
from areas in which evacuation orders have been newly lifted, or from areas in which
orders will be lifted in the future.
For families of two or three generations living together before the accident had tobreak up into small households as well as for single mothers with children who choose
to continue living as evacuees. As such, the discontinuation of free housing caused ahuge strain on household finances. In addition, due to differences in opinion about theeffect of the radioactivity, discord that did not exist before the nuclear accident hasarisen among family members and among neighbors over the long period of
evacuation. Moreover, the invisible challenge of increasing social isolation has arisen
for people who hope to continue living as evacuees and the communities and families
which were divided by the evacuation orders are starting to be divided once again by
the lift of evacuation orders.

Number of evacuees from Fukushima Prefecture(in March of each year)
120000100000Residents Return after Evacuation Orders are Lifted

98221

97072
84221

80000

71399

60000

53983
37670

40000
20000
0

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Source: Based on the Reconstruction Agency s
Numbers of Evacuees Nationwide

The number of people who evacuated from Fukushima Prefecture due to the nuclear accident was about 100,000 in 2012, but as of 2017,
according to the Reconstruction Agency, this number has fallen to about 38,000, less than half of what it originally was. The numbers appear
to suggest that as evacuation orders continue to be lifted, the number of evacuees decreases. However, when we look at the numbers ofevacuees from areas where evacuation orders have been lifted, here and there, we see areas in which the percentage of evacuees remains
high. In addition, when we look at population trends in Fukushima Prefecture, we find that the population has fallen from 2,024,401 on March
1, 2011 to 1,899,486 on November 1, 2016, a decrease
Date whenof 124,915 people compared to before the disaster.*Areas in which
Date when
Date when
NumberNumber Percentage of
number ofevacuation orders evacuation
number of
Why are there areas in which the number of returnees
people whoofofregistered
were lifted during
order wasevacuees waspeoplepeople are evacuees
residentswasis not increasing?
fiscal year 2016
liftedcalculated
calculated
Young generation especially with children hesitate toreturn to the areas where radiation levels remain highKatsurao
2016/6/12
2011/3/11
1,567 2017/5/1
1,288
82.20%
even after the decontamination work even though other
Kawauchi
2016/6/14
2011/3/11
3,038 2017/5/1
532
17.51%
family members decide to return. In areas in which
evacuation orders were in effect for a long time, residents
Minamisoma 2016/7/12
2011/3/11
71,561 2017/7/31
3,236
4.52%
face an array of problems in their daily lives: damage to
Kawamata
2017/3/31
2010/10/1
15,569 2017/8/1
1,118
7.18%
homes and property, difficulty resuming occupations,animals such as wild boars breeding in areas where
Iitate2017/3/31
2011/3/11
6,509 2017/5/1
5,676
87.20%
humans used to live, reduced safety in areas where thenumber of residents has fallen steeply, and insufficientNamie
2017/3/31
2011/3/11
21,434 2017/7/31
20,74396.78%
medical provision system and infrastructure.
*Source: Fukushima Recovery Station s Fukushima Information Portal Site

Source: Websites of each municipality(Also includes areas where evacuation orders were issued, even if orders were not issued for the whole municipality)

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Five Top-Priority Activities for Aid to Fukushima

From August 2016 on, JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) has specified the support field of grantapplications for Living Together

Fund to five top-priority activities related to Fukushima.

Based on our aid experience starting in May 2011, we held consultation meetings with outside experts about
activities which will grow even more important in the future, and have settled on five top-priority activities.

Five Top-Priority Activities for Strengthening Aid to Fukushima

Ka na g a wa Hi na ns ha t o T o m o ni A y um u Kai

Aid to socially disadvantaged people

Activities focused on socially disadvantaged people: people with disabilities;
women; the elderly; people struggling in their daily lives; and people in economic
and psychological need

Project
description

Strengthening local safety nets

Activities that encourage building, maintaining, and reviving regional communities(local societies) that can function as safety nets

According to the Reconstruction Agency, as of the end ofMay, 2017, there were 2,693 evacuees living in Kanagawa
Prefecture, and the majority of them were evacuees from
Fukushima Prefecture. The municipalities from which people
evacuated send out news and information to evacuees, but
the municipalities in Kanagawa Prefecture are having
difficulty to deliver the information to evacuees, because
many evacuees remain registered as residents ofmunicipalities in Fukushima. In view of this situation, we
have published Walking Together: Handbook of Assistance
Services for Evacuees in Kanagawa, 2016 Edition. It
contains not only information from the places that evacuees
left behind, but also information about general assistance

Sustaining regional culture

Activities connected to sustaining local traditions, culture, and vocations thatprovide a foundation for people s lives

Addressing concerns about radiation

Activities that stand close to people who have concerns and worries that stemfrom radioactive contamination

Facilitation of locally-led networks

Activities that facilitate networking and create venues in which aid workers andcivil society can complement one another s activities

Although the Declaration of a Nuclear Emergency Situation issued on March 11, 2011 remains in force, evacuation
orders have continued to be lifted at a rapid pace in fiscal year 2016. As the problems caused by the nuclear accident
have grown more complex and long-term in the six years that have passed, what kind of activities are needed, andwhat challenges remain? In fiscal year 2016, with reference to the five top-priority activities, JPF supported manygroups. Here are reports from five of these groups, all of them working on difficult challenges.

Six years since the Great East Japan Earthquake〜Living face-to-facewith radioactive contamination

Since the opening of Mother s Radiation Lab Fukushima(MRLF) in November 2011, we have collaborated with local
people to carry out projects that we, as fellow residents ofdisaster-affected areas, deemed to be essential:
measurements of radiation, recuperation projects, thyroid
examination projects, and study meetings and lectures. This
year, six years since the accident at the nuclear reactor, wehave started a new initiative to open a clinic. After theaccident occurred, economic recovery was prioritized indisaster-affected areas leaving people in an invisible
environmental contaminant. As a consequence, due toinsufficient care for socially disadvantaged people such as
children and their mothers, negative effects on children smental and physical health became visible. In the latter halfof fiscal year 2016, with support from JPF, we were able toorganize the entire MRLF project to function as social
infrastructure for the disaster-affected area including
preparations to start our clinic. Our vision is to sustain our
project so that we can offer a light that provides people
with a feeling of safety. We
will do this by enhancing the
project s structure, serving
more people, listening toeach person s opinions, andproviding people withconcrete support.

JPF staff visit the MRLF Clinic ©JPF

Kats u r y o ku So z o s y a

Project
description

Producing newsletters to assist returnees in the nuclear disaster areafor local community building

Katsuryokusozosya interviewed some of the proactive
people related to the Futaba District, asking about their
daily lives, their activities, and their aspirations. We thenbroadcast these voices through a newsletter.
After the nuclear disaster in 2011, the Futaba District ofFukushima Prefecture became an evacuation area, and its
residents scattered across the country as evacuees. The
national government is moving toward lifting the evacuation
order in 2021, but there are divisions among former
residents: some want to return; some are unable to return;some stay permanently at their evacuation sites; and someare uncertain. There are many people who live with anxiety
about their futures. In addition, the loss of population in theareas to which people are returning has been exacerbated,

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services providing aid for daily life, including the local
governments under which they live now, social welfare
councils, and citizens aid groups.
This handbook aims to make it easy for evacuees tounderstand whom they should talk to about
physical, psychological, and daily life issues.
In addition to the distribution of handbook,we plan to move on to creation of a
network of assistance services connecting
the groups and institutions to respond toevacuees needs.
Walking Together: Handbook of Assistance
Services for Evacuees in Kanagawa, 2016 Edition©Kanagawa Hinansha to Tomoni Ayumu Kai

Ma c hi zuk uri N P O S i nm a c hi - N a m i e

Mo ther s R ad i at i o n L ab F u ku s h i ma

Project
description

Aid for community formation among evacuees to rebuild livelihoods

and the loss of community functions has become a factor tolower the rate of return. This leads to further loss ofcommunity function, creating a vicious cycle which many
fear will lead to the demise of local communities. For thisreason, it is necessary to rebuild social capital.
Through our interviews, we learned that residents have
many ideas for activities andprojects. We will strive tosupport the development ofthese activities and projects
in order to create asustainable structure forrealizing their ideas in Futaba
District.
At an interview ©Katsuryokusozosya

Project
description

Supporting handicapped evacuees from isolation by connecting people

At Machizukuri NPO Sinmachi-Namie, our activities havethree main pillars: (1) Workshops to consider revival andrecovery in Namie, (2) workshops to consider ways torebuild people s lives at the sites to which they evacuated,and (3) workshops to share opinions and challenges
between (1) and (2).
We have held (2) workshop regarding rebuilding lives at
evacuation sites, four times. We discussed about what weneed and we can do for ourselves to continue living ourlives proactively, not retroactively. The discussion led tomore people claiming that they hope to live moreproactively so that they can interact with society and be
useful. Additionally, the workshops served as valuable

opportunities for 60 participants to share challenges andexchange opinions.
Recovery should start out with what each of us can doright now, and this holds for local government as well. We
come to believe that true recovery will come only when
government and private
citizens stand on the samestage and work cooperatively.

A workshop on rebuilding lives ©Machizukuri NPO Sinmachi Namie

Fukushimaken no Jidouyougoshisetsu no Kodomo no Kenkou o Kangaeru Kai
Project
description

Providing thyroid examinations to children at foster homes

Children at foster homes are left out of Examinations for
the Health Study of Residents of Fukushima Prefecture forthe reason that examination notice were sent to theirregistered home addresses unless their families movechildren s resident registration to foster homes. We havebeen conducting ultrasound thyroid examinations on a
yearly basis at foster homes since 2012 using theultrasound diagnostic equipment which we purchased with
JPF fund. Now, children who had never been examined in
the past can have ultrasound thyroid examinations.
The prefectural thyroid study changed subject persons of
thyroid examination from complete to interested applicantson the ground that complete examination may cause
anxiety. In order to avoid unnecessary anxiety, we makepersonal health record of each child to help with regular

health management, and hand it over to them. We havealso introduced electronic medical charts and stored in ourdata storage. For children who are unable to receive proper
childcare from their parents, examinations must be
conducted periodically for early discovery of problems.
Furthermore, we subsidize transportation fees for children
who left foster homes when they have reach 18 years old,so that they can continue
receiving examinations at theirformer foster homes. We will
also strengthen our after-careand independent living
support for graduates.
An examination at a foster home ©Fukushimaken no
Jidouyougoshisetsu no Kodomo no Kenkou wo Kangaeru Kai

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Program Evaluation by Experts
In order to learn lessons for our future response to the Great East Japan Earthquakeand other domestic disasters, JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF) has invited evaluation team ofoutside experts and published a report of their findings. (Publication date: April 2017)

Safety-Net Aid

Overview of Program Evaluation

ISHII Masako(Professor at Rikkyo University andmember of JPF s Standing Committee)

This evaluation examines the projects carried out by our Living Together Fund from three to five years after thedisaster occurred. In the disaster-affected areas, people began to move from temporary emergency housing to public
recovery housing and public disaster housing, and this gives rise to a need to form new communities at the relocation sites.
Under this transition phase, JPF, an emergency humanitarian aid organization, gives priority to aid activities which
respond to the persisting needs from the emergency phase. However, one of the experts pointed out that in the field ofcommunity aid, while we put emphasis on substituting and covering the services and systems lost by the disaster, littleemphasis was put on local businesses recovering after the disaster.
In comparison to the community aid, another expert for the safety-net aid commented: 1) we met needs in therecovery period such as mobility aid, preventive long-term care, and daycare, where government aid was scarce andprivate enterprises did not enter due to low profitability; and 2) we invited and developed local resources such as
involvement of aid recipients as leaders in project management to respond to the changing situation.
In the field of occupational aid, the other evaluator acknowledged the important role that we played in supporting
evacuees sense of purpose in life during the time when they were relocating. The evaluator also provided us an
important lesson to use quantitative indicators for evaluation such as amount of income generated or business continuity.
In the field of coordination support, the other expert pointed out that as the Living Together Fund was the only
scheme which provided support for management of the intermediary aid organizations, JPF s support was highly
evaluated by other funding organizations. Although we recognized the limits of outside support in strengthening
capacity of intermediary aid organizations, JPF s projects were significant in its prompt recognition of the importanceof coordination in a large-scale disaster and its quick action to achieve it.
In the field of aid to wider-area evacuees from Fukushima, the evaluators found that JPF was trailblazing in fostering
mutual understanding both among evacuees and between evacuees and the hosting communities, in supporting job
recovery, and in helping elderly people and people with disabilities find purposes in life. At the same time, theevaluators stressed that JPF still has many roles to play in enabling local people to work on their own on the long-term
challenges caused by the nuclear accident.
Lastly, I would like to mention JPF s area managers dedication for disaster-affected people and areas: rooting
themselves to the areas; building trust with the people there; giving attentive and detailed advice; and responding to
the needs of the evacuees.

Summary of the Experts Evaluation Report
The key points of the evaluation reports of five experts of each field.
※Please see page 4 for brief overview of each field

Community Aid
G ood poi nts▶Projects covered niches which government support did
not deliver, and provided careful measures attentive toneeds.

P o i n t s t o b e i mp ro v e d▶In some projects, promotion of profit-making community
business was carried out as a part of community building. For
all intents and purposes, in many cases, implementers businesschoice was unprofitable. Yet they continued to pursue
stubbornly under poor management situation. My suggestion
for future activities is to separate projects related to community
businesses and community-building for daily living, and todevelop these business projects in the framework of policies topromote local areas.
▶In spite of the local situation that social services and systems
are recovered, some projects continued to engage in the sameactivities that they have been doing since the emergency period
following the disaster.
▶Some implementers became reliant on the subsidies for theircontinued existence, and projects did not constitute aid that
supported the long road to self-sustaining recovery or aid that
could build the foundation for this recovery.

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G ood points

Points to be im proved▶Aid met needs during the recovery period in fields such as
mobility aid, preventive long-term care, and daycare,
where government aid was scarce, and in which private
enterprises did not operate because of the difficulty ingenerating profits.

▶Since the monetary support from the Living Together
Fund was comparatively large, there are risks that aid
recipient organizations become dependent on outsidefunding. As a consequence, local service structures are
disrupted. The proper scale of monetary support must be
more carefully determined.

▶ Innovative operation was seen in developing local
resources: involving aid recipients as leaders in project
management. As such, project management responded
to the changing situation in disaster-affected areas.

Occupational Aid
G ood points

Points to be im proved▶Because there were few private funding institutions which
support occupational aid during the recovery period, andbecause there were no other subsidizing systems which
accept project applications that integrate twocomponents of hard and soft dimensions, JPF contributed
to occupational aid in the disaster-affected areas withunique characteristics which differed from bothgovernment aid and aid provided by other private funding
institutions.

▶JPF s occupational aid was a mixture of different types ofprojects: 1) projects carried out during the transition fromemergency to recovery, which emphasized creating reasons forliving over income; 2) projects to revive industries devastated by
the disaster; and 3) projects to create new employment. In thecase of 1), although income generated did not go beyond
supplementary income, these projects played an important role
during the transitional period in supporting people s reasons forliving. Thus, it is not necessary to emphasize the amount ofincome or permanence of the work created when evaluatingthese projects. In 2) and 3), on the other hand, needs will growin the future as people move to disaster recovery housing andas new community-building efforts develop. In this regard, JPF,
as an organization which mainly works on emergency
humanitarian aid, needs to decide whether or not it shouldattempt to respond to these needs.

Coordination Support
G ood points

Points to be im proved▶Because apart from the Living Together Fund, there
were almost no subsidizing schemes which support
management of intermediary aid organizations working
on coordination and coordination, aid recipientorganizations highly evaluated the Fund.

▶As funding schemes are decreasing, some intermediaryorganizations are struggling to continue operating. In thisregard, JPF s contributions to strengthening capacity ofthese organizations (abilities of fundraising, management,
and media strategies, etc.) were limited.

▶In particular, the creation of aid coordination networks tosupport evacuees under evacuation orders was a new
approach, and JPF was highly evaluated for recognizing
the need for and value of this work.

▶Although aid for capacity building in fundraising andcollaboration with private enterprises was greatly needed
by intermediary organizations, JPF s support in this area
was not evident.

Aid to Fukushima and Wider-Area Evacuees
G ood points

Points to be im proved▶In the three years after the disaster, JPF pioneered in aid
projects: fostering communication and mutual
understanding both among evacuees and between
evacuees and the hosting communities; supporting job
recovery for disaster victims and evacuees; and helping
elderly people and people with disabilities find reasonsfor living.

▶Although JPF contributed in developing civil society in thedisaster-affected areas, its support to citizens groups forcapacity building to engage in sustained activities is still along way to go.

JPF will use the experts evaluations and suggestions for our future activities.
Please see the JPF website for further details.
Note: The JPF secretariat compiled this summary of the evaluation report.

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Messages from the Businesses and Organizations
Which Support JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF)

Our ideal is to support organizations
working to provide aid that meetsdiverse needs

HAYAMIZU Shinya

Permanent Executive
Committee Member
Astellas Labor UnionAt the Astellas Labor Union, we work toward social contribution and value win-win-win relationships inFour of the companies among those of you that have supported JPF aid activities for the victimsof the Great East Japan Earthquake during fiscal year 2016 have sent us their messages. We are
grateful for your warm support and encouragement. We will keep carrying out our work
diligently, and we would appreciate your continued support.

We support community-building indisaster-affected areas through the
Living Together Fund

KANEDA Yasushi

Human Resources Strategy andGeneral Affairs Manager
Nichirei Corporation

As a corporate citizen, the Nichirei Group aspires to be a business that is widely trusted by society, andwhich each member of the union fulfills his or her role in the company while staying connected to people

we work actively to contribute to society with a focus on education on food and logistics, contributions tocontributions.

have donated money to Fukushima, Iwate and Miyagi Prefectures, which were heavily damaged in theand society outside of work, enriching the union and its members as well as society through his or her
One of these contributions is our collection of funds for Great East Japan Earthquake aid. This effort is

not confined to the labor union, but is jointly organized by labor and management and carried out by thewhole Astellas Group. Along with our donations, we also engage in volunteer activities to aid recovery indisaster-affected areas.

Our reason for choosing JPF three years ago as the organization to entrust with our donations was thatas the needs of disaster victims and disaster-affected areas diversified, we thought that it was ideal tosupport a group that was carrying out aid activities to meet those diverse needs. In particular, our choice
was based on JPF s stationing of permanent staff as part of aid to disaster-affected areas, who engage inthe local community, environmental conservation, disaster aid, and support for sports. From May 2011, weGreat East Japan Earthquake. In 2016, five years after the disaster, when we were reconsidering our typeof aid in the current phase, we had the opportunity to ask JPF about the current situation in thedisaster-affected areas.

JPF thoroughly explained to us that aid for community-building is important as people who had to moveinto temporary housing after the disaster often become isolated having only few people around themwhom they have known., Building community is the first step toward restoring a bond with the society sothat the victims regain healthy and independent daily life .

This discussion led to our aid for community building in disaster-affected areas through thewide-ranging aid through locally led activities and understand the ever-changing needs of disaster victims

Together Fund promoted by JPF.

through its future activities.

business to people in need of aid.

and disaster areas. We expect JPF to continue to provide swift and effective aid to disaster-affected areas

We collected donations within our
SAITO Yutaka
Corporate Communication Dept.,
company to support recovery aid for
CSR/CS Promotion Team Senior Manager
Anritsu Corporation
Fukushima Prefecture
From the time immediately after the disaster through to the present day, the Anritsu Group has

continuously provided recovery aid, both through cooperation with NGOs and NPOs on activities to aid

children living in disaster-affected areas and through company and employee donations. We had previouslychosen JPF as a recipient organization for our donations to disaster aid all over the world, and we knew

Living

We look forward to JPF s continuous efforts to grasp local needs and to act as a bridge connecting our

We collected donations through a rangeof services including stamp sales

LINE Corporation

The communication application LINE launched in June 2011, was created out of the experience of being

unable to contact dear ones during the Great East Japan Earthquake. Now, our company is working tocollect donations through LINE and to provide emergency aid services when disaster strikes.

This year, six years after the Great East Japan Earthquake, along with donations through point exchanges

that JPF would also make the fullest possible use of our donations in recovery aid for the Great East Japanand sales of line stamps, our company collects donations through its various family services such as the

Fukushima, so we felt a strong desire to aid the recovery of Fukushima Prefecture, where many of our

five organizations active in Tohoku.

Earthquake. Anritsu Group s manufacturing facility, Tohoku Anritsu Corp., is located in Koriyama,

workers and their families live. In fiscal year 2016, JPF declared its intention to strengthen aid tosmartphone e-wallet service LINE Pay. We donated funds collected from users around the country to
JPF is not only one of the recipients of our donation, but also our benefactor in connecting with the

Fukushima, and we collected donations within our company to be used for JPF s Living Together Fund.

other organizations. Thanks to JPF, we were able to properly deliver the warm feelings of our users toorders are lifted and policies for return continue to move forward, we hope to deepen our understanding

it possible for us to build this cooperative relationship.

With a unique perspective on the new challenges for Fukushima Prefecture that will arise as evacuation

together with our employees. Though our contribution may be small, we will work together with JPF topeople in disaster-affected areas. JPF s diligent works to connect local communities with supporters madecontinue recovery aid and contribute to a safe, secure and prosperous society.

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Companies and Organizations Which Have Supported JAPAN PLATFORM (JPF)
We are grateful for your warm support.

Businesses and organizations that made financial donations〈Fiscal year 2016〉
Aomori Prefectural Aomori North High School

Natural Set

Ask Corporation.

Nichirei Corporation

Astellas Pharma Inc.

Nosan Corporation

Anritsu Corporation

Public Resource Foundation

Anritsu Workers Union

Hitachi Inspharma, Ltd.

AEON Bank Fundraiser to Aid Recovery from theGreat East Japan Earthquake

Fukuoka Independent Film Festival Executive Committee

ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation

Boy Scouts Tokyo Machida Division 16

NSD CO., LTD

My Dream Project

nk homes Inc.

Machu Picchu Industrias Inc.

NTT DOCOMO, INC.

Mikawa Iron Works Corp.

Emudiwai Kabushikigaisha

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Kita Orthopedic Clinic

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Social Contribution FundGood Place Co., Ltd

Mimasuya

CROSSY Co., Ltd

Move Entertainment Inc

International Aesthetic Pole Dance & Fitness Association

Meiwa E-Tec Co. Ltd. employees

Synix Inc.

Metal One Steel Service

Shikumio Co., Ltd.

Ryohin Keikaku Co., Ltd.

Yugengaisha Zippu

Yahoo Japan Corporation

SHISEIDO Camellia FundYutorira YOGA

Serendipity Inc.

Komyouji, Yokohama Kuboyama

Daiwa Securities Daiwa Point Program

Kounan Medical Association

Employees of Toyota Tsusho Corporation

YOROZU Corporation

Companies and organizations that provided support through goods and services〈Fiscal year 2016〉
NTT PC Communications Incorporated

BMW Japan Corp.

Grant Thornton Taiyo LLC

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.

Dentsu Inc.

Mori Yoichi Certified Public Accountant OfficeEfforts to Disseminate Information About Aid to Fukushima
In order to let more people know about the current situation in Fukushima Prefecture where new challenges are
arising and corresponding forms of support, JPF has taken following actions in fiscal year 2016.

Seminar for Businesses: The Kind of Aid that Fukushima Needs Right Now(October 2016)

This seminar focused on learning about thecurrent issues relating to Fukushima: ways to deal
with the lifting of evacuation orders both within andoutside the Fukushima prefecture; aid to children;
aid to single parents; and cooperation between
businesses and NPOs. Participants also considered
how businesses can get themselves involved. Local
NPOs voiced their hopes for businesses toencourage local leadership and to use existingsocial resources. As the foundation of such
involvement, suggestions were made to encourage
mutual understanding by continuing personnel
exchanges.

Media Panel: What Phase is JPF s Fukushima Aid in Now? (February 2017)
Having had a comprehensive view of Fukushima
Prefecture from the disaster through today, JPF is ina unique position to share the changing needs
according to the phases of recovery, provide
analysis based on international standards for aid,
and report concrete activities of aid recipientorganizations (efforts such as running a citizen-run
radiation measurement laboratory, and helping withpsycho-social recovery). The panel helped the
media to gain a new perspective on Fukushima.

Regular Distribution of a Needs Matrix Chart on Aid to Fukushima Prefecture(Once a month)

JPF s area managers in Fukushima compile a listthat includes the opinions that they hear each day inthe disaster-affected area, relevant government
announcements and media stories, and aid activities
implemented to meet the needs, and distributes it
each month to aid organizations and businesses sothat aid providers can do their work with an overall
understanding of the diversifying needs.

The Japanese Institute of Certified Public Accountants
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1 Company names are listed in order according to the Japanese orthography; honorifics are omitted.
2 The names of companies and organizations providing support in fiscal year 2016 are listed.
For companies which provided support in fiscal year 2015 or before, please see our past reports.
3 The names of companies and organizations which did not want the information to be public, or which we did not receive
donation consent forms, are not printed.
4 Furthermore, we have received many additional donations from individual donors, but have not printed their names in theinterest of preserving their privacy.
5 Companies and organizations name English is referred to their respective website.
Forthe names that ware not found on the website. JPF has translated it from the Japanese name.

To Our Partners in the Business Community
The revitalization of local communities through business activities, along with continuing, organized aid, are more andmore necessary to the recovery of disaster-affected areas. JPF will continue to disseminate information as describedabove, and we hope that you will take advantage of them. In addition, we would be happy to talk with you about
individualized consultation regarding the situation in disaster-affected areas, support for site visits, and matching withlocal NGOs/NPOs. Please do not hesitate to contact us.

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List of Projects Funded by the Living Together Fund
25th through 28th Screenings (Fiscal year 2016)
Organization Name

Project Description

Project Period

Amount of grantCommunity Aid
TsudoiCreating places to belong to promote resident-led community welfare capacity in new areas

2016/7/1‒2016/12/31¥2,720,080

MiraitoStepping up to the future, supporting local community and tackling changing issues

2016/7/1‒2016/12/31¥1,744,000

Rikuzentakata Machizukuri Kyodo Center

Aiding formation and strengthening foundations of residents organizations aimed at building community in new areas after the disaster2016/7/1‒2016/9/30¥758,000

Workers' Coop

Promoting activities supporting local coexistence in Otsuchi

Genki ni Narou Fukushima
GRA

2016/7/1‒2016/12/31¥3,110,400

Meeting for Okuma s Future, a plan to create dialogue among Okuma residents

2016/9/14 ‒2017/3/14¥4,039,389

Yamamoto Migaki House, a new base for activities to revitalize the local community

2016/9/14 ‒2017/3/31¥2,800,762

Ibasho Souzou Project

Supporting formation of new local communities and building systems to welcome new residents to public disaster housing

2016/10/1 ‒2017/3/31¥2,893,158

Tomiokachou 3.11wo Kataru Kai

Residents of Tomioka talking, listening to and considering their feelings toward the town they are returning to

2016/10/1 ‒2017/1/31¥950,000

Machizukuri NPO Sinmachi-Namie

Creating a future through community development workshops in Namie

2016/10/1 ‒2017/5/31¥4,947,000

Rikuzentakata Machizukuri Kyodo Center

Aiding formation and strengthening foundations of local communities to build new local communities after the disaster2016/10/1 ‒2017/3/31¥4,365,240

Katsuryokusouzousya

Producing a newsletter to create activities that build local community among returnees in the nuclear disaster area

2016/11/1 ‒2017/3/31¥1,222,120

A Home for Everyone where smiles travel back and forth between areas and generations: A story of revival in Fukushima

2017/1/1 ‒2017/3/31¥2,794,600

CostarSupporting relocation and daily living to prevent loneliness and suicide after residents leave Kawauchi s temporary housing

2017/4/1 ‒2018/3/31¥5,804,000

Tomiokachou 3.11 wo Kataru Kai

Creating opportunities to explore community and living solutions in Tomioka

2017/4/1 ‒2018/3/31¥6,634,000

Yamagata Kizuna no Kakehashi Network

Fukushima Heart Community Center2017/4/1 ‒2017/6/30¥999,900

Ryouzen Satoyama Gakkou

Date Peach: Aiding community participation and ensuring safely for returnee families

2017/4/1 ‒2017/6/30¥2,080,000

Beans Fukushima

Saf et y - N e t Aid
Commune with Jyosanshi

Recovery through support for parenting and citizenship in Iwaki, the capital for children and child-rearing

2016/6/20 ‒2016/9/28

Terakoya-houjyousha

Children Supporting Children Project

2016/6/20 ‒2016/9/20¥982,000

Watamama Smile

Building local community and creating a place to belong: a Cafeteria for Children and Grown-Ups

2016/7/1 ‒2016/9/30¥1,452,000

Shouheikou Jidouyougoshisetsu Iwaki Ikueisha

Creating an environment that increases resilience in children with attachment deficiency syndrome

2016/8/1 ‒2016/9/30¥1,637,186

Homare no Kai

Pecora Village Plan

2016/9/14 ‒2016/12/14¥2,497,730

Idoushien Rera

Network-building in disaster-affected areas so that socially isolated people can live with hope

2016/9/14 ‒2017/4/13¥2,500,000

Ai Net Takata

Providing free transport for people with disabilities and elderly people requiring care

2016/10/1 ‒2017/3/31¥900,000

Sendai Yomawari GroupOperating HELP! Miyagi, a general consultation center for people in need2016/10/1 ‒2016/12/31¥853,600

Fuyoudo 2100

Supporting families in Koriyama who have children with disabilities

2016/10/1 ‒2017/3/31¥1,922,000

Fukushimaken no Jidouyougoshisetsu no
Kodomo no Kenkou wo Kangaeru Kai

Providing thyroid examinations to residents of children s homes: Supplementing thyroid examinations
performed for the retrenching prefectural health study

2016/12/24 ‒2017/3/25¥706,940

Mother s Radiation Lab Fukushima

Living face-to-face with radioactive contamination, six years and counting since the Great East Japan Earthquake

2017/1/1 ‒2017/3/31¥8,490,604

Médecins du Monde Japon

Providing psychological care in Fukushima as evacuation orders are lifted in a broadening area

2017/1/1 ‒2017/12/31¥9,301,714

Yuinoki

Providing housing aid to evacuees

2017/2/1 ‒2017/4/30¥6,815,750

Aozora Hoiku Takenoko

Helping Fukushima children experience nature in the Open Preschool of the Woods

2017/4/1 ‒2017/6/30¥625,000

SherpaSupporting transport to schools and care facilities for returnees to Futaba District

2017/4/1 ‒2017/6/30¥1,090,020

Mother s Radiation Lab Fukushima

Living face-to-face with radioactive contamination, seven years and counting since the Great East Japan Earthquake

2017/4/1 ‒2018/3/31¥9,919,176

Sendai Yomawari Group

Supporting people in need after the nuclear accident as they put down local roots and manage their health2017/4/1 ‒2018/3/31¥8,234,400

Fukushimaken no Jidouyougoshisetsu no
Kodomo no Kenkou wo Kangaeru Kai

Providing thyroid examinations to residents and graduates of children s homes: Supplementing thyroid examinations
performed during the retrenching prefectural health study and aiming for early detection of damage to graduates health2017/4/1 ‒2018/2/28¥1,327,572

Fukushimaken Jyosanshi Kai

A project to aid continuing postpartum care

2017/4/1 ‒2017/6/30¥5,258,500

Shalom

Revealing child-related concerns and stress about radioactive contamination, and supporting children s healthy growth

2017/4/15 ‒2018/3/31¥4,998,296

特定非営利活動法人仙台夜まわりグループ
FishMarket 38

福島原発事故を起因とする生活困窮者に対する地域定着支援及び健康管理事業
Revitalizing the Karakuwa
area and supporting fishermen by strengthening organizational foundations (part 2)

2017/4/1〜2018/3/31
2016/7/1‒2016/12/31¥8,234,400¥4,973,000

ShinseiCommunity-building to support and embrace evacuees dealing with loneliness and financial need2017/4/1 ‒2018/3/31¥9,987,712¥4,311,620

Income and Expenditure Report (March 11, 2011 ‒ March 31, 2017)
Income: ¥ 7,265,386,174
Remaining funds donatedfor aid programs to victimsof domestic disasters:

Material donations:

Material donations:valued at ¥36,826,374

valued at ¥36,826,374

Minpuku

2017/1/1 ‒2017/12/31¥7,741,920

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Organization Name

Project Name

Project Period

SAVE TAKATA

Building information transmission services with citizen participation to grow the nonresident population in Rikuzentakata

2015/1/1 ‒2016/5/31¥6,621,414

Nippon International Cooperation forCommunity Development(NICCO)

Revitalization and recovery of the fishing industry in the Sanriku area through strengthening the operational
structure of an onshore live fish storage facility (Phase 2)

2015/3/24 ‒2016/4/30¥9,897,092

2015/7/1 ‒2016/6/30¥2,444,000

Ai Net Takata

Ensuring means of transport for people with disabilities and the elderly

2015/7/1 ‒2016/6/30¥10,000,000

S SpaceFinding ways to continue long-term support and rehabilitation for children with developmental disabilities who were affected by the nuclear accident 2015/7/1 ‒2016/6/30¥8,290,000

Kokoro no Kakehashi Iwate

Using IT to implement a training and self-reliance program for local mental health aid workers

2015/7/1 ‒2016/6/30¥9,177,000

Workers' Coop

Nemareya Local Life-Sharing Salon

2015/9/16 ‒2017/7/31¥7,554,000

Ishinomaki Future Support Association

Coordination support to build a structure for cooperation in Ishinomaki among government agencies and NPOs specializing in disaster prevention

2015/10/1 ‒2016/9/30¥9,682,016

AsagaoCreating a new model for transportation aid in Soma and Minamisoma

2015/10/1 ‒2016/9/30¥2,631,984

Ishinomaki Sports Shinko Support Center

Operating the HANA-So community café for community development in the Kazuma area of Ishinomaki

2015/10/1 ‒2016/9/30¥6,921,000

SAVE IWATE

Sustaining and building community through festivals and performing arts in the Unosumai area of Kamaishi

2016/1/1 ‒2016/11/1¥4,598,000

NPO Hourai

Psychological recovery and community action against harmful rumors

2016/1/1 ‒2016/12/31¥7,818,560

MinpukuStrengthening aid activity networks

2016/1/1 ‒2016/12/31¥6,952,802

Médicins du Monde Japon

We Will Not Forget: Continuing psycho-social care in Fukushima

2016/4/1 ‒2016/6/30¥1,984,960

Ibasho Souzou Projects

Supporting formation of new local communities and building systems to welcome new residents of public disaster housing

2016/4/1 ‒2016/11/30¥3,111,000

Kanagawa Hinansha to Tomoni Ayumu Kai

Aid for community formation among evacuees to rebuild livelihoods

2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥6,823,427

Kodomo Mugen Kanpani

Local development to bring up children as a community

2016/4/1 ‒2016/6/30¥1,612,588

ShalomPromoting public awareness activities about children s rights and life

2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥9,989,170

ShinseiSupporting prevention of isolation among evacuees with disabilities through person-to-person connections

2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥8,003,600

SwitchFuture-oriented internship matching for young people in Ishinomaki (Phase 4)

2016/4/1 ‒2016/6/30¥2,460,196

TsudoiRebuilding residents capacity for community welfare and continuing to make places to belong in the transitional period of recovery in Otsuchi 2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥8,334,800

Nijiiro Kureyon

Building communities that nurture children in public recovery housing and group relocation areas in Ishinomaki and Sendai, Miyagi

2016/4/1 ‒2016/6/30¥996,000

Fish Market 38

Revitalizing the Karakuwa area and supporting fishermen by strengthening organizational foundations

2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥5,347,080

Food Bank Iwate

Food aid and aid to disaster victims in financial need2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥3,750,000

Fukko Minasan Kai

Forging bonds among people planning to enter public recovery housing, and between public recovery housing and the surrounding areas 2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥2,511,000

Yume Net Ofunato

Aid to give disaster victims a sense of meaning in life

2016/4/1 ‒2017/3/31¥9,591,798

Ri plus

Local health supporter project

2016/4/15 ‒2016/7/14¥1,495,460

Cannus Tohoku

Aid for minds and bodies in the Ojika Peninsula District

Monetary donations:¥7,227,626,514(including ¥40,137,895 in FY 2016)¥302,550,000

including¥30,000,000 in
FY 2016)

Subsidies through the
Living Together Fund:

Subsidies to
JPF member NGOs:¥1,500,350,153¥4,423,798,214(including ¥65,344,522 in FY 2016)(including ¥0 in FY 2016)

Note: The amounts shown for subsidies and JPF project expenses are the original amount of the budget for each project less the unused funds which werereturned (the total sum returned was ¥1,127,254,370 as of March 31, 2017). Returned funds are included in Funds to be used in the future.

Appeal for Donations
We ask for your support as we continue our activities to speed recovery. We have two accounts, one for
Dedicated Aid to Fukushima and another for General Aid to Tohoku, including Iwate and Miyagi.

Dedicated Aid to Fukushima
Information for donating by bank transfer

providing aid to disaster victims in Fukushima

Account Name:Bank name:Branch:Bank Address:
Swift code:
Account Type:Account No.:

Amount of grant

Note: Projects are listed in the order in which they began operating.

Project operating
expenses:

including¥106,441,238 in
FY 2016

through the Living Together Fund.

List of funded projects in progress in fiscal year 2016

¥484,349,977¥517,511,456

Donations will be used to finance projects
Community aid addressing diverse living environments

Funds to be used in the future:

JPF coordination andmonitoring projects:¥933,286

Occupational Aid

Coordination Support

Expenditures: ¥7,265,386,174

TOKUHI JAPAN PLATFORM
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Head Office (001)2-7-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8388 JapanBOTKJPJT
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General Aid to Tohoku, including Iwate and Miyagi
As well as financing projects providing aid to
disaster victims in Fukushima through the Living
Together Fund, donations will be used for all of
JPF s activities, including strengthening local
systems of recovery aid through cooperation withlocal coordinating agencies in Miyagi, Iwate andFukushima, dealing with particular challenges suchas poverty, and inspection of JPF s aid to victims of
the Great East Japan Earthquake.

Information for donating by bank transfer
Account Name:Bank name:Branch:Bank Address:
Swift code:
Account Type:Account No.:TOKUHI JAPAN PLATFORM
Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Head Office (001)2-7-1, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku,
Tokyo 100-8388 JapanBOTKJPJT
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1354054

Note: A portion of donations to both Dedicated Aid to Fukushima and General Aid to Tohoku, Including Iwate and Miyagi will be applied toadministrative expenses.
No more than 10% of funds donated will be used in this way, and we will work to keep expenses to a minimum.

We are also accepting donations online.
http://www.japanplatform.org/E/programs/east-japan.html

JPF Great East Japan

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