Tag Archives: Red Cross

Fun Link(s) Friday: Kenketsu-chan

Posted on April 6, 2012 by LM

Like its US counterpart, the Japan Red Cross Society (日本赤十字社) also collects blood donations. Unlike in the US, each prefecture in Japan has its very own regional Kenketsu-chan (けんけつちゃん), a blood-donation (献血) mascot! Today I received a notice from the … Continue reading →

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Earthquake Relief

Posted on March 11, 2011 by LM

This is Leah Zoller, writing from Ishikawa prefecture. On Friday, 11 March 2011, at 2:46 pm JST, a magnitude 8.8 earthquake hit Miyagi Prefecture. There is extensive damage, flooding, and fires in Northeastern Honshu. A tsunami has hit the coast … Continue reading →

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