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Showing posts with label Japan earthquake. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan earthquake. Show all posts
Sunday, March 11, 2012
Japan Remembers March 11th Tohoku Earthquake
Friday, July 29, 2011
Lady Gaga Promotes Japan
Japan has recruited Lady Gaga to promote and spread the word that much of Japan is safe for visitors. Japan is still recovering from March’s devastating earthquake and tsunami, but has now stepped up efforts to draw foreign travellers back to Japan. The Japan National Tourism Organisation (JNTO) efforts include online videos of race car drivers, ice skaters and other celebrities like Lady Gaga urging travellers to visit the country. In an online video shot before a benefit concert in Tokyo in June, Lady Gaga says “I can’t say enough to people all over the world that the majority of Japan … is very safe”.
The northern summer months are vital to Japan’s foreign tourism industry with the nation traditionally reporting some of its highest tourist numbers in July and August. As part of its effort to lure visitors before the northern summer ends, the JNTO recently posted online the radiation levels for down town Tokyo that the tourism group says are lower than in tourist destinations such as New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The JNTO has been focusing its efforts on showing people that Japan is safe for travel and that it’s business as usual in Tokyo and most other major cities in Japan.
You can read more here about Is it Safe to Travel to Japan
The northern summer months are vital to Japan’s foreign tourism industry with the nation traditionally reporting some of its highest tourist numbers in July and August. As part of its effort to lure visitors before the northern summer ends, the JNTO recently posted online the radiation levels for down town Tokyo that the tourism group says are lower than in tourist destinations such as New York, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The JNTO has been focusing its efforts on showing people that Japan is safe for travel and that it’s business as usual in Tokyo and most other major cities in Japan.
You can read more here about Is it Safe to Travel to Japan
Lady Gaga Promotes Japan as a Safe Destination
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Monday, July 18, 2011
Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games Bid
Tokyo on Saturday formally announced its bid to host the 2020 Olympics. Japan’s Olympic Committee sees the bid as a symbol of Japan’s determination to recover from the devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Tokyo, which hosted Asia’s first Olympics in 1964, lost out to Rio de Janeiro in the race to host the 2016 Olympics. The 1964 Tokyo Olympics was where Japan was able to show the world how much Japan had recovered from the disaster of the second World War. The Olympic Committee wants to make the 2020 games a similar symbol of recovery from the major disasters Japan has recently suffered.
What do you think? Is this games bid a vital component to Japan road to recovery?
The Real Ninja, Amazing Facts about the Ninja
What do you think? Is this games bid a vital component to Japan road to recovery?
The Real Ninja, Amazing Facts about the Ninja
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Saturday, July 16, 2011
Virtual Dinner in Tokyo’s A.R.T Gallery
Australian artist SHAN is hosting a virtual dinner party in Tokyo’s A.R.T Gallery, with the aim of exploring possibilities for Japan’s future in light of the recent devastating earthquake and tsunami. Twenty Japanese guests will sit down to a three-course dinner prepared by Maggie Beer as we look on through a live internet feed. Though we won’t be able to taste the food at the party, we can join in on the conversation; a live Twitter feed will allow participants to ask the guests questions. The guests will range from Governor Ishihara, the Governor of Tokyo to Ms. Rio, a night club dancer. You can view the full Guest List at the link below.
The live event will take place on Sunday July 17th at 6pm AET, at shan.net.au
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Other ways you can help the disaster relief effort in Japan
The live event will take place on Sunday July 17th at 6pm AET, at shan.net.au
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Other ways you can help the disaster relief effort in Japan
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