A Los Angeles hiker group with the name of “Walk and Talk” send the relief fund directly to victims at an elementary school in Mashiki Town, Kumamoto Prefecture soon after the April 2016 earthquake in Kumamoto. This story is featured…
Address Correction: Kumamoto Kenjinkai, c/o Mr. Yoshikuni Okita 19135 South Poseidon Ave, Cerritos, CA 90703 . The Government of Kumamoto Prefecture is currently taking donations to help those affected by the earthquakes that started on April 14. Donations will be…
People from Kumamoto and Japanese organizations in Los Angeles are striving for collecting donation to send to the victims of the Kumamoto Earthquake. Fundraising event “Love For Kumamoto in LA” will be held at a business entity in Gardena by…
Two major earthquakes in Kumamoto, center of Kuryu region, on April 14 and 16 forced over 180,000 people for seeking shelters and left a total of 49 people dead. As of May 15, roughly 87,000 buildings had been recorded as…
May 8, 2016 – After two major earthquakes struck the city of Kumamoto and its vicinity areas in Southern Japan on April 14 and 16, numerous aftershocks are continuing and tens of thousands people are still forced to stay at…
Cultural News editor and publisher Shige Higashi accomplished the fact-finding tour of Kumamoto Earthquake from April 29 through May 3. With helps of Ms. Miki Futagoishi, Ms. Emi Kakinoki, Mr. Junya Futagoishi, Toshihiro and Noppawan Iida, Mr. Kei Fukunaga, Mr.…
Cultural News sponsors Kumamoto Earthquake Emergency Meeting for Japanese Speaking People in Los Angeles on Friday, April 22 at 7:00pm at the Southern California Gardeners’ Federation, 333 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90013. The Consulate General of Japan…
On April 17, Kumamoto Prefectural Police Headquarters leased 41 names of the Kumamoto Earthquake Victims, and announced a body found at a burned apartment in Yatsushiro- city was still unidentified. The total casualty as of April 17 reaches to 42.…