Letter to the editor

I would like to express my appreciation and gratitude for your support last March 11, 2011 Earthquakes and Tsunami in Japan.

In view of this, I’m very glad to send you our Prime Minister of Japan’s (Mr. Naoto Kan) thank you message in expressing his deep appreciation and gratitude (KIZUNA) addressed to the whole world.

Once again, thank you so much for your continuous support for our country.

Sincerely yours,

Yoshiaki Hata

Consul

Thank you for the Kizuna (Bonds of friendship)

One month has passed since an earthquake of unprecedented scale struck Japan taking thousands of precious lives. Even today, evacuation shelters are still the only refuge for more than 150,000 people.

In the tsunami-devastated regions there was no food, no water, no electricity and the survivors had no communication. At that desperate time, people from around the world rallied to our side bringing hope and inspiring courage.

Every blanket and every cup of hot soup brought warmth and strength to the cold and exhausted who had lost everything. Rescue teams heroically searched for survivors in the heaps of broken rubble, while medical teams worked tirelessly caring for the injured.

We are still receiving a tremendous outpouring of encouragement, prayers and support from people worldwide. We deeply appreciate the Kizuna our friends around the world have shown and I want to thank every nation, entity, and you personally, from the bottom of my heart.

Reconstruction has already begun and we are putting every effort into stabilizing the situation at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.

Through our own efforts and with the help of the global community, Japan will recover and come back even stronger. We will then repay you for your generous aid.

With this in our hearts, we now stand together dedicated to rebuilding the nation.

As our feelings of deep gratitude to you grow into feelings of hope, we, the people of Japan, express our sincere thanks to you all.

 Naoto Kan

 Prime Minister of Japan