Tsutomu Nambu
Born in Hokkaido. Joined Daido Life Insurance in 1976. In 1992, started volunteering to help foreigners living in Japan learn Japanese. Through this volunteer work, he met Japanese-Canadians. He left the company in 2011. Currently, he continues to do various volunteer work while working at the Miyagi Prefectural Government. He lives in Sendai City.
(Updated February 2013)
Stories from This Author
The first screening of "Tohoku New Moon" will be held in Sendai!
April 28, 2016 • Tsutomu Nambu
On March 20, 2016, nine days after the fifth anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, we, a group of volunteer citizens, held a screening of the documentary film "Tohoku's New Moon" produced by Linda Ohama in Sendai. The film was completed at the end of February. Linda came to Japan on March 7 with a Blu-ray containing the film. She chose Sendai as the location for the premiere. At 9:00 a.m. on the day of the screening, as the …
Declining population casts a shadow over reconstruction efforts
May 27, 2015 • Tsutomu Nambu
March 11th marked the fourth year since the earthquake. It's slow progress, but the affected areas are steadily moving towards recovery. Land is being leveled for mass relocation sites. Public housing is being built for disaster victims. Shops and factories are being repaired and rebuilt. Railways are being restored. Businesses are being restarted. Though the pace differs, you can sense the city's revival in the ever-changing scenery of everyday life. However, if we look closely at the progress, we see …
The current situation of the victims and the government
March 10, 2015 • Tsutomu Nambu
On February 14, 2015, just before the fourth anniversary of the disaster, I visited one of the victims. His name is Katsuhiko Okubo (74). He lives in a rented public housing unit prepared for disaster victims. At the time of the disaster, Okubo was living in the Arahama area of Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai City. A tsunami of about 9 meters hit the area, which is a popular swimming beach in the summer. Okubo's house, which he built five years ago …
Helping with the Quilt Project
Feb. 4, 2013 • Tsutomu Nambu
1. The nationwide exhibition is coming to an end December 30, 2012. On this day, a quilt exhibition was being held in Otsuchi Town, a coastal town in Iwate Prefecture that was devastated by the tsunami. There were only two more exhibitions left in Japan. The reconstruction support project using Kids' Message Quilts sent from all over Canada, proposed by Linda Ohama, was also reaching its final stage in Japan. It had been a year and a half since the …
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