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Tag: Miyagi Prefecture

Posted inEnglish, Entertainment, Film & TV

‘The Wind Phone’ Screens Sunday at JFFLA

by Michael Culross 08/15/201908/19/2019

By MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS Rafu Arts & Entertainment When actress Megumi Kabe was gathering research for her role in “The Wind Phone,” an avalanche of emotion came from an entirely unexpected source. A Japanese TV commercial, based on the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated large swaths of Japan’s northeastern coast, posed questions that have […]

Posted inCommunity, English, Featured, Japan Earthquake News

‘We Welcome You with Smiles’

by Mia Nakaji Monnier 05/08/201205/21/2014
Posted inColumnists

SENIOR MOMENTS: Quake/Tsunami Fundraiser in the Valley

by Phil Shigekuni 03/17/201204/19/2022
Posted inEnglish, Japan Earthquake News

Students from Tohoku to Participate in L.A. Marathon

by Rafu Reports 03/16/201203/28/2012
Posted inCommunity, Japan Earthquake News

Local Leaders Express ‘Love to Nippon’

by Rafu Reports 03/14/201203/20/2012
Posted inEntertainment, Japan Earthquake News

Benefit Screenings of ‘Pray for Japan’ on Wednesday

by Rafu Reports 03/13/201203/23/2012
Posted inCommunity, English, Japan Earthquake News

SFV JACC to Commemorate Japan Disaster

by Rafu Reports 02/27/201203/28/2012

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