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The video shows the very ground of the affected areas in the south of Japan, Kyusyuu island where 5.5m of rain fell in just 6 hours on 7th July 2017 .This type of unprecedented and trenchous weather is becoming a norm recently and people are expected to deal with the damages without much of support for volunteers who tire themselves for the relief work.

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Illustrations for NGOs in Japan who operate cranes and big winching machineries to remove huge debris and broken houses, after big earthquakes and flooding.　日本財団の災害緊急チームの方から個人的な依頼で描いたイラスト。

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From Odaka, Ko-oriyama, Fukusima.神々と人との交流、そして地元への誇り。

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神々と復興の為奮闘する人間との交流。The exchange between the men and their local gods, during all the effort of reconstruction process.

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Sketches from Minami-Soma, Fukushima prefercture.南相馬での野馬追祭りの様子。展示会に向けての習作群より

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The pages are available for iPad read from Internazionale!

http://www.paperlit.com/php/sharing/landing.php?p=internazionale&i=2017-04-06&page=90&

http://www.paperlit.com/php/sharing/landing.php?p=internazionale&i=2017-04-06&page=91&

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イタリアのニュース雑誌、インテルナッツイオナーレの4月に載った漫画ルポの日本語版です。福島県大熊町出身の木村紀夫氏の活動についての取材です。木村氏は東日本大震災の津波により父親の王太郎さん、妻の深雪さん、そして次女の汐凪さんを亡くしました。大熊町は隣接する双葉町と同様、帰宅困難区域に編入されています。当時は高度の放射能汚染の為、��方不明者の捜査は十分になされませんでした。汐凪さんの遺体はずっと見つからず、木村氏は一時帰宅が開始されてから、避難先からの往復１０００キロ以上の道のりをこなし、ご自分の捜索を継続されています。現在は支援者の方々が増え、ご遺体の一部も発見されましたが、ここまでかかった６年近くの時間は簡単には語れません。表面的に対応しているだけで、決まりごとの中でしか動かない行政、復興に取り残されている人々、忘れ去られてゆく犠牲者、木村氏はそれでもここから何かを学び、これから生きていく上で何が必要なのか、語ってくれました。木村氏は所謂東京電力からの賠償金を受け取っていません。寄付だけでご自分の活動を継続しています。https://www.facebook.com/miyamanoyuki/?pnref=story　　

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A reportage about the aftermath of Fukushima disaster that was published with the Italian news magazine Internazionale in April 2016. This is about Mr Norio Kimura, a young father from Okuma town of Fukushima prefecture that is still within so called ‘Difficult to Return Zone’(roughly 10km from the damaged plant). Mr Kimura lost his father, wife and youngest daughter by the tsunami in 2011 and the body of his daughter, Yūna, couldn’t’t be discovered. He continued the search pretty much on his own, that went on for 5 years and 9 months and finally found the remining of his daughter in his home town that is still too radioactive to live. Mr Kimura’s search is still to continue.

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Some previews of my reportage over the KUMAMOTO earthquake which happened in April 2016. 熊本地震についてのルポのイメージをいくつか。

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Some sneak preview of my reportage over Japan’s KUMAMOTO earthquake which happened in April 2016.　熊本地震についての漫画ルポのシーンをいくつか。

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熊本地震から写真を何枚か。日本の様な先進国でも一旦大きな自然災害が起きると立ち直るのにいかに時間がかかるか。表面上では取る繕えても、見えにくい部分、コミュニティー崩壊が起こったり人間関係がバラバラになったり再構築するのが大変なんです。行って見ないと分からない事が本当に多い。Some photos from the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake. I was again struck by the immense damage natural disasters can do to cities and towns of a developed country such as Japan, and how difficult it is to reconstruct the broken communities and revive local economy.On surface we can make things look fixed but anyone’s livelihood is based upon a synthetic of different things such as local pay rate, jobs, and human relations.

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Remember, Japan was inflicted by another series strong earthquakes in 2016? On14th and 16th April there were M6.5 and M7.3 shakes rattled the KUMAMOTO prefecture, South island of Kyuushu, Japan. I worked there as a volunteer and made strong connection with Green Coop Federation which is heavily involved with humanitarian relief work in the region. The Federation is the members association for Japan Consumers Cooperative ( Japanese Co-op). And they commissioned me to make posters and pamphlets about their works in cartoon style.平成28年４月１４日と１６日に起きた熊本地震においてボランテアとして赴いている間、生協の労働組合組織であるグリーンコープさんと繋がり、一緒に活動させて頂きました。そのグリーンコープさんの今までの活動とこれからの仮設住宅の見守りも含めた内容を漫画に纏めて欲しいと依頼を受け、ポスターとパンフレットを製作させて頂きました。

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I was interviewed by one of the national newspapers in Japan, Asahi Shinbun regarding my current comic book project over the aftermath of the tsunami and nuclear accident of 2011.It was during my last visit in April this year to Tokuun Tanaka the chief priest at Dokeiji, a Buddhist temple in Odaka area, previously within the vacation zone. 利己的な宣伝のように感じて気が進まなかったのですが、せっかくなので投稿します。６月１日付の朝日新聞夕刊に、現在の創作活動について取り上げて頂きま した。南相馬市小高区、同慶寺、田中徳雲住職を訪れた時に取材を受けました。筆が遅くて申し訳ありません。これからもっと精進して行きます。 http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201606110015.html

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Some lessons in terms of how fragile what we use everyday. Cars need lots of things to just run it. Not just petrol, but they need roads too.

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Reflections over the earthquake in Kumamoto, south of Japan.Huge aftershocks still going.The situation seems changing.Keep calm.熊本の被害の全容が見えてきたな��、浅い経験と合わせて描いてみました。しかし余震の続く被災地では今だ緊張が続いている。

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Ishinomaki is a port city where more than 4,100 residents either died or went missing by the 2011′s tsunami.I made a good bond there with a local NGO which invented a new car sharing technique to solve transport shortage after numerous cars were destroyed.This strips is a commissioned piece by the same NGO informing their particular ‘car sharing’ methods designed to deal with emergency and disaster.I can only show the first 2 pages.

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Rebuilding of hearts　日本語タイトル‐遺構の先にあるもの（日本語訳）。震災遺構と呼ばれたいくつかの建造物たち。主に南三陸町の防災対策庁舎に関しての考察です。