Remembering the Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami in 2024

11 March 2024 marks the 13 year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. Our charity who supported the orphans of the tsunami disaster closed last year, however, we are still in touch with the orphans and their … Read More

Aid For Japan Memories

In 2023, Aid For Japan announced that after their 12-year anniversary event and a final outing at Doki Doki Japanese Festival in Manchester, the charity would close. To mark the decision, we have created a special Memorial Page for the … Read More

Our final Doki Doki Manchester Japanese Festival – Summer 2023

Our final outing as a charity coincided with the final Doki Doki Manchester Japanese Festival this year. The charity and the festival have grown up together, and so coming to a close together was a bittersweet feeling. Incredibly, over the … Read More

Eternal New Mornings – Japanese independent cinema

We are very proud to present the Japanese independent film 『有り、触れた、未来』Ari Fureta Mirai or Eternal New Mornings (English title) directed by Toru Yamamoto this summer at Doki Doki Japanese Festival in Manchester. The film is about the importance of community … Read More

12 Years On From The Disaster And Our Closing Charity Event

Twelve years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake and the charity held its final anniversary event to mark the occasion on 11th March 2023 at the London Metropolitan Archives. It was warming to see familiar faces there, like … Read More

KENJI stores fundraise for Aid For Japan

Over the festive holiday season in December 2022, the super-cute Japanese retail store KENJI ran a raffle and prize draw to fundraise for our charity. The raffle included soft toy plushie giveaways and the lucky winners received a copy of … Read More

Aid For Japan 2022 : The Year In Review

A year in charity work… Every year, Aid For Japan marks the day the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami struck Japan. To commemorate the anniversary for 2022, Aid For Japan staged a special event that combined a showcase for … Read More

Christmas 2022 presents posted

To wish the orphans and their carers a Merry Christmas we sent them British biscuits in the shape of Scottie dogs. We also wrote them Christmas cards in both English and Japanese wishing them well for the New Year. This … Read More

Maria-chan’s Summer Trip to England

In Summer 2022 the charity team welcomed Maria-chan from Japan to the UK. We even managed to fit in a dream trip to Disneyland Paris! Maria-chan’s primary reason for visiting England was to take part in a Vidal Sassoon Academy … Read More

Doki Doki – The Manchester Japanese Festival 2022

The return of Doki Doki Festival to Manchester after the pandemic hiatus proved hugely successful. The Japanese themed stalls were bustling with pundits and there was food, music, cosplay and more, all related to Japanese culture. As with previous years … Read More

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