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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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... 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... Read More