Recent News

Jan 28th 2012 – Our media department (Jamie) has been hard at work making videos! Check out the INJM YouTube channel to see what we’ve been up to!

Jan 23rd 2012 – We have two guest bloggers who have written very nice articles about volunteering with INJM. You can check them out over on our blog.

Jan 17th 2012 – Jamie has updated his blog with a link to a really good short documentary on life in Ishinomaki after the Tsunami. Please have a look!

Jan 9th 2012 – Thanks to all the people who joined us over the winter break. We had around 30 people with us every day. Today was our most quiet day since mid December, there were only  10 people with us. Well deserved day off tomorrow!

Jan 1st 2012 – INJM features on the BBC One Breakfast show. Video here!

Dec 31st 2011 – We have applied for a grant from the Japan Disaster Relief Fund – Boston for our project “Tohoku Business Revival”. Keeping our fingers crossed!

Dec 25th 2011 – INJM will be working throughout the holiday season thanks to all our motivated volunteers. Please come join us for a what promises to be a very unique Christmas!

Dec 1st 2011 – Our Donation Wishlist page is up. Please help us help others!

INJM events

Feb 20th 2012 – INJM charity gig in Tokyo was a roaring success. We raised over 400,000 JPY for our projects! Big thank you to Joe, his band and everyone who turned up!!

Feb 11th 2012 – Joe Kern and his band “The KeepTogethers” will be holding a charity gig for INJM at The Crawfish in Tokyo. Here is their Facebook page.

Dec 24th 2011 – FreeTohoku‘s “Let Them Eat Cake” Christmas party for Ishinomaki kids was a great success. Thanks to all the INJM volunteers who helped out. And thanks to FreeTohoku for being such an awesome group to work with. Some pictures from the event are here.

Project updates

Feb 2012 – We are launching several new projects aimed at fostering communities living in temporary housing units. More details soon!

Jan 2012 – INJM has been volunteering with the lovely people of Funakoshi, making charms and helping out the fishermen. We are still looking for funding sources for the fishing community!

Read more about our current projects here.