Recent News

May 11th 2012 – INJM is renovating its own HQ (which was also damaged  last year) and we are keeping numbers low for the moment. We will be  restarting normal operations soon!

March 13th 2012- Jamie has contributed to an ebook all about the disaster of last March. It contains several essays all very well written, and is definitely worth reading for anyone who has an interest in life in Japan post 3/11

March 13th 2012 – Have you been following Jamie’s vlog (video log) entries on YouTube?  Check out INJM’s “Volunteer life” series of videos on YouTube.

March 3rd 2012 – INJM has been featured in The Japan Times “Alternative labor helps Ishinomaki rebuild”!

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!

INJM events

May 6th 2012 – Hai & Jess, two INJM volunteers organized a fund raising BBQ in Setagaya with proceeds going to INJM. Here is their FB page. Thanks guys!

April 12th 2012 – Valerie Hwang and her friends from Hyogo Prefecture, raised over 150,000 yen for INJM with a bake sale in Fukusaki town. They were featured in the Kobe Shinbun! Thanks so much Valerie and Co. You guys are awesome! Here is their FB page.

Mar 30th 2012 - The charity event ‘Red Dragon’ at the Crawfish in Tokyo, raised 86,100 JPY for INJM projects. A big thank you to all the bands and Andy Kinlay (Kinlay Band) for organizing it all!

Mar 11th 2012 – “Rhyming Gaijin” (Matthew), an INJM volunteer, broke the Guinness World Record for longest free-style rap. That’s more than 13 straight hours! He and his team also raised over 130,000 JPY towards INJM projects!  Here is the FB page. Thanks so much guys!

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!! 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

May 2012 – INJM’s very own community project “Tsuna Cafe” is well under way and showing great results. Check out this page for more details!

March 5th 2012 – We are happy to present our very first INJM  Newsletter. We hope to update you every two months on our ongoing efforts!

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.