Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Welcome to Second Harvest Japan!
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2HJ Comic - School Food Drive
A cartoon artist, Roberto De Vido, created a comic about the students at Seisen International School having food drive. (Visit Roberto’s site here.)
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Second Harvest Japan’s Comics!
A cartoon artist, Roberto De Vido makes comics of 2HJ’s daily opearations. (Visit Roberto’s site here.) You can learn what is going on at 2HJ by reading comics!
We will keep adding more titles here. So, don’t forget checking our latest updates!
No. 6 - School Food Drive
No. 5 - San’ya Delivery
No. 4 - Food Drive
No. 3 - Costco Run
No. 2 - Four men 30 minutes?
No. 1 - Food Package Making for Disaster Area!
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
2HJ in the Media
In 2012
June 1 - NHK’s Tohokuho Shutoken, a national TV station’s documentary program, will feature 2HJ’s food banking!
May 9 - Eiyou to Ryori, a Japanese food magazine, covered 2HJ’s food bank symposium in its June edition!
May 6 - The National Government White Paper Covers 2HJ’s Disaster Relief!
May 2 - Asahi Shinbun Newspaper Chiba Edition covered Second Harvest Japan!
May 1 - Ohayo Okusan, a Japanese magazine for housewives, covered Second Harvest Japan.
Apr 25 - Fukushima Minyu Newspaper reported 2HJ’s peach can delivery to Fukushima.
Apr 18 - Koumei Newspaper covered Second Harvest Japan!
Apr 11 - Mainichi Shimbun Newspaper Featured Seccond Harvest Japan!.
Mar - Taito Ward Office in Tokyo covered Second Harvest Japan in its volunteer information magazine, Wasshoi.
Mar 25 - ACCJ Journal, a trade magazine by the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan, featured Second Harvest Japan in its April issue. It’s on page 12.
Mar 17 - China Radio International covered Second Harvest Japan: 12 months after the Tsunami. You can find CEO McJilton talking from 2:45 of the video.
Mar 13 - Nikkei Shimbun Newspaper Covered Second Harvest Japan!
Jan 18 - 2HJ PR Officer Rumi Ide got interviewed by Tokyo Shinbun Newspaper! Here is the article in Japanese.
Jan 13日 - Yamanashi Shinpo Newspaper covered Second Harvest Japan! The newspaper came to interview CEO Charles McJilton at his public speaking event held by Food Bank Yamanashi.
In 2011
Dec 3 - 2HJ PR Officer Rumi Ide got interviewed on InterFM Green Station.
Nov 28 - A Japanese magazine, 25ans, featered 2HJ’s disaster relief.
Nov 7 - A Japanese cable TV channel J-Com interviewed 2HJ PR Officer Rumi Ide.
Oct 30 - 2HJ volunteers appeared on NHK Tokai when distributing food in the disaster area.
Oct 24 - 2HJ CEO Charles McJilton and PR Officer Rumi Ide got interviewed on CBC radio.
Oct 16 - 2HJ’s PR Officer Rumi Ide was interviewed on a radio program, J-WAVE LOHAS SUNDAY.
Sep 26 - MUJI’s website featured 2HJ.
Aug 10 - A Japanese design magazine, Casa BRUTUS covered 2HJ.
Jun 25 - A Japanese magazine, Croissant, covered 2HJ.
May 25 - A Japanese newspaper, Kahoku Shinpo, covered the story of a Japanese lady’s efforts to send allergy-friendly food to the disaster area in Japan. The story mentions Second Harvest Japan as a transportation-aid organization. Here is the translation.
Apr 1 - The Japan Times featured Second Harvest Japan’s disaster relief efforts. Go to Japan Times - “Second Harvest rallies support for Tohoku.”
Mar 31 - CNNGo covered Second Harvest Japan’s disaster relief efforts. Go to CNNGo - “Tokyo’s first food bank mobilizes for earthquake and tsunami victims.”
Mar 30 - The Corbett Report, an online news media, interviewed 2HJ Executive Director Charles McJilton about our disaster relief efforts in Northeast Japan. Listen to the podcast here.
Jan 10 - CNN covered Second Harvest Japan. Go to CNN - “Redirecting unwanted food”.
In 2010
Sep 18 - Second Harvest Japan is awarded by Mainichi Shimbun newspaper (sponsored by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and Japan National Council of Socialwelfare) for his contribution to improvement of the social welfare in Japan. The ceremony will be held in early October. Here is the article (in Japanese).
May 31 - Charles McJilton Interviewed by Allianz
This is an easy-to-understand FAQ style interview about 2HJ.
June 5 - Charles McJilton Interviewed on My Eyes Tokyo, Chuo FM
2HJ Executive Director Charles McJilton was interviewed on a radio program, My Eyes Tokyo, on May 29, 2010. The second session will be from 7 p.m. on June 5, 2010. Please tune in to listen to the interview! The interviews are in Japanese but you can read an English summary here.
2HJ is now on Twitter! Follow us in English or in Japanese.
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The National Government White Paper Covers 2HJ’s Disaster Relief!
The Ministry of Agriculture, Fishery, and Forestry (MAFF) issued the 2011 white paper on Japan’s food, agriculture, and rural areas. The white paper includes a story of Second Harvest Japan (2HJ)‘s disaster relief in Tohoku area.
This is available only in Japanese, but you can go to the paper here. 2HJ’s story is on page 12.
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/wpaper/w_maff/h23/pdf/z_1_toku1_2.pdf
The white paper contains the total of about 400 pages. If you want to view the whole document, you can download it from MAFF’s website here.
http://www.maff.go.jp/j/wpaper/w_maff/h23/index.html
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