Hideo Watanabe, Program Officer of ADRA Japan reached the affected area of Fukushima.



Hideo left the office in Harajuku at 14:00 (JST) of March 12 for the northeastern part of the country by road. He has seen the roads being collapsed and cracks along the way but the recovery work is also underway.


He reached SDA Church in Fukushima city just before 21:00 (JST).
Within 30 minutes, he visited the prefectural head quarters of disaster control, getting feedback on the situation on the ground.

For a safety reason, Hideo is staying overnight at Fukushima city and will be headed to Miyagi tomorrow morning (March 13).


Based on the information collected at Fukushima as well as the one which will be gathered once he reaches in Miyagi, ADRA Japan will determine our further response and assistance carefully.

We will keep updating the reports from the assessment by our staff members in this blog.



We are very grateful for your continuous support and understanding to our responses to the affected area.

We are accepting your donations through credit cards, bank transfer and postal transfer.



[Credit card]

The website is in Japanese.


[Bank transfer]

Bank name: The Bank of Mitsubishi Tokyo UFJ (0005)
Branch: Omotesando (133)
Account number: 1956381
Swift code: BOTKJPJT
Account name: ADRA Japan

Please mention [Tohoku jishin] or [Emergency], in addition to your name.
Should you require the receipt, please also mention your address, phone number, the date and the amount transferred.


[Postal transfer]

Account number: 00290-2-34169
Account name: ADRA Japan
Please mention [Tohoku jishin] or [Emergency], in addition to your name.
Should you require the receipt, please mention so.