After quake, Japan helps tornado-hit US

[AsahinaKimi]

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Japan said Tuesday that it would deliver blankets to victims of tornadoes that swept through the US South, repaying some of the gratitude for US help following its own earthquake and tsunami.

Japan will offer 10 million yen (125,000 dollars) worth of blankets and plastic sheets for people left destitute after last week's tornadoes that killed some 350 people, a Japanese embassy official said.

In a statement, Japan's foreign ministry said that visiting official Chiaki Takahashi offered the assistance to US Deputy Secretary of State Jim Steinberg "who expressed his appreciation."

The US military mounted a round-the-clock relief effort after Japan on March 11 was struck by one of history's worst earthquakes, which left 25,536 people dead or missing.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110503/wl_asia_afp/usweathertornadojapandisasteraid

[Samantha]

1. This so damn touching

Thank you for posting.

[Poll_Blind]

3. I'm glad I'm not the only one that got kind of choked up reading that.

Really, things like this give me hope that at least in some ephemeral way, people do realize we are all one family.

PB

[WillyT]

2. The Way The World Should, and Sometimes Does, Work

:grouphug:

:kick: & Rec !!!

[stevedeshazer]

4. Thanks.

Good post.

[Art_from_Ark]

5. Japanese blankets are very high quality

Very warm and comfortable.
http://www.rakuten.co.jp/futon/437512/457951/