A big THANK YOU from Iwate’s host towns to the world for their support in our reconstruction ~We are all, one world/ Light Up HOST TOWN Project~

For the third round of the “We are all, one world/ Light Up HOST TOWN Project”, the host towns of Iwate will publish a video for their partner countries and regions using a sketchbook to display messages of support, which will be posted on the host town exclusive website set up by the Cabinet Secretariat of Japan.

We have received an outpouring of support from around that world that reached many regions of Iwate Prefecture during the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami that occurred in March 2011. We will continue to broadcast our appreciation to the international community for their generosity.

Twelve municipalities in the prefecture will deliver their support messages to twelve countries and regions.
（As of March 1st, 2021）*In order of publish date:
[Ninohe x Gabon] [Kamaishi x Australia] [Tono x Brazil]
[Hanamaki x United States of America] [Otsuchi x Saudi Arabia] [Otsuchi x Taiwan]
[Noda x Taiwan] [Hanamaki x Austria] [Yahaba x Austria] [Kitakami x Serbia]
[Ichinohe x Paraguay] [Rikuzentakata x Singapore] [Yamada x Netherlands］
[Kuji x Lithuania］

【Video Messages from Host Towns】

Video Link:  https://host-town.jp/hosttown_message/en/

Video intro:
It will be a roughly 90 second video with a national anthem of each country or region playing in the background.

From Noda to Taiwan

From Kitakami to Serbia

From Ichinohe to Paraguay

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Iwate Prefectural Government
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Office of International Affairs
Iwate Prefectural Government
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