Ganbatte Japan

[erinfinnegan]

頑張って (がんばって, ganbatte) - according to jisho.org "hold on; go for it; keep at it". It can also mean "Do your best" "try your best" or even "Do the right thing!"

I saw this picture of a tiny cat on a wall escaping the tsunami and created two hopeful internet messages for Japan:

Comments

[neocloud9]

That is one hardcore kitty cat, yikes!

[gothic_hamlet]

I'd also suggest donating to animal rescue funds as well! Especially since these types of groups don't receive as much local or foreign aid as others.

http://www.worldvets.org/
http://www.arkbark.net/?q=en/node/2901
http://site.americanhumane.org/site/MessageViewer?em_id=35344.0&dlv_id=0++

[gothic_ham]

Apparently the earthquake happened right before the release of earthquake survival game Zettai Zetsumei Toshi 4 (localized here as "Disaster Report"). Just noticed your mention of all the earthquake-related media - I guess it's a familiar danger in Japan.

So apparently it's officially being called the "Tohoku Earthquake"? That's what the wikipedia page lists it as. Makes sense to me, but I haven't heard anyone call it that on the news or anything.

Anyway, I've mainly given to the Red Cross, which I highly recommend to people who haven't given anything yet. You can just send a text and instantly donate $10. It doesn't get much easier than that.

[erinfinnegan]

I dunno, I heard text messages take longer to process as donations, and the Red Cross has been criticized lately for what percentage of their donation goes where you think it's going. So I'm sticking to the Japan Society.

In any case, maybe some blogs I read call it the "Tohoku Earthquake"? I mean, if the Kanto Earthquake was in Kanto and the Kobe Earthquake was in Kobe...? But I also saw it on Wikipedia as such.