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This is a weekly headline round-up of the posts titled [Japan after Quake] on our Facebook page.

[Dec. 5] Sole surviving pine tree and symbol of Japan’s post-tsunami hope is dying.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/8935112/Sole-surviving-pine-tree-and-symbol-of-Japans-post-tsunami-hope-is-dying.html

The solitary pine was the only tree out of a forest of 70,000 to survive the impact of powerful tsunami waves as they swept across Takata Matsubara forest in Rikuzentakata, northeast Japan.

[Dec. 7] Japan town embraces volunteer who stayed after tsunami.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-volunteer-20111207,0,5243032.story

Chizuru Nakagawa has worked 18-hour days to help rebuild Ogatsu since the March 11 quake and tsunami. But instead of just donating weekends, she moved there.

[Dec. 8] It was a “double tsunami” that struck Japan.

http://www.tokyotimes.co.jp/post/en/2796/It+was+a+double+tsunami+that+struck+Japan.html

The tsunami that hit Japan on March 11 was created by the merging of at least two wave fronts that resulted in a destructive “double tsunami”, scientists from the United States said.

[Dec. 9] ‎9m-tall Christmas tree placed at tsunami-stricken site, Iwate pref. eases victims.

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/life/photos/111208/trd11120815430018-p1.htm

Meiji University brought the tall and bright tree to Ofunato city, Iwate.

[Dec. 10]  Message to u from the people of Japan: “We Will Always Remember You. Thank You”

http://en.rocketnews24.com/2011/12/10/a-message-to-you-from-the-people-of-japan-we-will-always-remember-you-thank-you/

A group of people from Tohoku have created a video with the hope of conveying a simple message to all of you around the world who sent your love, prayers, donations and words of encouragement: Arigato.

[Dec. 11] Officially recognized Santa from Finland visits children in 3.11 tsunami stricken area 🙂

http://www.iwate-np.co.jp/hisaichi/h201112/h1112081.html

Hope Santa would make happy as many children as possible 🙂

[Dec. 11] Japan quake and tsunami propel charity focused on orphan care.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-japan-orphans-20111211,0,7870183.story

Yoshiomi Tamai, 77, is the founder and president of Ashinaga, a Japanese nonprofit that for years has assisted orphans created by the world’s disasters. But the March earthquake and tsunami in Japan presented the group with its biggest challenge yet.

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