NZ quake victims' families arrive in Christchurch

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NZ quake victims' families arrive in Christchurch

Families of Japanese victims of last year's earthquake in New Zealand will attend a memorial service on the first anniversary of the disaster.

Monday, February 20, 2012 18:10 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120220_29.html

Quake victims' relatives arrive in N.Z.

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand--Friends and relatives of the 12 language school students killed in last year's Christchurch earthquake arrived at Christchurch Airport on Monday ahead of Wednesday's memorial service marking the one year anniversary of the devastating earthquake.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/national/T120220004612.htm



Families of Japanese victims in N.Z. quake arrive in Christchurch

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Kyodo) -- Families of Japanese victims in last year's devastating earthquake in Christchurch, New Zealand, arrived in the city on Monday to attend a memorial service on the first anniversary of the disaster.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/02/20/20120220p2g00m0dm138000c.html

Christchurch Host Family Will Never Forget Japanese Student

Christchurch, Feb. 20, (Jiji Press)--One year after a powerful earthquake devastated Christchurch, New Zealand, the host family of a Japanese student killed in the collapsed Canterbury Television building say her memory is still vivid and can never be forgotten.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2012022001091

 

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Re: NZ quake victims' families arrive in Christchurch

Mayumi Asakawa who was a student in the CTV building, has returned to Christchurch to ring the Peace Bell in the Botanic Gardens ceremony on Wednesday morning.

video .. http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/6451048/CTV-student-returns-to-ring-bell

 

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Families urge probe into NZ quake bldg. collapse

Wednesday will mark the one-year anniversary of the powerful earthquake near Christchurch, New Zealand, which took the lives of 185 people.

Tuesday, February 21, 2012 12:46 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120221_17.html

 

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Families remember NZ quake victims

Friends and relatives of the Japanese victims of last year's earthquake in New Zealand remembered their loved ones at a memorial ceremony in Christchurch on Wednesday.

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 17:05 +0900 (JST)
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/daily/english/20120222_30.html

Families, friends mourn for Japanese victims of Christchurch quake

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (Kyodo) -- Some 90 people from Japan were in Christchurch, New Zealand Wednesday for the first anniversary of a deadly earthquake that took the lives of 185, including 28 Japanese, according to the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/02/22/20120222p2g00m0dm024000c.html

A year on, Christchurch reflects on Feb. 22, 2011 quake

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- A year after 185 people died in a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that hit Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island on Feb. 22 last year, the city and country gathered Wednesday to reflect.

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/national/archive/news/2012/02/22/20120222p2g00m0dm100000c.html

Families Mourn Victims on New Zealand Quake Anniversary

Christchurch, New Zealand, Feb. 22 (Jiji Press)--About 90 Japanese who lost members of their families in the 6.3- magnitude earthquake that devastated Christchurch one year ago attended a memorial service Wednesday in the city on New Zealand's South Island.

http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2012022200498

Christchurch restaurant owner owes recovery to encouragement from Fukushima

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand -- A year after a large earthquake here killed 185 people, the Japanese owner of a local restaurant has reopened his business and vows to "support the (Japanese) reconstruction from here."

http://mdn.mainichi.jp/mdnnews/news/20120222p2a00m0na015000c.html
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http://www.facebook.com/pages/Samurai-Bowl-Japanese-Restaurant/160315464044958