<p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">As you will have seen, on Friday the 11^th March, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, the sixth largest ever recorded, struck the east coast of Japan followed by a 10 metre-high tsunami. </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;">The death toll </span><span style="font-style: normal;">currently stands at </span>12,300 with 15,000 more unaccounted for <span style="font-style: normal;">and entire communities wiped out. There is a limited supply of food, water and power in the affected area, as well as an ongoing threat of nuclear radiation leakage. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-style: normal;"><br /></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Within Wapping, London, there is a small Japanese community and we have decided to help in our own small way. Hence we have put the Japanese mums of Wapping into action to prepare some home cooked Japanese food and children's events for a Japanese Charity Day to be hosted on the 10^th April. Since starting to plan this event, we have been overwhelmed by the support we have received from all we have spoken to.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The plan is to hold a small family day in Wapping Gardens (please see the map in the photo section) with a selection of Japanese foods, a raffle, jumble sale and children's activities. There will also be a short Japanese performance.</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Please come along and enjoy the day with us. The aim is to raise one thousand pounds to be given to the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami appeal. Please follow our site on facebook for more details of the day. </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">http://www.facebook.com/?sk=lf#!/event.php?eid=181046608608453</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Please help by making a donation through this site. Many thanks on behalf of the organisers:</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Richard and Asami Hughes</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew and Masayo Stephenson </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Kenro and Takako Yoshimura</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Matthew and Masumi Dungey </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Akiko Kikuchi</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Colman and Tomoko Murray </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Bartosz and Mariko Stasiuk</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Stephen and Rie Costin </span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Yumiko Fischer&nbsp;</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Shinobu Wan</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Henry and Keiko Chung</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Colin and Noriko Scanes</span></span></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Restaurant Manpukutei<br /></span></span></p>