Assisting Reconstruction through Photography—Nikon's Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Support
Nikon believes that the power of photography will encourage the disaster victims and become one of the driving forces toward recovery. Through photography, Nikon is organizing activities in support of the Great East Japan Earthquake reconstruction.
Photo Book Project for Junior High School Students
This project grants junior high school students in the disaster-stricken areas the opportunity to experience photography. Nikon expects the project to help junior high school students share various feelings with others and to encourage them to use their own individual strength to aid the reconstruction effort.
In co-operation with: Recovery Assistance Media Team of NPO Visual Media Producers Association and SanDisk Limited
Nikon Plaza Sendai
Nikon Imaging Japan Inc. opened the Nikon Plaza Sendai to serve as a base station for reconstruction support.
The Nikon Plaza Sendai is a complex facility. It provides a multi-purpose space at no cost to the people of the Tohoku region and it also houses an on-site service center for the repair and maintenance of imaging-related devices.
Participating in the SMILE TOHOKU PROJECT
Nikon sponsors the SMILE TOHOKU PROJECT, an undertaking presided over by three newspaper publishers in the three prefectures of northeastern Japan blighted by the disaster. The project aims to promote more smiles in the northeastern region of Japan, delivering their smiles nationwide.
Other Activities
- Support for 10-Year Restoration Project of the Coastal Forests of Tohoku Region by OISCA Japan
- Sponsoring the Sendai Tanabata Festival
- Holding Photo Classes for Photographic Clubs of High Schools
- Support for CIPA Photo Aid: Connecting the Past and Future through the Power of Photography and Imaging
- Support for the Project to Restore Your Memories by the Japan Society for Social Service
- Support for "Messages for Our Children- 3/11: a New Beginning" Exhibition Held in Australia by the Recovery Assistance Media Team
- "Remembrance 3.11: a series of photo exhibitions and symposiums" at Nikon Salon
- Support for the UNICEF Photo Exhibition of the Great East Japan Earthquake
- Yahoo! JAPAN "3.11 The Earthquake Disaster and Recovery Photo Exhibition" at Nikon Salon bis
- Support for the Portrait Photos of Family Members Standing out for Recovery Project
- Holding Outdoor Class for Students of a Elementary School in Fukushima