about the reconstruction support, “Oyster Owner Program”
Activity report
Currently, September 12, 2011
We have passed material to 272 Sanriku oyster farmers.
The total amount of aid materials (oyster seed, boat, rope, truck, anchor, etc)
is 92,387,170yen
Thanks to oyster owners, we can work on support for Sanriku oyster farmers.
Sponsors
■Japan Oyster Association
■World Oyster Society
Support from media press
| May 27th, 2011 | The project was featured in Miyane-ya on Yomiuri TV |
| May 24th, 2011 | The project was featured on FLASH magazine (Kodansha), June 7th, 2011 edition (released on May 24th, 2011). |
| May 24th, 2011 | The project was featured on the Asahi Shinbun news paper |
| May 23th, 2011 | The project was featured in News Watch 9 on NHK |
| May 22th, 2011 | The project was featured on Yomiuri Shinbun newspaper |
| May 19th, 2011 | Phone interview with Morning Gate on FM Niigata |
| May 19th, 2011 | The project was featured on Living Sendai |
| May 18th, 2011 | May 18th, 2011: The project was featured in Bloomberg's domestic news as the article, “‘Miyagi Oyster’was Wiped Out by the Tsunami, Impacting Nationwide Aquaculture—Affecting France as well” |
| May 18th, 2011 | The project was featured in “Toward Reconstruction—Direct Support from Common People Spreading” on Ohayoh Nippon, NHK. It was also featured on NHK radio (7:20pm during news). |
| May 17th, 2011 | The project was featured in “News Morning Satellite” as “Supporting Reconstruction through Social Fund” on TV Tokyo. |
| May 12th, 2011 | The project was featured in “World Business Satellite” as “Featuring Social Business.” |
| May 12th, 2011 | Showed up in the studio for “Love Connection,” on Tokyo FM. |
| May 11th, 2011 | Phone interview with“Synapse” on Tokyo FM |
| May 6th, 2011 | The project was featured in Discover Japan's June issue(p. 149) |
| April 28th, 2011 | The project was featured in Kahoku Weekly Sendai |
| April 28th, 2011 | The project was featured in Nikkei Shinbun newspaper (Northern Japan ver.) |
| April 24th, 2011 | The project was featured in Sendai Kappo's May issue (Released on May 5th) as an article, “Things We Can Do Now." |
| April 24th, 2011 | The project was featured on “excite news.” |
| April 23th, 2011 | The project was featured on Kahoku Shinpo Kolnet news. |
| April 21th, 2011 | The project was featured on Super News, Fuji TV |
| April 20th, 2011 | The project was featured in Minato Shinbun's newspaper |
| April 13th, 2011 | The project was featured in Maikomi Journal |
| April 5th, 2011 | The project was featured in Sendai Keizai Shinbun's newspaper |
| April 4th, 2011 | The project was featured in Hokkaido Shinbun's newspaper. |
| April 4th, 2011 | The project was featured in Sankei Shinbun's newspaper. |
| April 3th, 2011 | The project was featured in Sankei news. |
| March 30th, 2011 | The project was featured in in Yahoo! News. |
| March 29th, 2011 | The project was featured in IT media. |
News
| June 6th, 2011 | Support for Hirota Bay, Iwate Prefecture On June 6th, We provided funds for producers in Hirota Bay to buy used ships and ship parts. |
| June 4th, 2011 | We bought oyster seeds for Akasaki, Oofunato. June 4th: We bought oyster seeds of crassostrea nippona for a producer group in Akasaki. |
| May 27th, 2011 | We made PDF flyers. . The flyers include an overview of the project, please print them out and distribute! |
| May 22nd, 2011 | As the second step of the project, we bought 1,000 sets of oyster seeds for Karakuwa, Kesen’numa on May 22nd and 23rd. We also bought them from the local area, Higashimatsushima, Miyagi. |
| May 19th, 2011 | We sincerely apologize for the delay in sending them out. We are going to ship them from May 20th for those who applied between March 26th and April. We appreciate your patience. |
| May 17th, 2011 | We donated 1,000,000 yen (approx. US $10,000) to Shigeatsu Hatakeyama,the CEO of “The forest is the ocean’s love” activity in Sanriku Karakuwa. |
| May 11th, 2011 | We updated FAQs regarding the influence of Fukushima nuclear plant. |
| May 7th and 8th, 2011 | We provided oyster seeds to Masanori Hatakeyama in Sanriku Karakuwa and other groups. |
| April 13th, 2011 | We have been visiting producers in various areas since last week. |
| April 5th, 2011 | We Made a banner link for the project support |
| April 2nd, 2011 | Introducing encouragement from those who are supporting the project and became “Fukko oyster” owners. |
| March 30th, 2011 | We posted the map of oyster-producing areas affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake. |
| March 26th, 2011 | “First Oyster Reconstruction and Affected Area Support Conference” will be held in Grand Central Oyster Bar, Marunouchi, from 2pm. Donation boxes will be placed on that day. |
| March 26th, 2011 | We created “Sanriku Oyster Owner System” website for this Oyster Reconstruction project. |
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