Thank You from Japan

**chadbag** · 02-09-12, 10:55

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http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v...QsYg&vq=medium

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**d90king** · 02-09-12, 11:17

Very moving! Japan really is a great nation, filled with great people who take great pride in their country. We should be proud to call them our friends.

**d90king** · 02-09-12, 11:18

Its really nice to see a story like this posted.

**jwfuhrman** · 02-09-12, 13:12

Good stuff. No thanks needed, we just did what was right.

**Eurodriver** · 02-09-12, 14:48

I have absolutely no problem helping the Japanese.

...but Turkey and Pakistan can stay buried next time for all I care.

**SteyrAUG** · 02-09-12, 14:54

Finally, some foreign aid that doesn't piss me off.

Thanks chadbag for posting this.

**SeriousStudent** · 02-09-12, 23:14

Arigato, Chad-san. Domo arigato.

**JohnnyC** · 02-10-12, 02:09

I went to Japan a couple months after the earthquake, I got many thanks, especially the farther north I went, simply for being American.

**chadbag** · 02-10-12, 02:16

Originally Posted by JohnnyC

I went to Japan a couple months after the earthquake, I got many thanks, especially the farther north I went, simply for being American.

We were there in September. Most of our 3 weeks we were in the Osaka area with day trips to Tokyo or further south. So we did not see any of the devastation or really meet the people who lived through it.

We stayed overnight one night with a friend who lives in Tokyo, whose husband works for a large cloud computing company and is in charge of the Asia operations. She told us their story of being in the earthquake etc but especially interesting was the response they got from the Japanese because they did not leave Tokyo afterwards. A lot of foreigners left for a while. The sheer number that bailed seems to have "offended" many Japanese. Our friend said they got lots of people coming up to them and thanking them for staying and not abandoning them. It was moving having her describe their experiences living through it. They are in Tokyo so only lived through the swaying buildings, electricity being out, and stuff like that. They did not live through the Tsunami. But to hear them describe it was interesting and moving none-the-less.

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**Honu** · 02-10-12, 15:31

very well done

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