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Iโd like to put aside our usual humor for the greeting and acknowledge the enormous disaster that befell Japan on March 11th. First and foremost, our thoughts go out to victims and survivors in affected areas. We also salute the many personnel mobilized to the region, including members of Red Cross, the Self Defense Forces, policemen and other rescue units. As many friends and readers of the Japan Beer Times know, I spent roughly three weeks in the disaster area shortly after March 11th, working first as an interpreter, then increasingly as a coordinator for relief supplies. With each passing day, the numbers of volunteers steadily surged, reaching several tens of thousands by early May and the Golden Week holidays. Meanwhile, individuals and aid organizations from all over Japan donated cash and goods in staggering amounts. It was a compassionate response to a tragedy of staggering proportions. And the struggle is likely to continue for years. I was encouraged to see craft beer bars and breweries in Japan among the first to organize charity events, some of them just days after March 11th. The community spirit of craft beer no doubt inspired such a robust response. Craft beer bars further south went a step further by ordering kegs from Tohoku breweries unable to sell their normal volume because of depressed local economies. I hope such cooperation and assistance between breweries, bars and drinkers continues. We decided to delay the publication of Japan Beer Times, originally scheduled for release in late April. We felt we should include a feature covering some of the best breweries in Tohoku, then time the release to coincide with Spring in Tohoku. It was the least we could do, and as we continue to try to identify needs during the reconstruction, we will do more. Craft beer unites us. So can compassion and a continued spirit of volunteerism. Cheers. Ry Beville |
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In this Issue:
Water, Water Everywhere
Destination Sapporo
Hopping to San Francisco
Beer Roundup (Spring 2011)
Scrawlings (Spring 2011)
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