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March 7th, 2013

Women Changing India exhibition is presented in Tokyo at the Indian Embassy

“Women Changing India” photography exhibition will be held at the Indian Cultural Centre in Tokyo from 15th till 22nd of March.
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Nina Helleboid Ibrahim

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December 19th, 2012

An organic cotton project in Fukushima

20 employees from BNP Paribas Japan travelled to Iwaki, Fukushima prefecture, last November to spend a day on an organic cotton farm, as a part of the Iwaki Organic Cotton Project. [...]

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Daniel Boyd

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June 5th, 2012

An Educational Project Honours Survivors in Japan

The 3.11 Portrait Project is a cultural and educational initiative aimed at remembering and honouring the victims and survivors of the catastrophic events that took place in Japan in March 2011. As its name suggests, it involves portraits of the survivors of the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami. [...]

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Tomoyuki Shirado

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October 20th, 2011

“La Caravane” trip with French and Japanese chefs

15 members of staff took part in a BNP Paribas supported “La Caravane” trip with French and Japanese chefs to provide French food to people living in temporary housing in Tohoku… [...]

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Daniel Boyd

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August 8th, 2011

Second Japan staff volunteer trip to the Tohoku region

28 BNP Paribas staff from Japan took part in the second Tohoku volunteer trip to help in the recovery effort. The group took the last train to Tohoku on July 27 and spent two days in Rikuzentakata city and Oshima island in Kesennuma, some of the cities most affected by the tsunami disaster last March. [...]

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Daniel Boyd

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July 7th, 2011

Japan staff volunteer in the Tohoku region

26 members of staff joined the first BNP Paribas Tohoku volunteer activity from June 22 until June 25. After an overnight bus ride the group arrived in one of Japan’s most affected areas, Minamisanriku. The tsunami came inland as far as 4 kilometres, leaving devastation on a shocking scale. [...]

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Daniel Boyd

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March 25th, 2011

Japan: Mobilizing our forces to help crisis victims

On 11 March 201, A 9.0 magnitude earthquake and devastating tsunami struck the north-east coast of Japan. Thousands of lives have been lost, many more remain unaccounted for and families have been rendered homeless. Survivors facing aftershocks, cold weather and food, water and fuel shortages need help to cope with their nation’s worst crisis in [...]

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