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<h3>Fukushima International Media Village</h3>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt; background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% white;"><b style=""><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 10pt;">Message regarding establishment of &quot;Fukushima International Media Village&quot;</span></b></p>
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<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">To those who have been affected by the Great East Japan Earthquake, I express my deepest sympathy.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The  3.11 calamity has caused tremendous damages to East Japan: disasters  not only from the earthquake, but also those arising from the tsunami,  nuclear power plant, and misleading information.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">3 months has passed since the incident, yet in many of the disaster stricken areas, restoration is hardly progressing.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>People  have not been able to move from the emergency shelters to the temporary  housing facilities because self funding their costs of living (fees for  food and utilities) present a challenge. Isolated elderly people have  no choice but to live in their half destroyed homes, been unable to live  in emergency shelters or temporary housing facilities.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Those who lived close to the nuclear power plants continue to be displaced.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">What  is required of us now is &quot;rationale judgment&quot; (based on the current  situation and risks) and each individual immediately &quot;taking action&quot;  based on what they can act upon.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>I believe that  these will generate a &quot;chain of actions&quot; that would drive the revival of  Fukushima Prefecture, the Tohoku region, and all of Japan.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">On  June 10, 2011, members with aspiration of &quot;What can I do? Act rather  than contemplate!&quot; have joined efforts to position Iwaki-city, an area  struck by the four devastating consequences of earthquake / tsunami /  nuclear power plant / misleading information, as the &quot;center of  information distribution&quot; and established the &quot;</font><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Fukushima International Media Village</span><font color="#000000">&quot; within the city-run Nagamachi Park (4-64 Uchigo-mimaya-machi, Iwaki-shi, Fukushima Prefecture).</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">The size of Iwaki-city is twice that of the total floor area of all 23 wards of Tokyo.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The center of Iwaki- city is located approximately 50 km away from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>However,  since the Northern tip of the city falls within the 30km radius of  Fukushima Daiichi, people consider the entire city as a &quot;danger zone.&quot;<span style="">&nbsp; </span>The  rumor that &quot;Iwaki-city is dangerous&quot; spread quickly, and has caused  serious damage not only to the flow of material to and from the city,  but also to the product marketability of agriculture, fishery, and other  industries.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">Accurate information about the disaster and its impacts are rarely available.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>This has triggered the spread of rumors, and has led to immense damages.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>This problem is not only about cities surrounding the nuclear power plant.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>This relates to all of Japan, as we witness many instances where the world now views all of Japan as a dangerous area.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>Such misleading information continues to cause harm.</font></span></p>
<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">For international journalists to send accurate and live information to the world, the </font><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42);">Fukushima International Media Village has been established to support their activities and provide information.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We will plan and host events, forums and seminars as an initiative driven by the </span><font color="#000000">disaster stricken areas to send information out to the world.<span style="">&nbsp; </span>We  seek understanding and support from everyone, and will strive together  to restore Fukushima Prefecture, the Tohoku region Japan, and all of  Japan.</font></span></p>
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<p align="left" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left; margin: 0mm 0mm 12pt;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"><font color="#000000">June 2011</font></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-size: 10pt;">Leader<span style="">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; </span>Masao Ogino</span><br />
<p><a href="http://fukushima-news.com/">http://fukushima-news.com/</a></p>