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Grassroots Responses to the Tohoku Earthquake of 11 March 2011: Overcoming the Dichotomy between Victim and Helper
This article discusses how to overcome victim/helper dualism and highlights how Soka Gakkai members responded in the aftermath of the March 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan.
Photo credit: Signboard created by Kenichi Kurosawa featuring the words “Keep going, Ishinomaki!” (Ganbaro! Ishinomaki), April 2011 © Seikyo Shimbun