We would like to express our sincerest condolences and sympathy to the people affected by the Tohoku Pacific Ocean earthquake on March 11, 2011.

We deeply appreciate for all the heartwarming support from the people of Thailand and the international communities, and are most thankful for the messages, e-mails and phone calls that many of you have sent to us.

We hope that we can find the recovery paths immediately. We will overcome this tragedy in close cooperation with the people of Japan and people of all over the world, and maintain and enhance the international cultural exchange and international relationship.

We have launched the JF-Tohoku message board project, and we welcome your heartwarming messages whether they are in the form of written messages, cartoons, pictures or video clips. Please send them through JFBKK facebook [http://www.facebook.com/jfbangkok] or send via email japanletter@jfbkk.or.th and we will put them on our website www.jfbkk.or.th and convey them to the people of affected area.

For more information please contact 02-260-8560~3.

Dr. Katsumi Kakazu
Director General
The Japan Foundation, Bangkok