the tokyo korean school decided to invite students from sendai to its cultural festival. kim and his friends write a message on the huge korean fan saying that they wanted their performance to bring happiness to survivors of the disaster. in late september, kim and three other members went to sendai. >> translator: i'm a little bit nervous. my japanese isn't so good, so i don't know if i can communicate my feelings. >> reporter: the choir teamed up with a choir from a junior high school. >> translator: i am honored to have this great chance to sing with you all. kim gave the choir the fan they have made. ♪ ♪ >> reporter: the two choirs selected a song by japanese folk singer. the song is famous in japan as a message of encouragement for loved ones. ♪ >> translator: i was so moved, the students from the korean school showed that they cared about us. and they encouraged us. >> translator: i hope we'll be friends from now on. >> translator: i was able to sing with them, with all my heart. i would like to keep contributing, like visiting places devastated by the disaster. >>

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more than 1,400 people were stranded at sendai airport in miyagi prefecture for three days following the tsunami. the guidelines advise airports to work out an evacuation plan and assist passengers to the terminal or other buildings in the event of a tsunami. they also call for airport operators to stockpile food and blankets in secure places. the guidelines say airport authorities should direct passenger aircraft to terminals when the aircraft are waiting to take off or after they land. but the guidelines also allow pilots to go ahead with the takeoff, depending on the situation. airports are expected to serve as hubs for rescue activities and transport of emergency relief goods. airport officials are also advised to resume operations for emergency aircraft within three days of a disaster by making plans in advance to clear away wreckage and restore electricity. >>> some of the best of this year's big screen offerings are playing in the japanese capital. the 24th tokyo international film festival is now on. it is not all glitz and glam. this year, the event is also about giving. nhk

he lived in sendai until he graduated from high school. after the march 11th earthquake and tsunami, he lost his ability to make films. but his creativity returned when he saw the constructive way disaster victims are reacting to their plight. >> translator: in his new documentary, he's recording facial expressions of people going about their daily lives. >> translator: when i think about what i can do now, well, making documentaries is about all that's left. >> reporter: the tsunami seemed to carry off iwai's creativity. after he saw what happened to his home town, he couldn't cope with his emotions. >> translator: the town and all its residents used to be there. there's not much left of the community now. but it doesn't mean it's the end of everything. towns and people are gone, but actually, they are still there. no, we shouldn't say they are gone. i feel that we didn't lose anything in the disaster. >> reporter: one day, iwai came across a message on twitter. a plea from a young girl suffering unrequited love. she wanted help finding t

on the left-hand side is sendai airport. on the other side, any japan. this is a bird's-eye view of what the tsunami looked like -- so as approximately 2:45 p.m. in the afternoon, what we now know is that a 20-meter way -- wave hit the prefecture', ands in the course of that, located approximately 125 miles off the coast at a depth of about 20,000 feet, the eurasian plate and the pacific plate came in contact with each other. pressures had been building up since the 17th century. and in the release of that energy displaced a very large volume of water, which resulted in a a 60 meter wave traveling at the speed of an airplane. 2:45 in the afternoon, kids were in school. parents were at work. immediately be had a humanitarian situation where families were displaced. this was a 9.1 magnitude earthquake that change to the tilt of the earth's axis. for those that were in tokyo at the time, they experience, as you would expect, a severe shock. the buildings held up. the architecture and engineering held in place. there were provisions in place for tsunami. of

. >> reporter: the remains of send sendai's industrial complex at the city's port. constant reminder of the damage caused by the march 11th tsunami. destroyed. of the more than 100 businesses here. among them, a cardboard factory. 44-year-old hireno suzuki worked here in a contract for a transportation company. he operated the forklift and moved around rows of paper. the factory shut down after the sunni hit. the transportation company was forced to lay off workers. suzuki lost a job he'd held for 22 years. >> translator: at first i thought we would work again, but after six months the factory hasn't even started its repairs. my former colleagues and i are anxious to work there again. that would be the best option for us. the plant intends to reopen for business. the tsunami damage forced it to scale down its operations. the factory monitor hopes to protect his own workforce, but subcontract workers such as suzuki could stay laid off. >> translator: building a new factory from scratch would cost about $92 million. without support from the government it will be tough

. >> reporter: the remains of sendai complex. constant reminder of the damage caused by the march 11th tsunami. most of it was destroyed. over 100 businesses here. among them, a cardboard factory. this 44-year-old worked here, for a construction company. he operated the forklift and moved around rolls of paper. the factory shut down after the tsunami here. the transportation company was supposed to lay after workers. suzuki lost his job he held for 22 years. >> translator: at first i thought we would work again, but after six months, the factory hasn't even started its repairs. my former colleagues and i are anxious to work there again. that would be the best option for us. >> reporter: the plant -- the tsunami damage forced it to scale down its operations. the factory manager hopes to protect his own workforce, but subcontract workers like suzuki could stay laid off. >> translator: building a new factory from scratch would cost about $92 million. without support from the government, it will be tough to rehire workers. >> reporte

on the left-hand side is sendai airport. on the other side, any japan. this is a bird's-eye view of what the tsunami looked like --

he lived in sendai until he graduated from high school. after the march 11th earthquake and tsunami he says he lost his ability to make films but his creativity returned when he saw the constructive way disaster victims react to their plight. >> reporter: in his new documentary he is recording facial expressions and words of people going about their daily lives. >> translator: when i think about what i can do now, well, making documentaries is about all that's left. >> reporter: the tsunami seemed to carry off iwai's creativity after seeing what happened to his hometown he couldn't cope with his emotions. >> translator: the town and all its residents used to be there. there's not much left of the community now. but it doesn't mean it's the end of everything. towns and people are gone, but actually they are still there. no, we shouldn't say they are gone. i feel we didn't lose anything in the disaster. >> reporter: one day iwai came across a message on twitter. it was a plea from a young girl suffering unrequieted love. she wanted help find

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