Beady Eye Play in Front of Japanese Flag to Raise Money for Japan

The Rock Group, Beady Eye played tonight (3rd April) at the 02 in Brixton in London. They appeared in concert at the Japan Disaster Benefit, this was in aid of the British Red Cross Japan Tsunami Appeal.

The disaster benefit concert has already raised over £150,000 for the British Red Cross charity. Beady Eye closed their set with 'Across The Universe' by The Beatles played in front of the Japanese flag.



To donate to the appeal through the Beady Eye link, click - http://www.redcross.org.uk/japantsunami/?approachcode=68764_japanbeadyeye



Beady Eye is Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock. You can find out details about their debut album at http://www.bit.ly/hoxlT1 - also see
http://www.beadyeyemusic.com/

See: http://twitter.com/#!/Beady_Eye

Japanese Flag - Seven Countries Skyscraper Towers to Light Up Red and White

The Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand - Will be the first tower to light up

Eight Skyscrapers from seven countries are to show solidarity and pay respects to Japan in a special event on Monday 4th April, 2011. Eight skyscrapers have agreed to light-up in the colors of the Japanese Flag (Red and White). Each of the towers will illuminate in the red and white colors from sundown in their respective countries.
*CN Tower, Toronto, Canada
*Olympic Tower, Montreal, Canada
*Macau Tower, Macau,
*Menara KL, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia,
*Sky Tower, Auckland, New Zealand
*North Tower, Seoul, South Korea,
*Spinnaker Tower, Portsmouth, England, UK
and *John Hancock Observatory, Chicago, USA,

Japan has been rocked in the past month with an earthquake which has lead to a Tsunami and a near nuclear meltdown. Repairs following the earthquake are estimated at $300 Billion, or 6% of the annual Gross Domestic Produce of Japan.

The event was initiated by the owners of New York's Empire State Building. Anothony Malkin a Spokesperson for the New York Empire State Building Company said "On April 4, the Empire State Building tower lights will shine for Japan which is desperately in need of the world's support and financial assistance. We are proud that buildings around the globe have agreed to join our efforts to raise awareness for earthquake and tsunami relief in Japan."

Serbians Make a Japanese Flag with their bodies

This story is another heart-warming story about how nations are rallying in support of Japan, following the recent devastating earthquake and Tsunami.

The old saying "what goes around, comes around" seems to apply here. The Japanese Government have been helping the recovery of Yugoslavia following the Balkans war, through donations since 1999.

The people of Serbia wanting to do something formed themselves into the shape of a Japanese flag, see the image below:


Since 1999, the Japanese have donated more than 200 Million Euros to help rebuild Serbia. Belgrade citizens have donated 2.5 million Euros to Japan to help with the restoration effort.

To see the fuller detailed story visit - http://globalvoicesonline.org/2011/03/23/serbia-returning-gratitude-for-the-japanese-donations/





In case any of you were wondering what the Serbian Flag looked like, here it is:

10,000+ Indonesians Support Japan Tsunami Victims

An amazing 10,000+ Indonesians have supported Japanese Tsunami victims through the creation of a giant Japanese Flag.

Inventively, the flag has been created by the palm prints of the Indonesian well-wishers. A giant whiteboard was erected outside the Japanese Embassy in Jakarta on Sunday. Vistiors then dipped their hands in red dye and eventually thousands of people later the Japanese Flag was created.


Many celebrities such as the Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, Kojiro Shiojiri, contributed, as well as Indonesian humanitarian activists, such as the famous Kuntoro Mangkusobroto.

A flag palm print painter at work.

When completed the flag was handed over to the Japanese Ambassador to Indonesia, as a sign of goodwill. Receiving the flag, the Ambassador Kojiro Shiojori said "Thank you very much, I appreciate it very much, I am very moved and excited by your support, and I will transmit your message to our people in Japan straight away. Thank you very much.”

In what was a great act, it is good to see the people of Japan and Indonesia working together in this way.