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Translating a book "Gone with Tsunami", about a firefighter at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011

by Noricco Toyoda
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Translating a book "Gone with Tsunami", about a firefighter at the Great East Japan Earthquake and Tsunami 2011

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  • NHK news on 11 March

    https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/ataglance/1981/ Thanks for your support! The e-book (vol 1 of 2) was published on Kindle to the world on 11 March. This crowdfunding is still on as the expe... Read more

  • Proofreading completed!

    Thanks to David and Kate, all the text was proofread by English native speakers. Now, I will check again if the corrected sections are still in the same meaning as the original Japanese text. I will ... Read more
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    Thank-you email from Seietsu Sato with the downloading link to the cover page
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    Delivery Estimate: 31 March 2022
  • For early birds

    ¥3,000 support

    The above, as well as Seietsu Sato's autograph (to download) and your name to be included in the acknowledgement of the book. Please note that if we receive your name later than 15 Feb, it might be postponed to Volume 2 which will be published on 5 December 2022.
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    Delivery Estimate: 31 March 2022

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    The above returns (including a name in the acknowledgement), as well as sending the thank-you message from Seietsu Sato by post.
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    Delivery Estimate: Posting the thank-you message by 30 April 2022, others to be emailed by 31 March 2022

  • ¥10,000 support

    The above as well as a Japanese original book. https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4600006283
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    Delivery Estimate: Posting the book by 30 April 2022, others to be emailed by 31 March 2022

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    The above as well as the name to be included in the "special thanks" page.
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    Delivery Estimate: Posting the book by 30 April 2022, others to be emailed by 31 March 2022

  • ¥300,000 support

    The above, as well as Seietsu Sato free lecture anywhere in Japan. (Transportation fees might apply.)
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    Delivery Estimate: Posting the book by 30 April 2022, others to be emailed by 31 March 2022. The date of the lecture shall be discussed.

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    The above + Seietsu Sato lecture
    (Transportation and accommodation fees might apply.)
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    Delivery Estimate: Posting the book by 30 April 2022, others to be emailed by 31 March 2022. The date of the lecture shall be discussed.

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    Thank you email from Seietsu Sato and English book cover (download link)
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  • For early birds

    ¥3,000 support

    The above as well as Seietsu Sato's autograph (downloadable link) and your name in the acknowledgement part of the book. Please understand that he name might be in the 2nd volume in case the name does not reach us too late for the 1st volume.
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    The above as well as posting Seietsu Sato's autograph by mail.
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  • ¥10,000 support

    The above as well as the Japanese original book with his autograph (printed book posted by mail)
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  • ¥100,000 support

    The above as well as your name in the special thanks space in the book.
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  • ¥500,000 support

    The above + Seietsu Sato's lecture in or outside of Japan
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Noricco Toyoda

The Challenger, Noricco Toyoda, Associate Professor at Niigata University of Health and Welfare, has been actively working for the realisation of a truly global and multicultural society.
She met Seietsu Sato, a firefighter during the Great East Japan Earthquake via a conference where he gave a lecturer. He saved thousands of lives, while he could not save his beloved wife. After two years of silence, he suddenly realised his mission as a Kataribe and has been telling what really happened in order not to lose any more lives.
The mission of Kataribe (English): https://youtu.be/iIesLVQnHd0
Japan-America Society of DFW: https://youtu.be/2U6OjXTrA5c
The book was published by him, a letter to his wife with a collection of rescue records in the Japanese language, which I believe should be in English to deliver to the world. This is my, or our challenge.

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