I visited Japan at the end of 2009 and absolutely fell in love with the country, culture and people and like so many others around the world, have found it very difficult taking in this awful news and all the images dominating our TV screens. In an attempt to educate myself a little more on all-things related to the rapidly changing situation concerning the safety of the Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant, a flukey Google search about the Chernobyl disaster of 1986 led me to Japanese rock duo Chage & Aska’s exceptionally moving 1995 music video, ‘On your mark’. As it happens, it was inspired in part by the awful events in 1986 and really must be seen by fans of Miyazaki and anyone touched by Japan’s current plight.
Our thoughts are with the people of Japan and all those affected by this devastating tragedy.