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Here’s another \u00a0Fukushima update from JET alum Brent Stirling<\/strong>, one of the\u00a020 Tohoku region JET alumni selected by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) to return to their town<\/a>\u00a0to both engage in volunteer efforts and also help document and share what\u2019s going on there.<\/p>\n Click here to read other\u00a0Return To Tohoku<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0updates on JETwit. \u00a0You can also check the JETAA USA website post (\u201cJET Alums Return to Tohoku\u201d<\/a><\/strong>) for additional information.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n Fukushima<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n By\u00a0Brent Stirling<\/a>\u00a0(Fukushima<\/a>-ken, Fukushima-shi, 2006-10)<\/strong><\/p>\n It\u2019s been almost a year since the Great East Japan Earthquake and almost six months since I returned to Fukushima and this will be the first thing I have posted about it since my week long adventure into the place I called home for so long.<\/p>\n I have agonized over the writing of this for months now. \u00a0While in Fukushima, I learned, saw and felt so many new things. \u00a0The main feeling I came away with after having been there was one of inspiration. \u00a0The people in Fukushima, foreigners and Japanese, were all so very inspirational. \u00a0The vigor that they put into the community there and how they defend and care for Fukushima and it\u2019s reputation was nothing short of remarkable.<\/p>\n I\u2019ll be honest, while I did go back to Fukushima on the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs\u2019 dime, my main motivation for going back wasn\u2019t …..<\/p>\n