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From 11 to 16 March 2025, AMDA organized emergency-response activities for the wildfire victims in northern Japan’s Iwate Prefecture. The relief work was conducted in two stages, both of which consisted of supply distribution.
 
On the morning of 11 March, AMDA dispatched one coordinator to Ofunato City where a massive wildfire broke out on 26 February. Although it had already been contained, over 100 houses were affected by the extensive fire and as many as 2,000 people had been forced to evacuate. By working closely with local partners and authorities, the first batch of relief goods (daily necessities

The team of acupuncturists from AMDA Japan Headquarters completed its mission on 1 October after having worked in flood-stricken Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, starting on 28 September. 

The mission focused on supporting the carers and staff members of local nursing facilities by offering acupuncture therapy. This is because carers themselves had been affected by the flood disaster while taking care of their nursing home residents. 

On the morning of 27 September, AMDA dispatched two acupuncturists to flood-stricken Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, on the Noto Peninsula. 

AMDA has a track record of incorporating acupuncture into its emergency relief activities. The therapy is well received by evacuees at evacuation centers where both mental and physical stress take a toll on them.

Since their arrival in Wajima on 27 September, the two have started offering acupuncture treatment in several nursing homes and welfare facilities.

On 23 September, AMDA has sent one coordinator and one nurse to flood-stricken Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, located on the Noto Peninsula in Japan’s northern coast. 

AMDA had kept an eye on the region’s weather conditions ever since a climate warning was issued for heavy rainfalls on 21 September. 

As of now, the rain has caused major flooding in the

As of 3 February, a total of 387 people have been taking refuge at Wajima Junior High School, the biggest evacuation center in quake-hit Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture, where AMDA’s relief team has been carrying out medical relief. 

The school used to house approximately 800 people during the peak period. AMDA has sent 45 relief workers to the school thus far, and took care of well over 600 patients in total. 

On the afternoon of 1 February, both the evacuees and aid

On 29 January, AMDA held a press conference to provide an update on the ongoing relief efforts in response to the Noto peninsula earthquake at Okayama International Center near AMDA Headquarters in Okayama, Japan.

Dr. Takushi Sato, the head of AMDA Japan, and coordinator Akira Onishi, AMDA’s emergency relief chief, explained the current situation in quake-hit Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. Elaborating on AMDA’s relief work that began on 2 January, the two stressed the importance of continued assistance based on the assumption that a significant amount of time

On 23 January, AMDA’s eighth relief team joined the advance team at Wajima Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in quake-hit Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. 

An additional medical team from Suwa Central Hospital (AMDA’s disaster-relief partner) also joined forces with the AMDA team on the same day.

Now that three weeks have passed since the earthquake struck, the number of evacuees has dropped to 456 people in total at the shelter, which is 100 less than that of the peak

On the morning of 22 January, AMDA’s eighth relief team left for the quake-hit city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture. 

The eighth team is made up of two groups of aid workers. This means the personnel from AMDA Headquarters in Okayama (one doctor, one nurse, and one coordinator) will later be joined by two nurses in Kanazawa, Ishikawa’s prefectural capital, before arriving in Wajima the next day.

As of 21 January, a total of 457 people have been taking shelter at Wajima Junior High School, an evacuation shelter where AMDA has been carrying out relief work for the past few weeks.

On 12 January, AMDA conducted the assessment to determine the evacuees that urgently required cardboard beds at Wajima Junior High School, an evacuation shelter in quake-hit Wajima, Ishikawa Prefecture. A pair of doctor and pharmacist spent 12 hours going around the shelter to grasp who needed them, and managed to cover about 2/3 of the three-story school building. Plans are also underway to provide cardboard beds to every single evacuee in the course of time.