KEN WATANABE - A Compassionate View: The decade since the Great East Japan Earthquake
On March 11, 2011, Japan was rocked by the Great East Japan Earthquake that tragically claimed the lives of more than 15,000 people. Since then, Actor Ken Watanabe has repeatedly visited the area, met more than 20,000 people, and heard their stories. Watanabe eventually opened a café in Kesennuma, a port city in Miyagi Prefecture, and has been working to help people connect and network throughout the disaster areas.

NHK documentary crews have continuously followed Watanabe on his visits to the region and have produced TV specials to mark the first, second and fifth anniversaries of the disaster. For the 10th anniversary, he returns again, and visits with a variety of people and finds out they have had surprising changes in their lives.

Discover the stories that Ken Watanabe reveals through his compassionate view over the past 10 years, and learn where people now stand on their way to recovery from the catastrophic disaster.
To mark the 10th anniversary of the disaster, Watanabe returns again, and visits with a variety of people
The girl still in her mother's belly at the time of the disaster is now 9 years old
An American brewer who moved to Kesennuma to make craft beer and support rebuilding the disaster area
The dairy farmer in Katsurao, Fukushima