Japan Earthquake: Message for/from Ghanaians

With regard to the 11th March, 2011 earthquake, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Family Links maintains a website to help restore contact between separated family members who were affected by the 11th March earthquake. The URL of the Family Links is: LINK.

The Embassy further wishes to inform all Ghanaians living in Japan to contact the Embassy for any assistance in case of emergency.

The contact details are as follows:
Ghana Embassy
1-5-21 Nishi Azabu
Minato -ku
Tokyo 106-0031
Japan
Tel: 03 5410 8631

Contact Persons
1. Mr Kwaku Totime
Charge d' Affaires
Tel 080 6619 5198

2. Mr. Bonaventure Adjavor
Minister-Counsellor
Tel: 080 4185 3666

l thank you for your usual cooperation in this very important matter.

Bonaventure Adjavor
Minister Counsellor
Ghana Embassy
Tokyo

Message from Ghanaians

Ghanaians who survived the most powerful earthquake to hit Japan on Friday write on their experiences

SUNDAY

• My Magnitude 9.0 Earthquake Survival Story; A Ghanaian In Tokyo

SATURDAY

• 10:00pm (GMT) ".... tell my people I am alive. Some Ghanaians are missing. I will be sending you updates whenever i can."
  -Chris Amoah & wife (Tokyo)

  10:45pm (GMT): "... no need to ask [government] for evacuation. This is not a war, we want to remain here to help our brothers"

• 11:30pm (GMT): "....About 170,000 people have been evacuated from the area around a quake-damaged nuclear plant in north-east Japan that was hit by an explosion .... I know about 3 Ghanaians living in that area. No news on them yet"

• The 8.9-magnitude quake that struck off the coast of Japan Friday pummeled buildings, set off massive fires and tossed a subsequent 30-foot tsunami over the largely-populated City of Sendai, among others.

If you live in japan and have information about Ghanaians, please post it on the comments page.