A song to support recovery from the earthquake disaster. Connecting a circle of reconstruction support through music [Ganbarō Nippon / Let’s keep going, Japan].
[To everyone affected by the earthquake off the eastern coast of Aomori Prefecture in 2025] We extend our heartfelt sympathies to all who have been impacted by this earthquake.
Earthquakes are one of the natural disasters that cannot be avoided as long as we live in Japan.
Many large earthquakes have occurred in the past, bringing great sorrow and hardship.
Yet each time, support has arrived not only from within Japan but from around the world.
Among these recovery efforts, there has been a great deal of support through music, with musicians across the globe releasing many songs filled with hopes for recovery from the disaster.
“May music help even one more disaster survivor regain their strength…” In this article, we introduce a selection of such songs that embody this sincere wish.
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A support song for earthquake disaster recovery: Connecting a circle of recovery aid through music [Ganbarou Nippon] (61–70)
Promise of SmilesKoshio Sakura
A heartwarming message song by Sakura Koshio filled with love for her hometown Fukushima and a wish for recovery.
Released in April 2016—five years after the Great East Japan Earthquake—the track is included on the mini-album “Our Things” and was produced with full support from the city of Aizuwakamatsu.
The music video, featuring local residents participating as volunteers, also drew attention.
The powerful vocals of the chorus group VOXRAY, whom she met at the recovery event Fukukonsai, leave a strong impression.
It’s a song that supports those who, even from afar, hold their hometown in their hearts and continue to keep hope for the future.
The ends of the worldRADWIMPS
Since the earthquake and tsunami in 2011, RADWIMPS has released songs related to the disaster on YouTube almost every year on March 11, starting the following year.
This song, “Sekai no Hate” (The Edge of the World), was released on March 11, 2020.
Many people lost loved ones in the disaster.
The pain is something unfathomable to others, and even the person experiencing it may struggle to understand it.
There are also many who are tormented by regret.
This song conveys the deep sorrow of such people, along with the powerful wish to one day, without fail, meet again.
Closer To The EdgeThirty Seconds To Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars is an American rock band formed in 1998.
This song conveys the message, “I don’t want to have any regrets, so I’m going to live life to the fullest.” The music video, created in the year of the 2011 earthquake, includes messages of support for the disaster victims and for Japan.
Always keep your dreamsYoshinaga Sayuri, Hashi Yukio
This is a track from the album “Sayuri Yoshinaga: Revived Singing Voice — The Road Is Long, But Let’s Keep Walking,” created by Sayuri Yoshinaga, a star who represents the Showa era, to support victims of the Great East Japan Earthquake.
She selected songs from her own repertoire that inspire energy, courage, and dreams, with the hope that they would strengthen the hearts of those affected by the disaster.
1/17Uchikoshi Motohisa
Motohisa Uchikoshi, the foremost disciple of Takajin Yashiki, continues his musical activities while running a rice shop on Awaji Island and was himself a victim of the 1995 Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
In addition to this “1/17,” he has released numerous works themed around the earthquake.
Keep Moving Forwardmekkaki
Fire EX., a Taiwanese rock band drawing attention for cross-border exchanges—including a collaboration song with Takeshi Hosomi—has released a music video that also features scenes of their visit to the Tohoku region affected by the earthquake, where they performed for survivors.
The video became a hot topic in Taiwan as well.
Feel the powerful sound and fervent spirit that embody the will to keep looking forward.
I love you & I need you, FukushimaInawashirokoz
Inawashirokozu is a band formed by four figures from Fukushima Prefecture: Takashi Yamaguchi of Sambomaster, Toshimi Watanabe of TOKYO No.1 SOUL SET, Shinji Matsuda of THE BACK HORN, and creator Michihiko Yanai.
Inawashiro Lake is a representative lake of Fukushima, and the band’s name overflows with hometown pride drawn from it.
As the title “I love you & I need you Fukushima” suggests, the song was created by people who love Fukushima and have it in their hearts.
It conveys a powerful spirit that won’t be defeated by the disaster.