The Foreign Ministry is inviting prominent overseas bloggers and tweeters to visit areas devastated by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.
The ministry launched the initiative to revive tourism in Tohoku's disaster zone and wants the foreign guests to write about the progress that has been made in rebuilding its devastated communities so the world will know the area is still an appealing holiday destination.
At the ministry's invitation, Spanish blogger Roger Ortuno Flamerich came to Japan in December, followed by Louisa Liu Chu, 45, a food blogger from Chicago, and Khaled Hamza, 48, editor-in-chief of the official website of the Muslim Brotherhood from Egypt, who arrived here on Jan. 31. (Japan Times)
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