Yoko Ono saddened by disaster (Visits JAPAN)

[AsahinaKimi]

TOKYO —

Yoko Ono receives the trophy of Montblanc de la Cuture Art Patronage award in Tokyo on Friday.

Visiting her disaster-stricken homeland, Yoko Ono said Friday she wants to give fellow Japanese a big hug.

Ono said she was deeply saddened by the devasation caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that left more than 20,000 people dead or missing and touched off the worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl.

“I have so many incredible feelings about this whole situation,” Ono said in an interview with The Associated Press before accepting the Montblanc de la Cuture Art Patronage award for her philanthropic work in Asia and Africa. “I really wanted to hold them, hug them and tell them, `Listen, we are all together.’”

The widow of singer-songwriter John Lennon said that as a native Japanese she felt it was her duty to show her support and set an example for others to come as well. Many celebrities and athletes have canceled trips to Japan and its tourism industry is suffering.

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http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/yoko-ono-saddened-by-disaster

[Chorophyll]

1. I really like her. Always have.

I'm not officially on Twitter but sometimes I read her tweets. They're amazing. :hi:

[AsahinaKimi]

2. I think some of the comments

are worthy of consideration. She is coming to Japan to accept an award. She should have visited sooner, its been over 3 months now. I should say I do like her too, and follow her on twitter also. In fact, she follows me as well.

[LiberalLoner]

4. I have always liked her, since I was a little girl. I loved one song of hers

especially, with lyrics of, "What a drag, what a drag, what a drag...to have to deal with...a crazy like you...." I hope I got the lyrics right, it has been many decades since I last heard the song. I liked everything about that song. I felt she was speaking for all feminists.

[meow mix]

3. just hope she doesnt "sing"

:hide:

[KansDem]

5. Yeah, really...

My cats have finally settled down for the afternoon. I want to keep it that way...;)

[MagickMuffin]

6. Yoko is still an amazing woman, and I LOVE her very much

AsahinaKimi, I thought you might also be interested in this project for the disaster in Fukushima it is founded by Ryuichi Sakamoto (Composer/Musician) and Tomoyasu Hirano (Media Creator). I have been a fan of Ryuichi's :loveya:for a very long time. He is also such an amazing person. He is also the founder of Zero Landmines. He has worked with one of my ALL time musicians David Sylvian :loveya:

Fukushima link

http://kizunaworld.org/english/

Ryuichi link

http://www.sitesakamoto.com/


Shoot YMO just played two concerts in LA and San Fran back in June. I would have loved to be at either one of those, on well :cry:


Anyway just wanted to share some additional info with you in case you're interested.

:hi:

[spanone]

7. k&r...