はじめに：

2011年3月11日午後2時46分。三陸海岸沖に国内観測史上最大のマグニチュード9.0の地震が発生。それに伴って発生した津波は２万７千人以上の死者行方不明者を出す惨事となりました。同時に福島第一原発の事故は国内最悪の原子力事故として多くの人々を苦しめています。

今回の地震で命を落とされた方がたのご冥福を心からお祈りするとともに、被災され、また避難を余儀なくされている皆様に心よりお見舞いを申し上げます。また、被災地域の一日も早い復興をお祈り致します。

我々NIH Japanese Scientists Association (NJSA)は、NIHと連携して、被災した研究者のご支援を迅速、効果的に行うためにこのサイトを設立しました。

At 2:46 pm on March 11, 2011, an earthquake of the largest magnitude (9.0) in recorded Japan's history struck off the Sanriku coast, churning up a devastating tsunami that left twenty-seven thousand people dead or missing in the northern part of the country. The disaster also incited explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plants, triggering the worst nuclear emergency in Japan's history and compounding the imminent hardships felt by the Japanese people.

We would like to express our deep condolence to the disaster victims. We are deeply concerned for the well-being of the affected population. Hopefully they can surmount the difficult situation and can recover from the disaster as soon as possible.

With the initiative of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the NIH Japanese Scientists Association (NJSA), has established this web site to provide support for the affected biomedical researchers quickly and effectively.