Kirk here with news about Kumamoto International’s own (well, we don’t “own” him but he’s been a participant) Andrew Mitchell. Go Andrew!!

— start quote — In another workshop, Andrew Mitchell, 38, the U.K.-born representative of “Kumamoto Earthquake Experience Project,” an international students’ group in Kumamoto that thinks about issues relating to disaster management for foreigners, talked about his disaster experience. The Fukuoka Regional Headquarters of the Japan Meteorological Agency also gave a lecture about quakes and tsunami. — end quote —