この空のペットボトルはカナダ、トフィーノに打ち上がっていました。
This empty plastic bottle was washed ashore on the beach in Tofino, Canada.

それを被災地の亘理町に持って行き、ゴミ箱に捨てました。
I took it to Watari, one of the tsunami-hit areas and threw it into the bin.

カナダ、トフィーノの海岸には東日本大震災で津波にさらわれた物がたくさん漂着していました。地元のアーティスト、ピート・クラークソン、ヒサコ＆フミナの協力に感謝。

There were many objects washed away in the tsunami in 2011, then washed ashore on the beach of Tofino, Canada. Thanks to the local artist Pete Clarkson and Hisako & Fumina for taking me there.

日本にて　Found in Japan

漂流物を用いたピートのインスタレーション
Pete’s installation dedicated to the victims of the disaster.

Tsunami Debris in Canada (2012)

Four years later, debris from Japan tsunami still arriving in B.C.
http://globalnews.ca/news/2150503/four-years-later-debris-from-japan-tsunami-still-arriving-in-b-c/

I went to Victoria with hopes to get in contact with Maritime Museum of BC, and also to find Tsunami Debris.
I was there once to visit a friend of my mother from high school and her family. To my surprise this time I discovered a friend of mine from high school also lives in the island. Thank you all for welcoming and helping. Hope to come back again soon.

海洋博物館にプロジェクトの話をしたいのと、津波の瓦礫が流れ着いてはいないだろうかとという思いからカナダのビクトリアに行ってきました。母の高校の同級生家族がこの島に長い事すんでいます。そして驚く事に私の高校の同級生も住んでいました。みなさん歓迎と協力ありがとうございました。またすぐもどってこれますように。

http://midwayfilm.com/

A Japanese TV news about the debris washed up on Alaska.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xu00kv_yyyyyyyy-yyyyy-yyy-yyyyyyyyyyy_animals

33,000 tons of tsunami debris to hit North American shores by June
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November 10, 2012

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
Tons of debris from last year’s Japanese tsunami will still be washing up on western coastlines of the United States and Canada by next June, according to the Environment Ministry in Tokyo.

In new estimates released Nov. 9, the ministry said 33,000 tons of detritus from the March 11, 2011, disaster is headed for North American shores and will arrive more than two years after the event.

Estimates released in April said about 40,000 tons of debris could reach within 10 kilometers of the North American coast in next February.

The latest estimate involves new calculation methods, as well as more accurate meteorological data.

According to Environment Ministry officials, of the 1.5 million tons of debris that was washed away by the tsunami, 290 tons are expected to reach Pacific shores stretching from Alaska to California by December.

The volume of debris reaching North America will increase dramatically next year, with 14,000 tons expected by April, and 33,000 tons by June.

Ministry officials are still calculating how much more debris will wash up beyond next June.

As a result of using more detailed wind data, ministry officials learned that the debris was moving at a much slower pace than had been expected in the estimate released in April.

The government has announced that it plans to provide $6 million (480 million yen) to the United States and Canada to help clean up the debris.

THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
http://ajw.asahi.com/article/0311disaster/quake_tsunami/AJ201211100052