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    Yoko Ono visits Fukushima

    AFP – 3 hrs ago

    Yoko Ono paid her first visit to Fukushima Tuesday since the March nuclear disaster to meet local children ahead of a charity concert in Tokyo.

    The Japanese-born widow of Beatles star John Lennon visited an elementary school in Fukushima city, where some 30 pupils from Minami Soma city have transferred after evacuating their houses near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

    "All the people in the world are thinking of you," Ono told the students, Jiji Press said.

    New York-based Ono is in her native country for a live charity concert with Japanese artists taking place on Thursday.

    The concert is to raise money to build schools in poor countries.

    4 comments

    • LUIS
      LUIS  •  Makati City, Philippines  •  58 minutes ago
      I and in behalf of a grateful nation, would like to thank Mrs. Yoko Ono Lennon for her unselfish love and much needed donations when my country was previously hit by a massive typhoon. I wish her all the best. Domo arigato ...I am sure John where ever he may is truly proud of you.
    • about a minute ago
      John's been gone 31 years, tomorrow.
    • scubadude69200369
      scubadude69200369  •  Minneapolis, United States  •  2 hours ago
      all the japanese girls asked Ono, "Is it true white men have big ..... FEET?"
    • Knuckle_draggin_goon
      Knuckle_draggin_goon 19 minutes ago
      Is she gonna sing??
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