The first free hug event that the Empathy team carried out on July 18 has been uploaded to the YouTube. Please take a look. (Akagi)
In conducting the “Hug me, Iwaki”, we came to realize that there are many different sorts of divides and that people all have individual awareness of the issues. We hoped to link together “people living in Iwaki” and “people visiting Iwaki” and “people who are away from Iwaki”. Despite the differences in circumstances and awareness, we believe that the free hug is a gesture that we can all share. 
 By filming the event and uploading to the network, we are also delivering a sense of involvement to the “people who are away from Iwaki”.