Celebrities, athletes send messages on 10th disaster anniv.
Celebrities and athletes at home and abroad offered words of encouragement as well as expressions of gratitude for support as Japan marked Thursday the 10th anniversary of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that hit the country s northeast.
Lady Gaga is pictured in Washington in January 2021. (UPI/Kyodo)
American pop singer Lady Gaga said she has so much respect to the people of Japan for your strength, kindness and love for each other after seeing and hearing about the recovery of the disaster-hit region over the past decade.
I think it gives hope to the people now who are fighting through the COVID(-19) pandemic all around the world, the 34-year-old diva said in a video message posted on her Twitter account, referring to the ongoing global health crisis.