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Bellevue Company Hosts Students Who Lost Parents in 2011 Japan Earthquake, Tsunami

Bellevue-based PSP Inc. sponsored a trip to Seattle for eight students who lost one or both parents in the 2011 Japanese earthquake and tsunami, which killed more than 15,000 people, according to NPR.

Eight students affected by the , which killed more than 15,000 people, are on a two-week trip to Seattle sponsored by Bellevue tech company PSP Inc. to help them recover from the quake, according to NPR.

All eight students suffered the loss of one or both of their parents in the earthquake, according to NPR. Two teachers were part of the two-week trip as well.

The students are from Minami Sanriku-cho and Kesennuma, two areas that were the hardest hit from the disaster, according to the company's website about the trip.

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PSP, which provides Web and e-mail hosting services, recruited other Eastside businesses to help out, including Microsoft's Xbox development team and .

PSP CEO Mayumi Nakamura told NPR that many people in the tsunami-affected areas still live in shelters.

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"The goal and the purpose is so that we can provide them some time to forget," she told the network.

According to PSP's website about the trip, the students will be in town from July 26 to Aug. 7.

Listen to the story on NPR.

On the Web

PSP: Relief Efforts for Japan, Japan Relief Summer


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