A Volunteer Spirit: Mayor Satoru Kirigaya shares lessons from life and business for being a leader

The original plan for the special 3.11 Exploring Fukushima assignment included a package about the New Year’s Day earthquake that struck the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture a few weeks earlier on January 1, 2024.

Because of his personal connection to Noto and experiences from Fukushima, Mayor Kirigaya was interviewed as a bridge that combined the narrative between the two tragedies. However, when the larger Noto segment of the editorial series was scrapped due to logistical complications in the field, his interview was never developed.