Kammala jumla mai zuwa: York ya bayyana a matsayin wasan karshe a wasan kwaikwayo na sadaka don "TOMODACHI Summer 2012 Celebration", wanda gwamnatin Amurka da Majalisar Amurka da Japan suka tallafawa, a watan Satumba na 2012. Ya yi waƙoƙi a cikin Jafananci da Ingilishi ga masu sauraro, wanda ya haɗa da Ministan Harkokin Waje na Japan Kōichirō Genba da ɗalibai daga Japan.
Bala'in tsunami na 2011 ya shafi yankin Tōhoku.