York akaonekwa semutambi wekupedzisira pakonsati yerudo ye "TOMODACHI Summer 2012 Celebration", inotsigirwa nehurumende yeUnited States neUS-Japan Council, munaGunyana 2012. Akaimba nziyo dzechiJapan neChirungu kune vateereri, vaisanganisira Gurukota rezvekunze kweJapan panguva iyoyo Kōichirō Genba uye vadzidzi kubva munjodzi ye2011 tsunami.
nharaunda yakatambudzwa yeTōhoku.