Messages of support and donations have been flooding in from all over the world to give the grieving people of Japan hope and courage and remind them they are not alone.
Not only have 134 governments and 39 international organizations offered assistance in dealing with the aftermath of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, but ordinary people of all ages around the globe have been visiting local Red Cross groups and Japanese embassies to make donations and express their sympathy, according to a list compiled by the Foreign Ministry.
As of Tuesday, Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto said the total amount of donations made to embassies had exceeded ¥1 billion, and that it might eventually reach ¥10 billion. And this doesn't include the tens of millions of yen that Japan has already received officially from governments or through the Red Cross organizations.