¥100 million in old bank notes donated to western Japan prefecture
An anonymous donation of around ¥100 million ($900,000) in old bank notes has been delivered to the Ehime Prefectural Government, the prefecture said Thursday. The prefectural government intends to use the money to finance rebuilding efforts to recover from last summer's heavy rain in the ...
'Giving December' campaign tries to foster culture of private giving in Japan
Donate more. Invest in the future of society. This is the call being made by a network of nonprofit groups, local governments, companies, universities and other entities across Japan as they join hands to organize projects nationwide mainly in December to foster the "culture of ...
LDP chapter led by Cabinet member Motegi got donation from subsidized firm via special clause
A Liberal Democratic Party chapter led by economic revitalization minister Toshimitsu Motegi received a donation in 2015 from a company subsidized by the state, Kyodo News learned Thursday. Motegi, who assumed his post in a Cabinet reshuffle earlier this month, and architectural company Nikken Sekkei ...
Amazon.com Inc's billionaire founder Jeff Bezos on Thursday turned to an unusual source of inspiration for how to donate part of his wealth: Twitter. "I want much of my philanthropic activity to be helping people in the here and now — short term — at ...
Deceased donor leaves ¥40 million, property in Osaka to 3/11 orphans
An anonymous person has willed roughly ¥40 million in savings and about ¥17 million in property to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures on the condition the funds be used to support those orphaned by the 2011 earthquake and tsunami. According to three prefectural governments, this ...
Woman admits donation plea for nephew's heart transplant was a hoax
It was all a lie. A 36-year-old woman has apologized for making up a story that her 6-year-old nephew needed heart transplant surgery overseas and for holding a news conference to solicit funds for it. At the Tuesday news conference, held at the health ministry, she ...
Food drives on the rise as Japan's poverty woes expand
Food drives, volunteer activities to stockpile, donate and distribute food to needy people, are increasing in Japan as poverty expands. "There are people supported by the food you donate," reads a message on the Kizuna (bond) Box in the corner of a supermarket in Ushiku, ...
Most relief funds for quake-hit Kumamoto yet to reach victims due to staff shortage
Most of the ¥750 million ($6.8 million) in relief money for victims of the powerful earthquakes that hit Kumamoto Prefecture last month has not been disbursed, local government officials said Tuesday. The Kumamoto Prefectural Government transmitted the money to 25 municipalities on May 6. But ...
Hokkaido city repays 'hometown tax' donors with crab and other seafood, sees donations soar
The Hokkaido city of Nemuro has been receiving a flood of donations from across the country after it started sending crab and other local seafood to repay the generosity of donors, who have given close to one-third of its tax revenue in the current ...
Amari vows to answer claims over ¥12 million in undeclared funds
Scandal-hit economic minister Akira Amari vows to answer allegations that he and two secretaries received large undeclared donations and hospitality.
Anonymous donor leaves 2,000 lottery tickets at Tochigi City Hall for flood victims
An anonymous donor left around 2,000 lottery tickets at City Hall in the city of Tochigi, with an accompanying note stating any prize money should be used to help victims of the massive flooding in eastern Japan in September, police said Tuesday. A bag containing ...
Japan Art Association donates ¥100 million to help German institute teach language to refugees
The Japan Art Association, an art charity under the patronage of Prince Hitachi, unveiled Thursday a donation of ¥100 million (about €750,000) to the Goethe-Institut, which teaches German to foreigners, in a bid to support language education for refugees arriving in Germany, the German ...
