Playwrights and theaters in New York join March 11 disaster fundraiser

Great. When are SMAP and AKB48 et all going to do the same?

Please note that SMAP and AKB48 have already done numerous fundraising concerts and events in Japan to raise money for the Tohoku region.

They might not work for free, but SMAP members donated over 4-oku Yen off their own money to the Disaster fund.

I think it is great SMAP donated that money. However, I believe they got paid for their charity concert efforts . If I am mistaken, I stand corrected. However, I believe the money donated by foreign and foreign based entertainers does indeed surpass the local talent pool. I wish there was more of an effort such as being shown in this article. I also wish the money would actually get to the people that need it. Where has all the money gone so far?

I also wish the money would actually get to the people that need it. Where has all the money gone so far?

According to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the amount of money the Japan Red Cross has received and sent to the municipal government is as follows.

[received]

347,300,000,000 yen (1/27/2012)

[sent]

346,600,000,000 yen (1/25/2011)

99.8% of the donation has been sent to municipal government. (1/25/2012)

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/shinsai_jouhou/dl/gienkin_120127_01.pdf

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/shinsai_jouhou/dl/gienkin_120127_02.pdf

Always nice to hear about charitable projects like this. I feel bad for saying this but I was actually shocked to read that Edward Albee is still alive.

Edward Albee have joined a fundraiser to mark the anniversary of a devastating earthquake in Japan.

Yes all the proceeds will go to a politician, the politican will in turn buy a new black car with white curtains

The amount of money the prefectures received from Red Cross:

Miyagi: 140,159,110,000 yen

Fukushima: 101,910,850,000 yen

Iwate: 30,790,390,000 yen

Ibaraki: 14,233,409,000 yen

Chiba: 6,701,320,000 yen

Tochigi: 1,731,082,000 yen

Aomori: 705,725,000 yen

Tokyo: 206,976,000 yen

Niigata: 178,395,000 yen

Saitama: 141,626,000 yen

Nagano: 129,494,000 yen

Kanagawa: 101,139,000 yen

Hokkaido: 9,866,000 yen

Yamagata: 7,889,000 yen

Gunma: 4,080,000 yen

http://www.mhlw.go.jp/shinsai_jouhou/dl/gienkin_120127_02.pdf