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Thanks to so many searches of 3.11, Yahoo! Japan to donate over Y25 million

Mar. 14, 2014 10:41 am JST 5 Comments

By B Yoriko Takahashi

TOKYO

On Tuesday, Yahoo! Japan carried out a project to donate 10 yen per user search of "3.11" on Yahoo to children in the Great East Japan earthquake-hit areas.

According to Yahoo, 2,568,325 people (unique browsers) have searched "3.11" in 24 hours. So, although initially, Yahoo mentioned they will donate up to 5 million yen, they decided to donate 25,683,250 yen to the Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives Foundation.

The Great East Japan Earthquake Recovery Initiatives Foundation is a group that supports sports, education and childcare for children living in the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi, and Fukushima prefectures, the 3 most affected by the tragedy.

Source: AkihabaraNews

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Utrack
Mar. 14, 2014 12:24 pm JST

Good Yahoo =D

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papigiulio
Mar. 14, 2014 01:12 pm JST

Wow, great initiative, respect

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changamangaliay
Mar. 14, 2014 01:41 pm JST

wow 2.5 Million searches

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hereforever
Mar. 14, 2014 04:05 pm JST

Great job yahoo. Please follow the money and report exactly where it goes. Please.

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Adam Brown
Mar. 18, 2014 05:47 pm JST

Doesn't seem like much for a multi million dollar company.

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