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Yoshiki, Pokémon Donate to Kumamoto Earthquake Relief
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Image via x.com ©YoshikiThe Pokémon Company and Japanese musician YOSHIKI announced donations to support relief for the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake last week.
The Pokémon Company said it had donated a total of 100 million yen (about US$630,000) to Kumamoto Prefecture , the Japanese Red Cross Society, and other organizations aiding in the relief efforts of the earthquake.
YOSHIKI , in turn, announced he had donated 10 million yen (about US$63,000) to the Japanese Red Cross Society for the relief efforts of the earthquake.
YOSHIKI also donated a total of 100,000 euros (about US$120,000) to the French Red Cross and Spanish Red Cross to assist emergency response and recovery efforts for wildfires in Europe.
Aftershocks caused an explosion at the Aeon Mall Kumamoto in Kashima, Kumamoto around 5:50 p.m. after the initial earthquake.