PHL Embassy in Tokyo Receives Cash Donation for Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) and Bohol　Earthquake victims

29 November 2013 cherry

Ambassador Manuel Lopez and Embassy officials receive voluntary cash donations from Marubeni Corp.,

Representatives of Marubeni Corporation, one of Japan’s largest general trading companies, called on Philippine Ambassador to Japan Manuel M. Lopez last 12 November 2012 to convey that it has donated a total amount of ¥15 million (approximately PHP6.7 million) for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (international name: Haiyan) and PHP1 million for those affected by the recent 7.2 magnitude Bohol earthquake in the Philippines.

Former Ambassador of Japan to the Philippines Makoto Katsura, in his capacity as Corporate Advisor to Marubeni Corporation, expressed his company’s sympathy for the tragic loss that occurred in central Philippines. Ambassador Katsura said that Marubeni is coursing its donations through the National Disaster Risk Reduction Management Center (NDRRMC) in the Philippines.

Accompanying Ambassador Katsura were General Manager Kazuomi Takahasi and Assistant Manager Aya Matsuo of Marubeni’s Global Strategy and Coordination Department, Asia-Oceania Team.

Ambassador Lopez thanked Ambassador Katsura and the Marubeni Corporation for their generous contribution. He said that Marubeni’s assistance will help the Philippines overcome the difficulties caused by these natural calamities and help rebuild lives as soon as possible.

Pre-schooler Donates Piggybank Savings For Typhoon ‘Yolanda’ Victims

TOKYO – Six-year old Shoichi Kondoh did not think twice about giving away his childhood savings for the benefit of the victims of super typhoon ‘Yolanda’ after watching the devastation on television.

Accompanied by his mother, Miho Kondoh, Shoichi visited the Philippine Embassy today to personally hand-over his donation of JPY 5,000 taken from his piggybank savings.
Consul Bryan Dexter Lao expressed the embassy’s gratitude for this very sincere gesture of kindness and sympathy from the embassy’s youngest cash donor.

New Kōmei Party President Councillor Natsuo Yamaguchi and Councillor Kozo Akino turns over the party’s donation to Philippine Embassy officials.

Philippine Embassy in Tokyo Receives Donation from New Kōmei Party for Typhoon Yolanda Victims

TOKYO, 14 November 2013 – The Philippine Embassy in Tokyo received a ¥1-million donation from the New Komei Party (Kōmeitō) for the victims of Typhoon Yolanda (Haiyan) turned over by its President, the Honorable Natsuo Yamaguchi, member of the House of Councillors of the Japanese Diet. He was accompanied by the Honorable Councillor Kozo Akino, M.D., also a member of the NKP.

Councillor Yamaguchi also handed over a letter of condolence addressed to H.E. President Benigno S. Aquino III, conveying the party’s sympathies and its pledge to support the Japanese Government’s assistance efforts for the Philippines. He said the NKP remembers with gratitude the prompt relief assistance and medical teams sent by the Philippines to Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures in the wake of the Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011.

The Embassy conveyed the profound appreciation of the Filipino people to Councillor Yamaguchi for the New Kōmeitō’s assistance and gesture of solidarity. The NKP is a member of the ruling coalition in the Japanese Government.