Humanitarian response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Private donations

Humanitarian response to the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami

Section Title: Private donations
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Name	Country	Title	Donation in US$	Comment

Masayoshi Son	Japan	CEO of Softbank	120,000,000	¥10 billion donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society and other nonprofit organizations. Son, 53, will also donate all of his annual salary each year to aid organizations until he retires (his 2010 salary was $1.3 million)

AKB48	Japan	Idol Group	12,700,000	The group donated personal salaries and issued a single for charity purposes titled "Dareka no Tame ni (What Can I Do for Someone?)", of which, all profits were donated to the earthquake and tsunami relief fund – ¥1,254,175,973.

Chang Yung-fa	Taiwan	Chairman of the Evergreen Group	12,350,000	Donated ¥1 billion

Kyosuke Himuro	Japan	Musician	8,700,000	Donated ¥669,220,940 to Fukushima, Miyagi, and Iwate prefectures.

Arashi	Japan	Idol Group	3,800,000	Inclusive of personal salaries and all proceeds from their charity work – waku waku and 'Nippon no Arashi'.

Jackie Chan	Hong Kong	Actor	3,000,000	Raised over $3 million to Japan at a charity concert in Hong Kong. The money was donated to the Salvation Army to help deliver emergency relief supplies to victims of the disaster.

Gackt	Japan	Singer	2,641,564	Donation via charity founded by him. In March 2011, was sent a track convoy with 72,000 lb (33,000 kg) of food and clothes.

Ryo Ishikawa	Japan	Golfer	2,500,000	Donated all of his tournament winnings in 2011 to earthquake relief, plus an additional ¥100,000 for every birdie he made in 2011 tournament play.

Lady Gaga	United States	Singer	1,500,000	Funds raised from the selling of the charity bracelet she designed.

Ichiro Suzuki	Japan	Baseball player of the Seattle Mariners	1,240,000	Donation of ¥100 million to the Japanese Red Cross.

Daisuke Matsuzaka	Japan	Baseball player of the Boston Red Sox	1,000,000	Donation to the Japanese Red Cross Society's relief efforts.

Sandra Bullock	United States	Actress	1,000,000	Donation to the American Red Cross.

Gwen Stefani	United States	Singer	1,000,000	Donation to Save the Children's Japan Earthquake-Tsunami Children in Emergency Fund.

Hikaru Utada	Japan	Singer	970,000	Donated ¥80,000,000, quoting that others should donate where they can.

Norika Fujiwara	Japan	Actress, model	757,000	Donated to the Japanese Red Cross

Hideki Matsui	Japan	Baseball player of the Oakland Athletics	600,000	Donation of ¥50 million to the Japanese Red Cross.

Prince Frederik	Denmark	Royalty	271,000	Donated ¥22 million acquired through Danish firms, along with 2,400 pairs of shoes.

Yoshiki Hayashi	Japan	Musician	135,000	Auctioned his crystal piano, and it was sold for ¥11 million.

flumpool	Japan	Music band	123,000	Donated to the Japanese Red Cross through the band's agency

Iron Maiden	United Kingdom	Music band	57,000	Donated to the Japanese Red Cross. The band and their crew were flying into Tokyo from Seoul, South Korea, following their show there, as part of The Final Frontier World Tour.

Breakerz	Japan	Music band	40,482	Results of their fundraising event at Zepp Tokyo, and donated to the Japanese Red Cross

United States women's national soccer team	United States	Sports team	20,597	Donated proceeds of an online auction of game-worn jerseys, autographed by all players and head coach Pia Sundhage (Sweden), to the American Red Cross and earmarked for tsunami relief.

Queen Elizabeth II	United Kingdom	Monarch	Undisclosed personal donation to Japan.

Clint Eastwood	United States	Actor	Donated the film Hereafter's DVD sales to relief efforts.

Shakira	Colombia	Singer	Donated time and effort to relief-fund for Japan, and donated an undisclosed amount directly to Japan. She also included her 2001 hit Whenever, Wherever on Songs for Japan

L'Arc-en-Ciel	Japan	Music band	All proceeds from their 2-day 20th anniversary concert held at Ajinomoto Stadium.

My Chemical Romance	United States	Music band	Donated profits from a remix of their single Sing

The Black Eyed Peas	United States	Music band	Donated profits from their newly released song, Just Can't Get Enough.

Feeder	United Kingdom	Music band	Donated profits from their newly released single Side By Side

Crush 40	United States Japan	Music band	Donated profits from their first single, Song Of Hope.

Veronica Vitale "Ivee"	Italy	Singer, Songwriter	Donated time and effort to relief-fund for Japan with IFRC, and Donated profits from her newly released single Il Cielo and Turn Off on Songs for Japan, Newscomers's Help

Mai Kuraki	Japan	Singer	She held a charity concert at the Nippon Budokan where part of the proceeds were donated. In addition, she also donated profits from her first DVD single "Strong Heart", which was released November 23, 2011.

KARA	South Korea	Music group	Donated profits from their single Jet Coaster Love.

Girls' Generation	South Korea	Music group	Donated profits from their newly released song, Mr. Taxi / Run Devil Run.

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Among them, Mr. Chang Yung-fa, Chairman of the Evergreen Group, donated 1 billion Japanese yen (approximately US$12,350,000).

final_sentence: Among them, Mr. Chang Yung-fa, Chairman of the Evergreen Group, donated 1 billion Japanese yen (approximately US$12,350,000).