In response to this need, on January 30 and 31, Mr. Susumu Haruno, executive officer of the Post-Disaster Recovery Committee of Tenrikyo Church Headquarters (chair: Director-in-Chief of Administrative Affairs Yoshitaro Ueda), visited the government offices of Fukushima and Ibaraki prefectures to deliver donations amounting to 120 million yen (about US $1.5 million).
Noong ika- 30 ng Agosto taong 2016, isang Category 4 na bagyong nagngangalang Lionrock ang tumama sa rehiyon ng Tohoku (Bayan ng Ofunato, Iwata Prefecture).