Over 169 bil. yen in disaster relief donations still not distributed.
Okane doko desu ka?
More than 169 billion yen in relief money offered as donations to the
Japanese Red Cross Society and the Central Community Chest of Japan for
people affected by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami is still being
kept by the two bodies, their officials said Sunday. Of the 251.3
billion yen collected by the two groups as of Thursday, only 82.2
billion yen, or about one-third, has been sent to 15 prefectures hit by
the disaster, as a committee that decides on the allocation of the money
had overassessed the scope of damage amid difficulty in grasping the
whole picture of the calamity. (Kyodo News)
