Americans gave $712.6 mil to disaster-hit Japan: report

[AsahinaKimi]

TOKYO —

Americans have given nearly three-quarters of a billion dollars in private donations to help tsunami-wracked communities, a report said, as Japan marked the second anniversary of the disaster Monday.

Individuals, companies and non-profit groups have donated $712.6 million to help crisis-stricken areas over the last 24 months, the Japan Center for International Exchange said in a report.

The private sector total is the largest ever given to a developed country and the third biggest disaster donation after those for the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami and the 2010 quake in Haiti, it said.

The largest donor was the American Red Cross, which gave $312 million, followed by Save the Children, USA, which raised $26.15 million, it said.

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[monmouth3]

1. And many in the Jersey Shore area hit by Sandy have received nothing. Not from banks

or insurance companies. Just check the first page of the Asbury Park Press. www.app.com.

[el_bryanto]

2. What about private charities?

Did the red cross not show up at all?

Bryant

[monmouth3]

3. I'm sure they did for food, water, etc.