Support Japan's Flood Victims
Disaster Relief
Authorities issued evacuation for at least 200,000 residents. Over a100 people were stranded when flood waters rose and turned roads into rivers. And landslides further made it impossible as roads were cut off. Vehicles were destroyed by flooding waters and bridges where washed away. Trees and houses where washed away and the air smelled like sewage and gas. About 200,000 residents in Kumamoto and Kagoshima had to leave their homes.
Support Japan's Healthcare Workers
Providing PPE Supplies
Providing proper supplies to healthcare workers, such as gloves, medical masks, respirators, goggles, face shields, gowns, and aprons
Severe and mounting disruption to the global supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) – caused by rising demand, panic buying, hoarding and misuse – is putting lives at risk from the new coronavirus and other infectious diseases.
Healthcare workers rely on personal protective equipment to protect themselves and their patients from being infected and infecting others.
Abe was facing heavy pressure to declare a state of emergency after the number of new cases in Tokyo began doubling every several days in late March. The city of 14 million had 1,196 cases as of Tuesday, up from about 600 a week earlier. Japan focused on dealing with clusters of infections and selective testing for the virus, a strategy that has failed to curb its spread. The state of emergency announced Tuesday applies to only Tokyo, Chiba, Kanagawa, Saitama, Osaka, Hyogo and Fukuoka prefectures. That is only seven of Japan's 47 prefectures. Residents are requested to avoid non-essential trips within and outside the designated areas.
Typhoon Hagibis: Biggest Japan storm in decades
Typhoon Hagibis Tokyo Japan
- Providing food, water and shelter for those left with no where to go. Disaster Relief
- More than seven million people have been urged to leave their homes amid severe flood and landslide warnings, but it's thought only 50,000 are staying in shelters.
- Japan's Meteorological Agency (JMA) has warned that half a metre of rain could fall on the Tokyo area between midday on Saturday and Sunday.
- "Unprecedented heavy rain has been seen in cities, towns and villages for which the emergency warning was issued,"
- "The possibility is extremely high that disasters such as landslides and floods have already occurred. It is important to take action that can help save your lives."
Japan Floods
Floods Kill 122
- The rain may have stopped in Japan, but the country is facing a long recovery process after floods and landslides killed at least 122 people in the southwest, officials said Tuesday.
- At least 27 people are missing. Support the victims of the storm, we are providing food, water and shelter. Disaster Relief Charity Donate!
Kyoto Animation Studio Arson Kills 33
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- Tokyo
- A man screaming "You die!" burst into an animation studio in Kyoto, doused it with a flammable liquid and set it on fire Thursday, killing 33 people and injuring three dozen in an attack that shocked the country and brought an outpouring of grief from anime fans.
- Thirty-six others were injured, some of them critically, in a blaze that sent people scrambling up the stairs toward the roof in a desperate - and futile - attempt to escape what proved to be Japan's deadliest fire in nearly two decades. Others emerged bleeding, blackened and barefoot.
- The suspect, identified only a 41-year-old man who did not work for the studio, was injured and taken to a hospital. Police gave no details on the motive, but a witness told Japanese TV that the attacker angrily complained that something of his had been stolen, possibly by the company.
- Support the victims of this tragedy. We will provide financial assistance to the families. Disaster Relief Charity Donate!
- Your pledges and the funds we raise are intended to provide the most direct, meaningful assistance possible to the victims of this heartbreaking tragedy. We are coordinating with others to ensure that funds collected reach those in need. We will continue to provide updates as those details develop.