We would like to express our heartfelt condolences to the victims of Typhoon Hagibis which caused widespread damage in the eastern part of Japan.

Typhoon Hagibis hit Japan in October 2019, causing flooding and catastrophic destruction across much of eastern Japan. Many buildings got flooded and some victims lost their lives. Reconstruction work in the affected areas is still ongoing.

To support the reconstruction of the affected areas, 188 co-ops nationwide worked on fund-raising activities and raised about 670 million yen. Out of this amount, 376.94 million yen comes from the "Typhoon Hagibis Emergency Support Fund" established by JCCU. The fund gave 147.3 million yen to Fukushima Prefecture which was one of the areas seriously devastated by the typhoon.

On February 5, a donation ceremony was held at the Fukushima Prefectural government's office. HONDA Eiichi, President of JCCU presented an inventory of 147.3 million yen to Mr.UCHIBORI Masao, the governor of Fukushima Prefecture.

Governor Uchibori mentioned that the total amount of money received through co-op's donation including a donation for the Great East Japan Earthquake amounts to 1 billion yen. He stated "We express our appreciation for your warm and wonderful tribute to us" and promised to make good use of the donation. HONDA Eiichi also said, "This fundraising is an expression of the goodwill of our members."

 

Finally, they discussed the state of recovery and the support for the victims.

JCCU will continue to work on support activities with co-ops nationwide and co-op members.