Prosperity Program:
Gold Bars Sent
to Tsunami-Hit Area in Japan by Anonymous Donors Golden gifts sent to tsunami-hit
Japan port
The recipients of the gold bars say:
"We very much appreciate the donation. We will never waste it"
People in a small Japanese fishing
port that was devastated by the 2011 tsunami have been receiving gold bars in
the post from an anonymous benefactor.
Packages containing gold bars
started turning up in Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, about 10 days ago.
Two tsunami support groups and the
fish market have been given 2kg (4.4lbs) of gold each. In all, it is thought to
be worth at least $250,000 (£161,000).
The phenomenon has been dubbed a
"goodwill gold rush" by one newspaper.
The 9.0-magnitude earthquake which
hit Japan on 11 March 2011 and the massive tsunami it generated killed almost
19,000 people and triggered a major nuclear accident.
In Ishinomaki, which lies 350km (220
miles) north-east of Tokyo, some 3,000 people died and more than 40,000
buildings were destroyed.
No return address
The head of the company which
operates the town's port and fish market said he had received a parcel
containing two 1kg (2.2lb) gold bars.
"Since it was labelled as
'miscellaneous goods', I casually opened the box," Kunio Suno, president
of the Ishinomaki Fish Market Co Ltd, told the AFP news agency.
"I was stunned because what's
in there was 24-carat gold in two plates. One was wrapped in brown paper and
the other in a page taken from a magazine - both were sitting in sheets of
bubble wrap."
There was no message and no return
address, though the parcel was reportedly sent from the north-western city of
Nagano.
Mr Suno said he would use the money
to rebuild Ishinomaki's fish market, which is currently operating out of tents.
Yoshie Kaneko of the Ishinomaki Revival Support Network, which also received two gold bars, said: "We very much appreciate the sender's donation. We will never waste it."
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21488981
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