Rakuten's Mikitani to donate 1 bil. yen

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Hiroshi Mikitani (L), president of Internet mall operator Rakuten Co., hands a catalogue of donations to Fukushima Gov. Yuhei Sato (R) at the prefecture's disaster management headquarters in Fukushima on April 11, 2011. Mikitani announced the same day that he would individually donate a total of 1 billion yen to the prefectures of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, while his company would donate 300 million yen to the prefectures, the areas hit hardest by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and massive tsunami March 11. (Kyodo)

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