Japan Donates $500K to Hurricane Sandy Victims
While on a tour of New Jersey, Japan's ambassador stopped in Freehold and announced a donation to help rebuild New Jersey.
Images of the damage left from Hurricane Sandy decorated the conference room in the Hall of Records on Wednesday, as the Monmouth County Board of Chosen Freeholders sat down with Shigeyuki Hiroki, ambassador and consulate general of Japan in New York. After hearing of the damage suffered by New Jersey residents, Hiroki began visiting with counties to hear how they each fared during the storm. During his tour, he made a stop in Freehold and sat down with the Board of Chosen Freeholders and members of the Monmouth County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to hear how Monmouth County handled Hurricane Sandy. “This storm has drastically changed the landscape of the New Jersey coast,” said Mike Oppegaard, Director of Monmouth County OEM. “3,…
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Ryan
11:13 am on Tuesday, November 27, 2012
GJC- Japan's GDP is a little more than 1/3 of ours ($5.8 trillion to our $15 trillion)... so would it fit that they gave us 1/3 of what we sent to them (it was about $64 million http://philanthropy.com/article/US-Charities-Raise/126759/ )? It's not selfish it's realistic. Where are the countries that we literally send billions to every year when we need help? more ›