A Japanese individual identified as Kenji Hirakawa donated a total of 200,000 yen (around P87,000) to the relief efforts in the Philippines, which was battered by super typhoon Yoland last week.
Kenji Hirakawa Donation Letter (Photo: ABS-CBN)
Kenji Hirakawa is a Japanese citizen who is a son of a former Japanese imperial army soldier stated his reason of donating to the Philippines through a letter he sent to the Philippine Emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y in Tokyo.
In Hirakawa’s letter, he expressed wishes for the quick recovery of the Philippines, and his desire to help in any way he can. According to the letter written by a Japanese soldier’s son he enclosed a donation for the Philippines for all the troubles his father may have caused to the Filipino people.
The Japanese donor was quoted as saying, “My father lies sleeping in a mountain somewhere in Luzon,” he said in the letter, as quoted by the Philippine Emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y in Tokyo. He stated that he was just three months old when his father left him to serve his country during World War II.
Hirakawa added further that, “I am enclosing here 200,000 yen for all the troubles my father may have caused to the Filipino people,” he said. The Philippine Emb(–foul word(s) removed–)y in Tokyo was unable to contact the donor since he did not include a contact number in his letter.