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US$130,000 left in toilet for quake victims

30 September 2011

A mysterious donor¹ has left more than US$130,000 in a toilet in a Japanese city hall. Written instructions said the money should be used to help victims of March's earthquake and tsunami².

Reporter:

Roland Buerk

Tsunami survivors 

Thousands of people were left homeless by March's tsunami and earthquake.

Report

The money was found in a plastic shopping bag, in a public toilet of the City Hall in Sakado, part of the commuter³ sprawl⁴ that surrounds Tokyo.

There was 10 million yen⁵, wrapped up in neat bundles of notes, the equivalent of more than US$130,000.

A handwritten message had been left with the cash and read: "I am all alone. Please let the people of Tohoku use it."

Tohoku is the northern region of Japan hit by the earthquake and tsunami in March.

City officials said the anonymous⁶ donor has slipped in and out unnoticed. If the money is not reclaimed⁷ within three months, they're planning to give it to the Japanese Red Cross.

Japan's great disaster brought out striking generosity⁸ and honesty in its people.

The equivalent of US$50 million in cash picked up in the disaster zone has been turned in to the police. Another US$30 million dollars was recovered from safes found amid the rubble⁹.

Roland Buerk, BBC News