Ayu has donated 35 million yen to disaster relief

[truehappiness]

According to this article, Ayu has donated 35,000,000 yen total towards the earthquake and tsunami relief efforts. Incredible... just today, she donated 30 million to the Red Cross on top of the 5 million she donated on the 12th.

歌手・浜崎あゆみが東日本大震災の被災者に対し、合わせて３５００万円の義援金を寄付したことが18日、分 かった。所属するエイベックスが発表した。浜崎はこの日、日本赤十字社を通じて３０００万円を寄付。すでに 、別の法人を通じて、12日から３回に分けて５００万円も送っているという。さらに、ファッション誌「Ｖｉ Ｖｉ」とのコラボレーションで、チャリティーＴシャツも17日から発売。ツイッターなどでも、さかんに災害 情報を案内している。

To put that in perspective, that's about... nearly 430,000 USD / 305,000 EUR / 3.33 million HKD and so on...

Thanks to miskiq for the update!

Source: http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/201...03875870.shtml (The link is dead now, most likely at Ayu's or avex's request.)
http://www.sanspo.com/geino/news/110...0505018-n1.htm - Sanspo's report on it

[Aderianu]

she is great ^_^
I wonder how much T-shirts she will sell

[truehappiness]

Hmmm, I'd say maybe around 10,000-20,000? Perhaps a lot more but I think this is a good estimate considering that mu-mo kinda crashed yesterday hours after the shirts were released, haha. They could sell more though!

If she does sell that many, it'll be from 15 million to 30 million yen in proceeds!

[C+R+E+AYUMI]

thanks for this update and money change too >3< too lazy to check the rating

[MissElin_]

Jääävlar anamma!

Money well spent.

[Kanzaki]

Holy windmill on a discostick (??) That's a lot of money.
They'll be able to do a lot of good with those.

Originally Posted by MissElin_

Jääävlar anamma!

Money well spent.

That made my dag

[Bruised.Sapphire]

Money well spent indeed! Now the media can stop talking poorly of ayu for "not donating/not donating as much as *insert name*".

[ayuuk]

Hope the money will help! Yesterday mu-mo is in chaos, so I guess t-shirts sell very well too!!

[hearted]

she's such an angel ;_____;

[tokyoxjapanxfan]

that's really amazing

but now the media is just going to say she donated money because they were saying bad stuff about her lol

[njanjayrp]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

but now the media is just going to say she donated money because they were saying bad stuff about her lol

Even though that might happen, it doesn't matter, she should be used to all that drama by now.

[gothicayu]

Originally Posted by tokyoxjapanxfan

that's really amazing

but now the media is just going to say she donated money because they were saying bad stuff about her

could be her motivation though... ( its was looking pretty bad for her image after all those artists who are not as rich as her and gave a lot more than her) not to talk bad about ayu or anything but she could have give that much first. why do it now after they compared her with everybody else ?
its great she gave that much to help and i m sure it will be put to good use .
i m just wondering why now and not before ?

[kinix]

Originally Posted by gothicayu

could be her motivation though... ( its was looking pretty bad for her image after all those artists who are not as rich as her and gave a lot more than her) not to talk bad about ayu or anything but she could have give that much first. why do it now after they compared her with everybody else ?
its great she gave that much to help and i m sure it will be put to good use .
i m just wondering why now and not before ?

Maybe she already DID donate a huge sum before the 5m yen but Anonymously? And the 5m was donated only prove that she had donated. And now being agitated by the media, she was forced to donate a huge sum again?
Whatever it is, it doesnt matters how much u donated. Who are we to judge how much 1 has donated? Is it a must to donate? Shouldnt all donates be made annoymous and willingly?

[Yumsushi]

Originally Posted by gothicayu

could be her motivation though... ( its was looking pretty bad for her image after all those artists who are not as rich as her and gave a lot more than her) not to talk bad about ayu or anything but she could have give that much first. why do it now after they compared her with everybody else ?
its great she gave that much to help and i m sure it will be put to good use .
i m just wondering why now and not before ?

Yeah...
I'm happy she donated, but the timing leaves much to be desired. I personally would have preferred that the donation amount and time not ever be disclosed in this case.
And whether or not she cares about the media, we can all agree that its a pretty serious blow to someone's reputation if it is known that they have money and didn't help their country or fellow country men at a time of crisis.
I think its a pretty ridiculous situation, either way. You can't satisfty everyone.

[kumikomishitate]

Originally Posted by Yumsushi

Yeah...
I'm happy she donated, but the timing leaves much to be desired. I personally would have preferred that the donation amount and time not ever be disclosed in this case.
And whether or not she cares about the media, we can all agree that its a pretty serious blow to someone's reputation if it is known that they have money and didn't help their country or fellow country men at a time of crisis.
I think its a pretty ridiculous situation, either way. You can't satisfty everyone.

Agreed.

[kinix]

they removed the news?

[Chibi-Chan]

Thanks for sharing the news!

[njanjayrp]

Yeah the page's gone. That's a lot of money, Square-Enix for instance donated 100 million yen so considering that they are a large company, the fact that Ayu donated 35 says a lot.

[Minttulatte]

wow she's rich o.o Oh well, it's great that she did it anyway <3

[kagami]

Yep. Ayu sure is a stingy ***** that only cares about herself.