How to donate to JAPAN RED CROSS AND PHILIPPINE RED CROSS

"Those wishing to kindly extend assistance through financial donations may direct them to the Japanese Red Cross Society (JRCS)," said Japanese Ambassador to the Philippines Makoto Katsura.

Cash or check donations intended for victims of the tragedy may be made through JRCS account number 8047670 at the Ginza, Tokyo branch of the Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. Donations intended for the rescue and relief efforts of JRCS may be sent to JRCS’ account number 8047705 at the same bank.

In Manila, donations may be forwarded to the Philippine Red Cross headquarters at Bonifacio Drive, Port Area, Manila.

Checks should be made payable to "The Philippine Red Cross (FAO Japan Earthquake and Tsunami Disaster).

Donations can also be deposited in the following:

• PRC peso bank accounts: Allied Bank-Intramuros, account No. 1941-01347-1; Banco de Oro-Port Area, 453-0018647; Bank of the Philippine Islands-Port Area, 4991-0010-99; Metrobank-Anda Circle, 151-3-04163122-8; and Philippine National Bank-Sta. Cruz, 3623-3680-0011.

• PRC dollar accounts: Banco de Oro-Port Area, 453-0039482; Bank of the Philippine Islands-UN, 8114-0030-94; Metrobank-Anda Circle, 151-2-151002182; Philippine National Bank-Sta. Cruz, 375-283500026; and Union Bank of the Philippines-Sta. Cruz, 132-070001012.

• PRC euro account: Metrobank-Binondo, 016-201650005-9.

• PRC yen account: Metrobank-Anda Circle, 151-2-15130001-9.

NOTE: JRCS-Japanese Red Cross Society

               PRC-  Philippine Red Cross

How to donate to JAPAN

Pray for Japan

How to help in relief efforts in Japan. 


Please be careful of unscrupulous websites claiming to be fund raisers for Japan. 


If you have a local RED CROSS in your country, it is better to give your donations to them and specify that you are donating it for Japan so they would be the one to coordinate with Japan Red Cross.


Here are some site who claimed to be donating to Japan if you are not sure don't donate to them. I am in no way affiliated with any one of them.Thanks!

1. Google.com Crisis Response: Provides a way to donate DIRECTLY to Japan Red Cross Society online (uses Google Checkout).
2. Peace Winds Japan: Online donations
3. Global Giving: Online donations
4. Save the Children: Online donations
5. http://inbento.co/: An online bento store will donate 100% of proceeds of sale to the Japanese Red Cross Society.
6. Flutterscape: Flutterscape, a Japan-related shopping website has established a donation page that would send donations to the JAPAN Red Cross Societyand Civic Force.  They will also match your donation.
7. American Red Cross (via text, U.S. only.) – Using your cell phone, you can text-message donations of $10 to the Red Cross. Text the letters REDCROSS to 90999 to make the $10 donation, or visit the organization’s website.(Please be informed that the American Red Cross has not formally been invited to Japan and therefore they have no ongoing relief efforts in Japan.  For further info please read this article in Gizmodo.)
8. Salvation Army: donate.salvationarmyusa.org
9. Yahoo Japan (in Japanese only)
10. http://www.jrc.or.jp/english/relief/l4/Vcms4_00002070.html- Japan red cross
11. In the Philippines for Smart subsribers you can help Japan via mobile donations @philredcross. Send RED to 4143. You can donate 10, 25, 50, 100, mobile donations @philredcross Send RED to 300, 500, 1000.
12. And for Globe subsribers you can help Japan via 2899. You can donate 5 25 100 300 500 OR 100