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Prosperity Program: Gold Bars Sent to Tsunami-Hit Area in Japan by Anonymous Donors

Golden gifts sent to tsunami-hit Japan port

The recipients of the gold bars say: 

"We very much appreciate the donation. 

We will never waste it"

People in a small Japanese fishing port 

that was devastated by the 2011 tsunami 

have been receiving gold bars in the post 

from an anonymous benefactor.

Packages containing gold bars started turning

 up in Ishinomaki, in Miyagi prefecture, 

about 10 days ago.

Two tsunami support groups and 

the fish market have been given 2kg (4.4lbs) 

of gold each. In all, it is thought to be worth 

at least $250,000 (£161,000).

The phenomenon has been dubbed 

a "goodwill gold rush" by one newspaper.

The 9.0-magnitude earthquake 

which hit Japan on 11 March 2011 and 

the massive tsunami it generated killed 

almost 19,000 people and triggered 

a major nuclear accident.

In Ishinomaki, which lies 350km (220 miles) 

north-east of Tokyo, 

some 3,000 people died and more than 

40,000 buildings were destroyed.

No return address

The head of the company which operates 

the town's port and fish market said he had 

received a parcel containing two 1kg (2.2lb)

 gold bars.

"Since it was labelled as 'miscellaneous goods', 

I casually opened the box," Kunio Suno, 

president of the Ishinomaki Fish Market Co 

Ltd, told the AFP news agency.

"I was stunned because what's in there was 

24-carat gold in two plates. One was wrapped 

in brown paper and the other in a page taken 

from a magazine - both were sitting in sheets 

of bubble wrap."

There was no message and no return address, 

though the parcel was reportedly sent from 

the north-western city of Nagano.

Mr Suno said he would use the money to 

rebuild Ishinomaki's fish market, which is 

currently operating out of tents.

Yoshie Kaneko of the Ishinomaki Revival 

Support Network, which also received two 

gold bars, said: "We very much appreciate 

the sender's donation. We will never waste it."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21488981