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Thank you for the thousands of emails in support of the original translations of Japanese Twitter accounts of the March 11th quake on my Facebook note, "Japan Quake as Seen from Twitter". Now, together with ten classmates and friends in the University of Cambridge, I have launched this blog to continue translating the voices of the Japanese people on their road to recovery.
- Jun Shiomitsu -

Wednesday, April 20, 2011

4-year-old Girl Donates Savings

My friend took her 4 year old sister to McDonalds.  When the little child saw the disaster relief donations box beside the counter, she took out a 100-yen ($1) coin from her little purse and put it in.  It was a 100-yen that she was carefully saving for herself later.  (The Japanese McDonalds has a list of food that sells for exactly 100-yen.  Editor’s assumption is that the little child had been saving her 100-yen for an icecream or other food, but decided to donate it at the last minute.)

(Original Japanese Text)
4歳の妹とマックへいったらしんだけど、レジの隣においてあった地震の募金箱をみて自分の財布から100円取り出して募金したらしい。 大事にしてた100円だったから感動した

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