Uniqlo Menyumbangkan Jaket kepada Korban Gempa

TOKYO, Jan 11 (News on Japan) - Fast Retailing, perusahaan induk dari Uniqlo dan GU, akan menyediakan 100.000 item pakaian musim dingin, termasuk jaket bulu angsa, ke daerah-daerah yang terkena dampak gempa bumi di Semenanjung Noto.

Peritel besar ini mengirimkan 5.633 item ke Kota Nanao dan Kota Suzu di Prefektur Ishikawa.

Dengan cuaca dingin yang diperkirakan akan terus berlanjut di daerah yang terkena dampak, perusahaan berencana untuk memberikan bantuan lebih lanjut kepada 30.000 item pakaian berdasarkan permintaan dari Prefektur Ishikawa.

Perusahaan juga telah mengumumkan rencana untuk menyumbangkan 100 juta yen melalui organisasi nirlaba.

Badan Kepolisian Nasional telah menyatakan niatnya untuk "memperkenalkan teknologi canggih ke lapangan untuk memanfaatkan personil yang terbatas secara efektif dan untuk mencapai operasi yang lebih cepat dan lebih efisien." Terkait dengan proyek-proyek tersebut, 60 juta yen telah dialokasikan dalam anggaran awal untuk tahun fiskal yang baru. ...continue reading

by Brian Derry

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