Bridgestone donates to Japan disaster relief efforts

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo (March 14, 2011) - Bridgestone Group today announced that it will contribute donations worth ¥300 million (approximately euro 2.6 million) to assist with relief efforts followinglast Friday's Earthquake Disaster.

Bridgestone Corporation will donate ¥200 million (approximately euro 1.75 million), and Bridgestone Group will donate bicycles and bedclothes worth ¥100 million to those who suffered because of the disaster.

Bridgestone Group would like to express their condolences to the families who lost loved ones in the 2011 off the Pacific Coast of Tohoku (Northeastern Part of Japan) Earthquake Disaster, and truly hope that the area devastated by the earthquake disaster will be reconstructed as soon as possible.

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Press release from Bridgestone