The massive earthquake off Indonesia's Sumatra Island and subsequent tsunamis that hit South and Southeast Asia on Sunday have left untold numbers of dead in devastated beach resorts and coastal communities in India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
To help the survivors, some embassies in Japan and international organizations have set up relief funds to accept donations through banks or post offices.
Royal Thai Embassy
Name of bank: UFJ Bank Tokyo Eigyobu
Account name: Bangkok Bank Tokyo Shiten
Account number: 610618
Account type: Toza
(Input the registration number 113005 before the name of the donor.)
* Embassy of Sri Lanka
Name of bank: Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi Hiroo branch
Account name: Embassy of Sri Lanka, Tokyo
Account number: 047 0825611
Account type: Toza
(Donors are recommended to send names, addresses and amounts remitted to the embassy, which will issue an official receipt together with a letter of acknowledgment signed by the ambassador.)
* Japanese Red Cross Society
Places to donate: Post offices
Account name: Japanese Red Cross Society
Account number: 00110-2-5606
(Donors should write "Sumatra-to Oki Jishin Kyuen" in the comment space on the postal transfer slip.)
* Japan Committee for UNICEF
Places to donate: Post offices
Account name: Zaidan Hojin Nihon Unicef Kyokai
Account number: 00110-5-79500
(Donors should write "Sumatra" in the comment space.)
Those who want to send money via the Internet should visit its Web site at: www2.unicef.or.jp/bof/bo.html
* Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (a nonprofit organization)
Places to donate: Post offices
Account name: Nanmin wo Tasukeru Kai
Account number: 00110-6-96509
(Donors should write "Indonesia Jishin" in the comment space.)