Hong Kongers have raised more than ¥13.8 million to help people in Japan recover from a powerful typhoon that tore through the country earlier this month.
The crowdfunding campaign, which ended Sunday with nearly four thousand backers, was created by YouTuber Jason Chau, who said the money will be donated to the Japanese Red Cross Society. The campaign website says that it collected about 1.06 million Hong Kong dollars.
"Despite what's happening in their own country right now, many Hong Kongers want to help Japanese people who are struggling," said Agnes Chow, a high-profile activist in Hong Kong, in a statement to The Japan Times regarding the campaign, for which she was not an organizer.
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