Trust Bank’s Hometown Choice Disaster Relief donation reaches 10 million yen for Noto heavy rains in September 2021

Trust Bank Co., Ltd. (Headquarters: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director: Kenichi Kawamura, hereinafter referred to as “Trust Bank”), which plans and operates Japan's largest hometown tax donation comprehensive site “Furusato Choice,” announced on September 25th that it will be accepting hometown tax donations. “Furusato Choice Disaster Relief” is a system that allows you to donate to disaster relief efforts in affected municipalities ( https://www.furusato-tax.jp/saigai/

Trust Bank will continue to support the recovery and reconstruction of disaster-stricken areas through “Furusato Choice Disaster Support.”

*Furusato Choice Disaster Relief does not charge site usage fees from local governments for accepting donations.

*As the donations are disaster relief funds, in principle there will be no thank-you gifts from the local government.

*This publication is information as of 10:00 on September 25th. The number of supported local governments may increase depending on the disaster situation.

*For the latest information, please check the “Furusato Choice Disaster Relief” website or the contact information listed here.

• □■ Overview of “Hometown Choice Disaster Relief Noto Heavy Rains of September 2020” ■□

  ◆Local governments currently accepting donations: As of 10:00 on September 25, 2024

  – Affected municipalities: Ishikawa Prefectural Office, Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture

  – Proxy accepting local governments: Fukui Prefectural Office (Ishikawa Prefectural Office), Nishihara Village, Kumamoto Prefecture (Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture), Murakami City, Niigata Prefecture (Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture), Sakaimachi, Ibaraki Prefecture (Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture) City), Rifu Town, Miyagi Prefecture (Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture), Ashikita Town, Kumamoto Prefecture (Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Noto Town, Ishikawa Prefecture), Matsubara City, Osaka Prefecture (Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture, Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture), Joso City, Ibaraki Prefecture (Suzu City, Ishikawa Prefecture)

  ◆ Site: Hometown Choice Disaster Relief (Managed by Trust Bank)

  ◆ Special page URL regarding the September 2020 Noto heavy rains:

  https://www.furusato-tax.jp/saigai/filter?category_id[]=1314

  (*We plan to open a donation reception page for disaster-affected local governments in the future. Please check the special page for the latest number of local governments that have opened.)

What is “proxy donation”?

In response to the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake, we launched the first “proxy donation'' system in Japan, in which local governments outside of the disaster-stricken areas handle donation acceptance on behalf of others. By reducing the administrative burden on disaster-stricken local governments, they can focus on disaster response and collect donations at a time when people are most interested. More than 100 local governments have cooperated so far, and “mutual assistance” among local governments is expanding.

What is “Furusato Choice Disaster Support”?

Service started in September 2014. A system that uses hometown tax payments to collect donations for the recovery and reconstruction of disaster-stricken municipalities in the event of a disaster. The platform is provided free of charge to local governments across the country, regardless of whether they have a contract or not. Local governments can report on the disaster situation and examples of how donations are being used on the website. Donors can send messages of support along with their donations to disaster-stricken areas. Approximately 1.9 billion yen was collected for the 2016 Kumamoto earthquake, approximately 1.6 billion yen for the July 2018 heavy rains, and approximately 470 million yen for the 2018 Hokkaido Eastern Iburi earthquake. The total amount of donations has exceeded 10 billion yen (as of April 2024).

Additionally, we have created a system for “proxy donation,'' in which local governments other than the areas affected by the Kumamoto Earthquake handle donation reception on their behalf. Local governments affected by the disaster will be able to reduce their operational burden and free up personnel to ensure the safety of residents.

Trust Bank Co., Ltd. ( https://www.trustbank.co.jp/ )

The vision is to “create an independent and sustainable region.” Founded in April 2012, we launched Japan's first comprehensive hometown tax donation website, Furusato Choice, in September of the same year. The site has grown to become one of the largest hometown tax donation sites in Japan, with over 1,700 local governments (as of March 2014), approximately 95% of the total, and the number of thank-you items available over 570,000 (as of March 2014). In November 2018, we formed a group with Change Co., Ltd. (currently Change Holdings Co., Ltd.) on the TSE Prime Market and entered the public tech business. In September 2019, we released “LoGo Chat”, a business chat for local governments, and in March 2020, we released “LoGo Form”, a no-code electronic application tool. In October 2013, we launched the e-commerce site “Meibutsu Choice,'' which sells local Meibutsu. In addition, we are developing a local currency business that promotes local economic circulation and an energy business that promotes local production and local consumption of renewable energy. *No. 1 in number of local governments that can apply and No. 1 in number of thank you items posted (as of September 2023, JMRO research)

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