Jeremy Thank you so much for your latest effort to help!

[danachit]

Jeremy, I love what your company is doing to help Japan. I just wanted to publicly say, "Thank you!"

[Caitlin]

I am not the least surprised, but what exactly? How did you hear?

[danachit]

I guess I should have posted this in the Akoya section. PP is offering a special akoya sale on certain pearls and donating 25% of the sale proceeds to the Red Cross Japan disaster relief and other help projects.

[jshepherd]

You're welcome. It was actually Hisano's idea. She still has a lot of friends and family in Japan, many of them affected by the disaster (everyone is safe though). It was something we could do from here.

[Caitlin]

Thanks! It's time to buy akoyas! I'll head over there.

[Josh]

Hooray for Hisano and Jeremy!

[Ramona]

I noticed on the Blog site of Kojima that there is an update on the state of Kasumi pearl farms after the earthquake and a way to contribute to the rebuilding efforts.

http://kojimapearl.com/blog

[jshepherd]

A friend of mine from Japan sent me the following links this morning too.

1. EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES TOKYO. JAPAN
http://japan.usembassy.gov/e/acs/tac...t20110415.html

2. International Air Transport Association(IATA)
http://www.iata.org/pressroom/pr/Pag...-04-01-01.aspx

3. BRITISH EMBASSY TOKYO UK IN JAPAN
http://ukinjapan.fco.gov.uk/en/news/...s&id=581395582

4. MINISTRY OF LAND, INFRASTRUCTURE, TRANSPORT AND TOURISM
http://www.mlit.go.jp/koku/flyjapan_en/index.html