Ever wondered what happened with the proceeds from the Nippon no Arashi book and the Waku Waku Gakkou Charity Event?

Thanks to Arashi, the book publisher, M.Co, and the fandom, around 300 million yen was raised and donated to three affected prefectures.

300 million yen is roughly US$3.85 million.

The amount is made of up of profit from the book sales,  Arashi members' own book royalties, and proceeds from Arashi's charity goods.

A total of 420 000 copies of the book was sold in four months (as of end of October).

Amount breakdown
Book profit: 192 million yen (~US$2.5 million)
Arashi's book royalties: 49.5 million yen (~US$634 200)
Charity goods (Notebook and clear file): 60 million yen (~US$768 700)
Total: 301.5 million yen (~US$3.9 million)

Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima in the Tohoku region each received 100.5 million yen. (~US$1.3 million)

Profits from the book sales will continue to go towards the relief.

It was also reported that the proceeds from the Waku Waku Gakkou tickets and etc have gone to the Marching J relief project. About 200 million yen had contributed to the project.

That brings Arashi and their fans' donation to a total of 500 million yen so far. ^^

Well done fandom~<3

Thank you for purchasing the Nippon no Arashi book and contributing in your own way to help the recovery of the disaster-stricken region.  mOm