We would like to express our deepest condolences to the victims who passed away because of the Tohoku Area Pacific Coast earthquake on March 11th and pray for the quick reconstruction of the area and recovery of those suffering.

The Konkokyo Headquarters has organized a Tohoku Area Pacific Earthquake emergency center (director Rev. Mitsutoshi Sato) due to Tohoku Area Pacific Coast Earthquake. We are trying to communicate with each centre and gather safety information on churches and believers in Tohoku area.
Special teams were dispatched from Headquarters to visit churches in the Tohoku area and is currently evaluating the level of damage.
According to the information so far, there are no damages to ministers and families of affected churches, however, they are still in the middle of checking the situation of the believers in the surrounding area.
Some of the church buildings have suffered serious damages.

Also, Konkokyo Head Administrative Office and Konkokyo Churches of North America(KCNA) have commenced collecting Donations.