Ever since the earthquake hit, I’ve been thinking about what I can personally do to help. When I heard that Tokyo was collecting items to send to the affected areas, I donated baby diapers and also some diapers made for pets. I have pets as well, and when I saw news coverage of all the families worrying about their pets after the earthquake, my heart went out to them. After the disaster, I could tell that all of Japan, was dealing with the stress. I feel like now I better understand how precious water & electricity are.I had to postpone some of my concerts, but I got letters from the damaged areas saying, “Please don’t cancel your concerts!” To know that these people were still thinking of me and looking forward to my concerts in such a hard time made me extremely happy. The power-supply vehicles for my concerts were all sent to Iwate Prefecture. I hope they were able to help some of the earthquake victims there.