Mystery gold gifts for tsunami-wracked Japan port
- Published: 16 Feb 2013 at 14.44
- Online news: Asia
A Japanese city devastated by the 2011 tsunami has received anonymous gifts of gold worth more than $250,000 in a phenomenon dubbed a "goodwill gold rush" ahead of the second anniversary of the disaster.
This file photo shows a man pushing a bicycle as a boat is seen in the background after crashing into buildings in Ishonomaki, Miyagi prefecture, on March 15, 2011. Ishonomaki has received anonymous gifts of gold worth more than $250,000 in a phenomenon dubbed a "goodwill gold rush" ahead of the second anniversary of the disaster.
The president of the company which operates the port in the northeastern city of Ishinomaki last week received a parcel containing two slabs of gold each weighing one kilogram (2.2 pounds).
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