Giving an update on its assistance to relief efforts following the Japan earthquake and tsunami, Yokohama Rubber reports that as of April 28 Yokohama group companies and their employees had donated a total of approximately 88,500,000 yen (US$1,100,000) to the relief effort. That total includes donations of 61,700,000 yen ($760,000) by Yokohama group companies and their employees in Japan, including a 50,000,000 yen ($610,000) corporate donation by the parent company, and 26,800,000 yen ($330,000) by group companies and their employees in other nations. The companies and employees made their contributions mainly through the Red Cross societies in their nations.