The Research Foundation for Microbial Diseases of Osaka University, (Head Office: Suita, Osaka; Director General: Koichi Yamanishi) would like to express its most sincere sympathy to victims of The 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake which continue happening since 14 April, 2016.

We conducted an employee matching gift, a contribution from the foundation that matches contributions to the organization by employees as below.

• To : Kumamoto Prefecture (Kumamoto Earthquake supporting contact)
• Amount : 1 million JPY
• On : 30 Jun, 2016

We deeply hope the earliest possible recovery in affected areas.