Report on Sales Donations
The project to donate royalties from “Hana wa Saku” to the Japanese Red Cross Society through NHK Welfare Organization has come to an end at the end of March 2021 after 10 years of operation. We would like to express our sincere gratitude to those who have used this song in various ways.
In accordance with Yoko Kanno’s wishes, she will continue to donate the royalty income (including our publisher’s share of royalties) from the compositions of “Hana wa Saku(Flowers will Broom),” “Ray of Water,” and “Journey to Harmony” and the sales of the music sheets of these songs at our sheet music store directly to appropriate charitable organizations as follows.
Last update: January 11, 2024
2024
January 11, 2024
For the Noto Peninsula Earthquake (separate from regular donations)
2023
December 2023
October 2023
July 2023
- Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund (separate from donations from copyright royalties)
February 2023
2022
In this year, Yoko donated to the following organizations.
*The list of donation recipients was incorrectly listed and has been corrected.
- World Central Kitchen
- Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan
- UNHCR Association
- Doctors Without Borders
- Japan Heart
- Japan Tiger and Elephant Fund *This was donated by Yoko’s personal wallet.
2021
December 20, 2021
Yoko Kanno has decided to donate 3.2 million yen from the royalties of “Hana wa Saku”, “Ray of Water” and “Journey to Harmony” to the following organizations. Since we were only able to donate a portion of our income this year, we will carry over the rest to next year.
Thank you very much to those who used these songs and purchased the music scores.
- Japan Committee for UNICEF (for the water project)
- Good Neighbors Japan (for the children’s “I want to eat” project)
- Embassy of Afghanistan in Japan
- Doctors Without Borders
- Japan Heart
- UNHCR Association
- Save the Children’s Children’s Fund
(In order of expenditure)
May God help those in serious crisis.
February 10, 2021
All the proceeds (405,477 yen) from the sales of sheet music for “Hana wa Saku (FLOWERS WILL BLOOM)”, “Ray of Water”, and “Journey to Harmony” on this website until February 9, 2021 were donated to Musubie, an NPO that supports children’s cafeterias.
Thank you very much to everyone who bought the sheet music.
We hope that as many children as possible will be able to have a great meal.
We also hope that this will help those who are running children’s cafeterias under difficult circumstances.
Q: I understand that there is a copyright usage fee (payment to JASRAC), etc. Why do you charge the full amount of sales?
A: I’m not good at calculations, so I decided to use the most straightforward sales amount.
Q:Will you continue to donate to Musubie in the future?
A:Our future donation plan is undecided.
Q:What happens to the proceeds other than the sales of sheet music?
A:We would like to donate it in some way, but when and where is yet to be decided.