Charity
In 1995, in response to the Kobe earthquake, held a X Japan's Christmas Eve charity concert in Osaka, and presented the certifications of new pianos to students whose schools were damaged during the earthquake.
In 2009, he invited 200 young orphans to attend the two X Japan's concerts in January in Hong Kong, and donated money to a charity organization for orphans who had lost their parents. On March 29 and 31, he visited a town in the province of Sichuan, China, which was devastated by the earthquake in 2008, and donated musical instruments to the schools in the area. He again invited children from the local orphanages in Taipei, Taiwan, to be the special guests in the X Japans's concert on 30 May.
In 2010, he founded Yoshiki Foundation America, a California non-profit, public benefit corporation with tax-exempt status as a section 501(c)3. On July 1, the foundation hosted free, benefit fan bash for charity at Club Nokia, Los Angeles. Beneficiaries included the Grammy Foundation, Make-A-Wish Foundation, and St. Vincent Meals on Wheels.
In 2011, to provide aid to the victims of March 11's Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the foundation in association with Yahoo! Japan organized Japan Relief Fundraising Auction, and all the benefits were sent to the Japanese Red Cross. Yoshiki auctioned his Kawai Cristal Grand CR-40 piano, and with restructuring verification system by Yahoo! Auctions, because offers reached high as $20 million, it got sold for $134,931.
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