In July 2007 , the Niigata 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake hit Japan ’s Niigata Prefecture , at the same time as the AP Bank Fes '07 music festival was taking place - itself cut from three days to one due to a typhoon . As a result of these two catastrophes , '' AP Bank Fund '' was created to provide funds for disaster relief , separate from AP Bank 's regular lending operations . The '' ap bank fund '' was created in September 2007 , and in June 2008 it provided relief funds for victims of the 2007 Chūetsu offshore earthquake , a devastating cyclone in Myanmar , and another major earthquake in Sichuan , China
earthquake in Sichuan
2008 Sichuan earthquake
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