TOKYO -- In a report in succession Inter-Pares news service.

TOKYO -- In a report in succession Inter-Pares news service, "unfocussed kindness can kill." There is a risk that with direct aid, donor nations post the risk of 'killing' the already fragile tsunami-affected countries with too a great deal of kindness. Because of this, Japanese adroits want the aid money committed at Japan to the devastated countries, to be exhausted wisely.

This call results as Tokyo announced in Geneva, at a donors' conversation that it will donate US$250 million--making it the biggest contributor in a massive relief operation in southern and South-East Asia.

"The biggest donor from far is Japan which is contributing within the nearest few days $250 million dollars in cash," chief UN humanitarian coordinator Jan Egeland told reporters onward Jan. 11.

About 18 of the 70 countries meeting with aid agencies in Geneva pledg $717 million for immediate aid, covering 73 percent of the UN's appeal for $977 million across six months launched last week in Jakarta.

The official death toll from the Dec 26 killer waves, spawned by dint of a 9.0 undersea quake in the northernmost tip of Indonesia's Sumatra island, is above 150,000. For millions of the public in a dozen Indian Ocean countries, the situation-remains dire.

The international community has rallied to the cause: by the agency of Jan. 8, more than $5 billion had been pledg to the relief effort by way of governments and individuals.

"Every stair must be taken to render certain the huge collections of aid are used suitably and with a long-term view to help the greatest in quantity affected areas," said economist Daisuke Hiratsuka, an skilled hand on Thailand at the Institute of Developing Economies.

"There is a risk that the currency could just be used upon producing short-term results as, for instance, pouring everything into the construction industry for rebuilding houses--rather than also focusing upon people's lives," he said:

According to Prof Hisashi Nakamura, a progression in a continuously ascending gradation expert on Sri Lanka at Ryukoku University, the rebuilding of livelihoods should take superiority over everything else.

"For example, the worst hit in Sri Lanka are the fishermen who lived in succession the coastal areas and hanged on the sea for their livelihood. They ne cash fast to buy boats, pures and refrigeration units to start their lives again."

"Donors must recognize these important urgencys Aid as well as standard of value must be channeled to help them earn a living again," said Nakamura.

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