Dodgers pitcher Hiroki Kuroda told his teammates on Tuesday that he is donating $50,000 to the earthquake and tsunami relief effort in his homeland of Japan and encouraged them to join him. "As everyone knows, Japan has been hit with the most devastating catastrophe in its history," Kuroda said. "I'm grateful to the Dodgers organization for offering a hand at this time of crisis and just praying for everyone in Japan. I am truly grateful for the concern my teammates have shown." Kuroda said his money is a portion of what he donates annually through the terms of his $12 million contract. "Every year I donate $100,000 to the ThinkCure Foundation and I decided to take half of that and give it to earthquake relief," he said. "I decided to do this as soon as the earthquake happened. And I heard the Dodgers organization was holding a fund-raiser today at Dodger Stadium and it means a lot to me that the people in this game are so concerned with what happened in Japan."