Myanmar, Japan and Earthquake
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South China Morning Post |
The 32-member disaster relief unit – comprising doctors, nurses and pharmacists – left the Japanese capital on Tuesday evening and arrived in Myanmar the next day.
CNN |
The immense scale of the disaster has piled a fresh crisis on the impoverished Southeast Asian country, where almost 20 million people were already in need of humanitarian assistance after four years...
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Asian News International on MSNIndia, US, Australia, Japan join hands to contribute over USD 20 million in humanitarian aid to MyanmarIndia and other Quad nations stand with the people of Myanmar and Thailand in the wake of the earthquake that struck Myanmar on March 28. The Quad nations - India, the US, Australia, and Japan - have joined hands to contribute more than 20 million in humanitarian aid and are coordinating with other partners,
A major 6.0 earthquake hit Japan's Kyushu on Wednesday evening, days after Myanmar and Thailand witnessed dramatic tremors of magnitude 7.7.
The grouping is concerned that the catastrophe would 'worsen an already-dire humanitarian situation' caused by civil war in the Southeast Asian nation.
A Japanese emergency medical team arrived in Yangon, Myanmar's largest city, on Wednesday, after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit the Southeast Asian nation on Friday. The death toll from the earthquake has risen to 3,003, Myanmar's military said.
Japan will send dozens of medical workers to Myanmar on Wednesday as part of its emergency support for the Southeast Asian country fo
Japan is ready to provide around $6 million in emergency grant aid for victims of the devastating earthquake in Myanmar, the governme
A Japanese national may have been among hundreds of people who were inside an apartment building when it collapsed in the devastating earthquake on March 28.
A Japanese medical team has arrived in Myanmar, where a massive earthquake on Friday has so far left more than 2,800 people dead.
In the wake of the rescue of two Japanese teens who had been lured into working for scam syndicates in Myanmar, concerns are growing that more youths may be drawn into the fraudulent schemes operated by shady overseas groups.
Japan's national mapping agency says its satellite analysis has found that Friday's magnitude 7.7 earthquake in Myanmar caused the ground to slip up to 6 meters along a 400-kilometer section of an active fault.