Japan to Send Relief Team to Disaster-Hit Indonesia

Japan to Send Relief Team to Disaster-Hit Indonesia

Tokyo, Oct. 3 (Jiji Press)–New Japanese Defense Minister Takeshi Iwaya issued an order on Wednesday to dispatch a disaster relief team of around 50 Self-Defense Force personnel to Indonesia, which was struck by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Japan will send a C-130 aircraft of the Air SDF. The team will transport needed equipment and supplies to disaster-hit areas.

Specifically, the team will airlift relief goods collected in other parts of Indonesia to the severely damaged city of Palu.

JIJI PRESS

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