Japan's parliament on Wednesday enacted a bill to facilitate restoring ports damaged by natural disasters so they can be used ...

Additionally, Japan dispatched a 32-member Japan Disaster Relief (JDR) Medical Team to Yangon, Myanmar’s biggest city, on April 2. The team, which includes doctors and nurses, is the first of its kind ...

A Japanese medical team has arrived in Myanmar, where a massive earthquake on Friday has so far left more than 2,800 people dead.

Japanese actor-singer Takuya Kimura on Thursday expressed his gratitude to the people of Taiwan for their heartfelt support every time Japan is hit by a natural disaster. Kimura, who is visiting ...

The 32-member disaster relief unit – comprising doctors ... to Myanmar,” while a report in the equally right-leaning Yomiuri the same day stated that Japan “is playing catchup with Chinese, Russian ...

With its funding and bilateral efforts, the Quad grouping is facilitating the delivery of relief supplies, deploying ...

They also stressed the need to educate residents about the impact of an eruption and train more volcano disaster relief experts ... was quoted as saying by NHK Japan that Japan hasn’t faced ...

The team of five members including medical personnel will monitor needs and the security situation on the ground, and coordinate the possible dispatch of a Japan Disaster Relief team. Japan has ...

MATSUYAMA, Japan (Kyodo) -- Firefighting efforts continued ... to spray water over the blazes and to engage in other disaster relief efforts, responding to requests from Okayama and Ehime ...

The World Health Organization is looking to move Emergency Medical Teams into Myanmar amid reports of insufficient medical supplies, including trauma kits to treat injured people, blood bags for ...