Just when you thought Japan was screwed.
Despite its country in economic turmoil following the triple disasters of the 9.0 Magnitude earthquake and the new estimates of a 15-metre high tsunami on March 11, 2011 that helped trigger the worst nuclear disaster to hit the planet in 25 years, Japan still looks out to lend a helping hand to its friends.
On May 3, Japan announced it would send blankets to the victims of the tornadoes that ripped through the southern part of the United States of America last week - in an effort to thank the U.S. for all of its help to Japan recently.
Japan is sending some Y10,000,000 (US $125,000) worth of blankets and plastic sheets to the U.S. for the survivors of the swath of tornadoes that killed approximately 350 people.
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsumoto Takeaki (surname first) explained how the damage to families by the tornadoes caused him to recall the disasters to Japan, and offered U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Japan's help.
The blankets and plastic sheets will not be coming directly from Japan and will instead be arriving from a warehouse in Miami, Florida wherethe Japan International Cooperation Agency houses supplies generally reserved for disaster relief for Latin America.
Andrew Joseph
Despite its country in economic turmoil following the triple disasters of the 9.0 Magnitude earthquake and the new estimates of a 15-metre high tsunami on March 11, 2011 that helped trigger the worst nuclear disaster to hit the planet in 25 years, Japan still looks out to lend a helping hand to its friends.
On May 3, Japan announced it would send blankets to the victims of the tornadoes that ripped through the southern part of the United States of America last week - in an effort to thank the U.S. for all of its help to Japan recently.
Japan is sending some Y10,000,000 (US $125,000) worth of blankets and plastic sheets to the U.S. for the survivors of the swath of tornadoes that killed approximately 350 people.
Japanese Foreign Minister Matsumoto Takeaki (surname first) explained how the damage to families by the tornadoes caused him to recall the disasters to Japan, and offered U.S.Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Japan's help.
The blankets and plastic sheets will not be coming directly from Japan and will instead be arriving from a warehouse in Miami, Florida wherethe Japan International Cooperation Agency houses supplies generally reserved for disaster relief for Latin America.
Andrew Joseph
