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Pakistani Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani said Pakistan would extend all possible assistance to Japan.
"I have written a letter and we have offered them, if they need them, field hospitals, whatever assistance we can extend," Gilani told reporters in the central Pakistan city of Multan.
Even the poor southern Afghan city of Kandahar announced it was donating $50,000 to the "brothers and sisters" of Japan.
"I know $50,000 is not a lot of money for a country like Japan, but it is a show of appreciation from the Kandahar people," Kandahar Mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi told Reuters.
Japan has pledged $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years, more than one-third of the total $13 billion in foreign aid pledged to the country over the next five years.
Japan fought on Sunday to avert a disastrous meltdown at three earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that charged across its northeast rose to more than 10,000.
China's 15-member rescue team arrived in Japan on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua said, bringing with them four tonnes of equipment for search and rescue operations, including their own power supply and telecommunications equipment.
Australia's government has offered self-contained field hospitals and disaster victim identification teams. Two military transport aircraft carrying search and rescue teams, as well as sniffer dogs, had already left for Japan.
Britain has sent 59 fire service search and rescue specialists, along with two rescue dogs and a medical support team. The team will take up to 11 tonnes of specialist rescue equipment, including heavy lifting and cutting equipment.
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Aid offers to Japan pour in as nuclear concerns mount - Yahoo!7
"I have written a letter and we have offered them, if they need them, field hospitals, whatever assistance we can extend," Gilani told reporters in the central Pakistan city of Multan.
Even the poor southern Afghan city of Kandahar announced it was donating $50,000 to the "brothers and sisters" of Japan.
"I know $50,000 is not a lot of money for a country like Japan, but it is a show of appreciation from the Kandahar people," Kandahar Mayor Ghulam Haidar Hamidi told Reuters.
Japan has pledged $5 billion in aid to Afghanistan over the next five years, more than one-third of the total $13 billion in foreign aid pledged to the country over the next five years.
Japan fought on Sunday to avert a disastrous meltdown at three earthquake-crippled nuclear reactors as estimates of the death toll from the tsunami that charged across its northeast rose to more than 10,000.
China's 15-member rescue team arrived in Japan on Sunday, state news agency Xinhua said, bringing with them four tonnes of equipment for search and rescue operations, including their own power supply and telecommunications equipment.
Australia's government has offered self-contained field hospitals and disaster victim identification teams. Two military transport aircraft carrying search and rescue teams, as well as sniffer dogs, had already left for Japan.
Britain has sent 59 fire service search and rescue specialists, along with two rescue dogs and a medical support team. The team will take up to 11 tonnes of specialist rescue equipment, including heavy lifting and cutting equipment.
---------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ----------
---------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:06 AM ----------
Aid offers to Japan pour in as nuclear concerns mount - Yahoo!7
