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Japan to send disaster relief team to Taiwan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-20 10:13

TOKYO: Japan will send a disaster relief team and supplies to Taiwan to assist in the wake of Typhoon Morakot, the Foreign Ministry said in a press release Wednesday.

It said Japan plans to dispatch a five-member team, including one foreign ministry official, two medical crew and two international aid officers to Taiwan. They are expected to arrive in the island on Friday.

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As part of Japan's 100-million-yen financial assistance to Taiwan, Japan will also send supplies, including 50 water-filtering machines and 30 electric generators, the ministry said.

The typhoon triggered the worst flooding in the southern part of Taiwan in a half-century, and the death toll will likely exceed 500 people.