Japan Sends Survey Team to Earthquake-Hit Myanmar, with Disaster Relief Team Possibly to Follow

Rescuers work at a building damaged in a strong earthquake, in Mandalay, Myanmar, on Sunday.
13:48 JST, March 31, 2025
The Foreign Ministry on Sunday dispatched a survey team made up of officials from the Japan International Cooperation Agency and medical experts to assess damage in Myanmar, following a massive earthquake that struck the center of the country.
The team will help to examine whether a Japan Disaster Relief team should be sent to the country.
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