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Saturday, March 12, 2011
Japan mobilises troops, planes, ships for quake relief
Japan's military sent or readied thousands of troops, 300 planes and 40 ships for quake and tsunami relief Friday and asked for help from the United States, which has 50,000 troops based in the country.
The government mobilised 8,000 troops to help Miyagi and other northeastern areas hard-hit by a massive earthquake and a tsunami that swallowed and destroyed entire neighbourhoods.
An armada of 20 naval destroyers and other ships headed for the devastated Pacific coast area of Honshu island, while some 25 air force jets flew reconnaissance missions over the disaster zone.
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