 Japanese rescue team to arrive in quake-hit Sichuan
(Xinhua/Agencies)
Updated: 2008-05-15 22:25
A Japanese rescue team leaves the Metropolitan Police Department in Tokyo as they head for China to take part in relief efforts in areas hit by Monday's devastating earthquake, May 15, 2008. [Agencies] |
CHENGDU -- A Japanese rescue team is expected to arrive in the quake-hit Sichuan Province in southwest China early on Friday, vice provincial governor Li Chengyun said Thursday.
The rescue team, comprising about 60 members, will be the first group of foreign disaster relief professionals to assist China since a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck Sichuan Monday afternoon.
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