Japan earthquake: PM Modi pens message of solidarity for Fumio Kishida as over 200 remain missing | 5 developments
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to Japanese counterpart Kishida expressing solidarity with Japan and its people, sources told news agency PTI on Friday. The development came days after a series of mishaps rocked Japan last week.
Earthquake
Japan was hit by an earthquake of magnitude 7.5 on New Year’s Day. The tremors claimed life of as many as 94 people. As many as 464 people were injured and over 200 went missing, news agency AFP reported.
The rescue operations were hampered by bad weather and damaged roads as Japanese rescuers searched on Friday for 222 people still missing four days after thw devastating earthquake.
Around 30,000 households were without electricity in the Ishikawa region, and 89,800 homes there and in two neighbouring regions had no water. Hundreds of people were in government shelters.
The loss from the earthquake is estimated to be around ¥800 billion ($5.5 billion), Bloomberg cited Takahide Kiuchi, an executive economist at the Nomura Research Institute. The Japan government plans to use 4.74 billion yen in reserve funds to help the quake-hit area, Kyodo News reported, citing the finance minister.
Tokyo airplane on fire
The runway at Tokyo’s Haneda airport that had been closed since a collision between two aircraft there on Tuesday would likely reopen on Jan. 8, Japanese Transport Minister Tetsuo Saito said.
Tokyo runway collision
All 379 people on board the Airbus A350 jet escaped, but five of the six crew on the Coast Guard craft died as they set off to deliver aid to an earthquake zone.
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Published: 05 Jan 2024, 02:42 PM IST
