CNI News

4 April 2025

Special Representative of the Government of Japan and the chairman of the Nippon Foundation, Sasakawa said that the foundation would provide aids equivalent to $ 3 million to the Myanmar people affected by the earthquake.

He said the above during his discussion on the earthquake-hit situations with the chairman of the State Administration Council Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing on April 2, 2025.

When he met with Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, Sasakawa donated 50 backpacks containing 14 types of relief supplies, 60 relief helmets, and 1 box of gloves for use in earthquake relief efforts.

And then, the Nippon Foundation will donate food and other necessary supplies worth US$3 million to the Myanmar people affected by the earthquake.

A 7.7 magnitude earthquake and subsequent aftershocks on March 28 have killed 2,866 people, injured 4,639, and left 373 missing in Myanmar as of 8 a.m. on April 2, reported the SAC.

The Japanese relief and assistance team has arrived in Myanmar and is carrying out relief and assistance activities for the people affected by the earthquake.