Taiwan Increases Disaster Aid to Japan

Taiwan has increased its aid package to NT$100 million and appealed to the public for more donations.  From the press conference:

“Taiwan has close relations with Japan, Japan is our important neighbor and there has been a close bond between the people of the two countries. The Japanese government and civil groups gave a helping hand to Taiwan at the time of the 921 Earthquake [in 1999] and August 8 Flood [in 2009] ... We hereby appeal to Taiwanese to donate to help those in Japan,” Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Shen Ssu-tsun (沈斯淳) said.

A 25-member Taiwanese search-and-rescue team is also on its way to Japan.