PH sending aid team to Japan
Police arrive to clear debris scattered on a street in a flood hit area in Kumano, Hiroshima prefecture on July 9, 2018. AFP PHOTO
The Philippine government is sending a humanitarian mission to aid in rescue and rehabilitation efforts in parts of Japan where the death toll in massive floods continued to rise.
Presidential spokesperson Harry Roque said the decision to send a team to Japan was approved during a Cabinet meeting on Monday.—Julie M. Aurelio
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