Japan, Taiwan laud friendship on 10th anniversary of 2011 quake
03/11/2021 08:33 PM
CNA photo March 11, 2021
Taipei, March 11 (CNA) Japan and Taiwan lauded their friendship on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of the devastating Great East Japan Earthquake.
On March 11, 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake struck northeastern Japan, triggering a tsunami that claimed about 16,000 lives.
Following the disaster, Taiwan donated over US$240.04 million in aid, making it one of the largest providers of financial aid to the country.
Hiroyasu Izumi, chief of the Taipei office of the Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association (JTEA), thanked the Taiwanese people for their support after the disaster at a thanksgiving and memorial event held at the association.