Return to Japan Disaster Relief Team dispatched due to Mauritius heavy oil spill accident September 18, 22:35
In the heavy oil spill of a cargo ship in Mauritius, an island country in the Indian Ocean, the Japan Disaster Relief Team dispatched by the government has completed its activities there and will return to Japan.
Since last month, the government has dispatched an international emergency relief team three times with the participation of officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Japan Coast Guard to remove oil in the heavy oil spill accident that occurred in Mauritius. We have been supporting activities.
The members who finished the activity are returning to Japan one after another, and on the 18th of Japan time, the members of the 3rd team will leave the site and will return to Japan on the 20th.
The government, including the resumption of play and fisheries of the ecosystem, the prospect of the next month in order to support the economic recovery, we decided to send a survey team to be constituted by a staff of JICA = Japan International Cooperation Agency in the field.