Armenian Relief Society ready to help Japan disaster victims

PanARMENIAN.Net - The Armenian Relief Society Central Executive Board informed their Japanese colleagues of their readiness to help the victims of the Japan disaster to the best of their abilities.

The Society urged to join the initiative by making donations through the organization or via www.ars1910.org website.

A massive earthquake, 9.0 on the Richter scale, unleashed a huge tsunami which crashed through Japan's eastern coastline, on March 11. According to the updated data, 5,900 people are considered to be killed or missing.

The cooling system of nuclear reactors at Fukushima nuclear plant has failed as a result of the earthquake. The failure has resulted in explosions at the first and third energy units. A "state of emergency" is declared at the neighboring Fukushima-2 nuclear plant, where the cooling system has also failed. People have been evacuated within a 20-km zone.

On March 14, Japan asked IAEA to send a group of specialists to assist in overcoming the situation at the nuclear plants.