Aid continues to reach Japan, evacuations go on

The disaster has so far killed at least 3,676 people and left at least 7,558 others missing, Japanese public broadcaster NHK reported Wednesday.

On Wednesday, the city of Wenzhou in east China's Zhejiang Province announced the donation of 2 million yuan (307,692 dollars) to Ishinomaki, its Japanese sister city in the hard-hit Miyagi Prefecture.

The move followed Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu's remarks Tuesday that China would continue to provide Japan with necessary assistance in accordance with the latter's needs.

Previously, the provincial government of northeast China's Jilin Province said it would donate 100,000 dollars to the prefectural government of Miyagi while the municipal government of Changchun, capital of Jilin, pledged 500,000 yuan (about 77,000 dollars) to the municipal government of Sendai.

The Chinese government also announced its decision Wednesday to provide 20,000 tons of fuel as emergency assistance to Japan.

The amount,10,000 tons of gasoline and 10,000 tons of diesel, would be supplied to Japan in addition to the Chinese government's decision on Monday to provide 30 million yuan (about 4.6 million dollars) in emergency humanitarian aid to support disaster relief.

At the same time, South Korea is offering boric acid to Japan to help it cope with its unfolding nuclear crisis.

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