Japan to donate US$4 milion in food aid for crisis-hit Myanmar

This handout from Kachinwaves taken and released on May 16, 2021 shows protesters holding signs that read, "Stay strong Mindat, Hpakant is behind you" in support of the town in Chin state where a civilian defence force has clashed with the military, during a demonstration in Hpakant, as the country remains in turmoil after the February military coup. - AFP

YANGON, May 16 (Jakarta Post/ANN): Japan will extend US$4 million in emergency food aid to Myanmar in response to a humanitarian crisis triggered by the Feb 1 military coup, according to the Foreign Ministry.

The aid, to be channelled through the UN World Food Programme, is expected to cover delivery of food to about 600,000 impoverished people in Yangon, where food supplies have sharply deteriorated following the ouster of civilian leader Aung San Suu Kyi and her democratically elected government.