Japan to send 2nd relief team to Mauritius in response to oil leak

The government said Monday Japan will dispatch a second disaster relief team to Mauritius this week in response to an oil leak from a Japanese freighter that ran aground off the Indian Ocean island nation last month.The seven-member team, including officials from the Environment Ministry and the National Institute for Environmental Studies, will leave Japan on Wednesday to help clean up oil and assist in grasping the environmental damage of the incident, the ministry said.The team will be dispatched at the request of Mauritius and will carry with them items such as sorbents to combat oil sp…READ FULL ARTICLE