Japan to provide long-term support to Mauritius after oil spill

Japan will provide long-term assistance to help Mauritius deal with the cleanup from an oil spill caused by the July grounding of a Japanese-owned freighter, the government's top spokesman said Wednesday.Noting the assistance will not be restricted to preventing the further spread of the oil or its removal, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said it will extend to social and economic areas."We would like to offer assistance in the medium- to long-term in those areas while cooperating with the countries involved," Suga said.Japan has already sent disaster relief teams to Mauritius after …READ FULL ARTICLE