Japan plans more aid as Turkey quake death toll climbs to over 10,000

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Wednesday the government plans to provide additional support to areas hit by a powerful earthquake in southern Turkey as the death toll in the country and neighboring Syria surpassed 10,000.With Japan's disaster relief rescue team having started work in Turkey's southern province of Kahramanmaras, Kishida said in a parliamentary session, "We will consider sending necessary assistance in light of the needs of local people."Japan's top government spokesman, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno, told a press conference that Tokyo is also consideri…READ FULL ARTICLE