Japan defense force plane to carry medicines to quake-hit Myanmar

Japan will dispatch a Self-Defense Forces airplane carrying medicines and medical equipment to Myanmar, Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Monday, as part of relief efforts to the Southeast Asian country following a massive earthquake last month.A C-130 transport aircraft with about 20 crew members and 2.5 tons of medical goods is set to depart an SDF base in Aichi Prefecture in central Japan for Myanmar on Tuesday, Nakatani told reporters in Tokyo.The plane is scheduled to arrive Wednesday in Mandalay, Myanmar's second-largest city, near the epicenter of the March 28 magnitude 7.7 quake, t…READ FULL ARTICLE