Japanese medical team to head for China Tuesday

Source: Xinhua | 05-20-2008 11:38

TOKYO, May 20 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Foreign Minister Masahiko Komura said Tuesday that Japan's medical team is to set off for China later in the day.

He said that the medical team will take a charter flight bound for China's quake-hit southwestern areas, where Japan's 60-member relief team is to be taken back by the same flight Wednesday.

Editor:Zhao Yan