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Chinese rescue team to return from Japan

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2011-03-20 17:03

BEIJING - A Chinese rescue team, which has conducted search and rescue missions in Japan, will return to China on Sunday night, said the China Earthquake Administration Sunday.

Chinese rescue workers continue searching for survivors in Oofunato, Iwate, Japan, on Mar 16, 2011. [Photo/Xinhua]

The 15-member rescue team left for Japan on March 13, with 4 tons of materials and equipment for search and rescue, power supply and telecommunication.

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During their stay in Japan, they had carried out search and rescue missions at Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, which was heavily damaged by the 9-magnitude earthquake and ensuing tsunami on March 11.

The earthquake and tsunami have claimed 8,133 lives as of Sunday noon, according to the Japanese government.