Following the devastating 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan , Rudd announced after talking with Japanese Foreign Minister Takeaki Matsumoto , he had offered Australian field hospitals and disaster victim identification teams to help with recovery . He also said he had offered Australian atomic expertise and sought urgent briefings following an explosion at a nuclear plant
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Kevin Rudd