Japan : After the 1995 Great Hanshin earthquake , the Japanese government plans to offer up to in grant aid , which will be exercised through international organizations including UNICEF and the World Food Programme ( WFP ) . It will also donate emergency relief materials for as much as ¥ 30 million ( ) . The Japanese Ministry of Defense deployed a disaster relief team ( JDRT ) . The Japanese government sent a C-130 Hercules from Arizona with a 26 member-JDRT team and emergency relief goods stocked in Florida to Haiti . The medical team arrived at Léogâne , 30 km west of Port-au-Prince , and started its operation on 18 January 2010 . The International Disaster Relief Medical Support Unit relieved JDRT of their activities in Léogâne
Great Hanshin earthquake
Great Hanshin earthquake
Humanitarian response by national governments to the 2010 Haiti earthquake