1. Japan turned over emergency relief goods to the victims of Typhoon "Yolanda" from November 17 to 19 at Tacloban, Ormoc, San Isidro, Palo, Tanauan in the province of Leyte and Guiuan, Basey in the province of Samar.
2. The assistance, worth 60 million yen (approximately 607,000 US dollars), aims to alleviate the difficulties of the people affected by the calamity. It includes 500 tents, 620 rolls of plastic sheets for shelter, 2,000 sleeping pads, 20 generators, 20 water purifiers and 70,000 bottles of water.
3. In the face of the serious damages in the affected areas and in light of strong bonds existing between Japan and the Philippines as strategic partners, the Government of Japan extended emergency assistance for those affected in the form of emergency relief goods.
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In addition to the dispatch of Japan Disaster Relief Medical Team and Japan's Self-Defense Force Units, Japan has decided to provide the following assistance (52.1 million USD in total);
(1) Emergency Grant Aid: 30 million USD
(2) Emergency Relief Goods: app. 0.6 million USD
(3) Assistance through Japanese NGOs (JPF): 1.5 million USD
(4) Japan Fund for Poverty Reduction (JFPR) of Asian Development Bank (ADB): 20 million USD
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