541 Thais unaccounted for in Japan: Thai Foreign Ministry
BANGKOK, March 23 About 541 Thais living in Japan are so far unaccounted for, while Thailand has found no radiation contamination in food imported from Japan so far, according to Thailand's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The ministry received requests to locate some 2,422 Thais living in Japan from their relatives in Thailand but of this number, the ministry could contact only 1,881 persons while about 541 others are unaccounted for, said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman and Information Department Director-General Thani Thongpakdi.
Japan immigration reported 488 Thais are in Ibaraki, Fukushima and Iwate and that 188 of them could be contacted, he added.
Thai Airways International (THAI) reported to the ministry that cabin factor of each flight from Japan is about 50 per cent as a number of Thai people have already returned home. Since March 12, about 9,000 of the estimated 40,000 Thai nationals in Japan have returned home, Mr Thani said.
Over concerns on radiation after reports of radiation contamination in vegetables and sea water, he said it is not at a harmful level and Thailand has also strictly controlled imported goods from Japan and found no radioactive contamination so far. Japanese authorities have strictly controlled goods to prevent any impact on consumers.
Meanwhile, donations from the Thai people to help victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami, channeled through the ministry, reached Bt47.6 million (US$1.5 million) as of today, and the ministry will continue to accept donations for a period of time before presenting the money to Japanese Red Cross. (MCOT online news)
The ministry received requests to locate some 2,422 Thais living in Japan from their relatives in Thailand but of this number, the ministry could contact only 1,881 persons while about 541 others are unaccounted for, said Thai Foreign Ministry spokesman and Information Department Director-General Thani Thongpakdi.
Japan immigration reported 488 Thais are in Ibaraki, Fukushima and Iwate and that 188 of them could be contacted, he added.
Thai Airways International (THAI) reported to the ministry that cabin factor of each flight from Japan is about 50 per cent as a number of Thai people have already returned home. Since March 12, about 9,000 of the estimated 40,000 Thai nationals in Japan have returned home, Mr Thani said.
Over concerns on radiation after reports of radiation contamination in vegetables and sea water, he said it is not at a harmful level and Thailand has also strictly controlled imported goods from Japan and found no radioactive contamination so far. Japanese authorities have strictly controlled goods to prevent any impact on consumers.
Meanwhile, donations from the Thai people to help victims of the massive earthquake and tsunami, channeled through the ministry, reached Bt47.6 million (US$1.5 million) as of today, and the ministry will continue to accept donations for a period of time before presenting the money to Japanese Red Cross. (MCOT online news)
Comments