The U.S. military has offered air assistance to Japan to get supplies to those displaced by a pair of powerful earthquakes that shook the southwestern part of the nation and left at least 41 dead, Japan's prime minister said Sunday, NBC News reported.
"We have received word that it is now possible to receive aid by air from the U.S. military," Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said at a news conference Sunday morning local time. "We are very grateful for the offer and want to coordinate our details transport needs and make it happen as soon as possible."
According to local authorities, 41 people died in the two earthquakes. Japanese government spokesman said Sunday that that number hasn't changed.
National broadcaster NHK reported that more than 2,000 people were being treated for injuries in hospitals, and over 160,000 people were in shelters.
