Iraq to donate $10m to Japan

Oil-rich Iraq said Wednesday it would donate 10 million dollars in disaster relief to Japan and offered oil sales, as Tokyo struggles with the devastation of a March 11 tsunami. "The government has agreed to donate $10 million in aid following the events in Japan, and is also ready for expressions of interest by Japanese companies to import Iraqi oil," the government said in a statement. Japan shut down nuclear reactors in regions affected by the tsunami, and suspended others in other parts of the country as a precaution, forcing the country to seek other forms of energy. Japan is already a small importer of Iraqi oil.