Millions of Japanese people were without food, water or power Monday and hundreds of thousands more homeless after a quake and tsunami left the economic superpower battling third-world conditions.
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The main humanitarian needs are food, drinking water, blankets, fuel and medical items which the government and private sector in Japan are urgently mobilising and sending to the affected area,” OCHA said.
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The UN said power and gas supplies were critical, with the Japanese winter bringing sub-zero temperatures overnight and snow and rain forecast for coming days.