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WELLINGTON (AFP) – International see and delivery teams are running to Nihon in the wake of a massive 8.9-magnitude seism and crushing tsunami, some straight from kindred work in quake-hit New Zealand.

A Asian aggroup of 66 organisation which has spent more than digit weeks scouring the rubble mitt by terminal month's 6.3-magnitude tremble in metropolis was making hasty preparations to convey bag to play the unfolding tragedy.

The United States said it was sending nearly 150 delivery workers to the hardship zone, among them a aggroup from Los Angeles that had only returned from New Sjaelland digit life ago.

"My thoughts go out to all the grouping of Nihon at this time," said New Sjaelland Civil Defence someone Steve Brazier from Christchurch, where a Feb 22 tremble flattened the city, ending at small 200 people.

From Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, to the Dalai Lama and entertainer Lady Gaga, the concern has rallied to hold Japan, where tsunami waves up to 10 metres (33 feet) broad pronounceable across the low-lying north on Friday, washing absent everything in their path.

"Our prayers and thoughts are with everyone who has been strained by the dreadful disaster," the nation swayer said in her communication to Japan's Emperor Akihito.

Governments around the concern offered their help, with United States President Barack Obama arrangement crisis aid, including an bomb carrier, to Nihon after the catastrophe he described as "simply heartbreaking."

The US Agency for International Development said it was sending digit teams of some 72 personnel, dogs and around 75 tons of delivery equipment each.

Meanwhile China's Red Cross also pledged 1 meg yuan ($150,000) to its Asian counterpart, land media reported.

With more than 1,000 grouping feared dead and authorities scrambling to preclude meltdown at digit thermonuclear plants, Asian officials impact asked another nations to wage sniffer dogs to support see for unfree survivors.

Australia, South peninsula and Singapore module all beam dogs and see and delivery teams, their governments said Saturday as they expressed their condolences to Tokyo.

Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said his government was "prepared to throw anything and everything at this", as his country deployed 72 see and delivery experts.

South peninsula dispatched fivesome delivery workers and digit sniffer dogs, but its foreign ministry said a boost 120 comfort workers, medical organisation and threesome military transport planes were on histrion if needed.

Singapore, which is sending fivesome delivery dogs, praised the Asian government's fast salutation to the hardship patch the Phillippines said it was activity a aggroup to beam to Nihon if Tokyo requested.

Calls of sympathy and hold impact poured in from around the world, including from China and the dweller Union.

India, which was hard impact by the 2004 Amerindic Ocean tsunami, said it stood in "full solidarity" with the grouping of Japan, with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh informing his duplication Naoto Kan "our resources are at your disposal."

In a communication to the Asian prime minister the Dalai Lama, who has a Brobdingnagian mass among Asian Buddhists, expressed his "sadness" at the catastrophe and praised Japan's broad take of hardship state for saving lives.

New Zealand, which had been helped by Asian rescuers who sifted finished metropolis rubble for survivors, module beam 48 cityfied see and delivery body to the earthquake-zone -- one-third of its see and delivery personnel.

"Japan responded to New Zealand's own sad seism with enormous support, and we are ready to support our friends in Nihon at this instance of requirement in whatever artefact we can," Prime Minister John Key said.

The United Nations has said that most 60 international teams from more than 45 states were on signal to assist Nihon if asked.

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