By The Japan Times,Web Master
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The government has pledged to give heavy machinery for disaster relief worth Â¥400 million ($2.73 million) to Papua New Guinea under its official security assistance (OSA) program.State Minister for Foreign Affairs Takuma Miyaji signed and exchanged notes on the matter with Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister, Justin Tkatchenko, during his trip to the Oceanian nation, according to a Japanese announcement Tuesday.Papua New Guinea is among eight countries to which Japan plans to provide defense equipment in fiscal 2025 under its OSA program. The other seven include Thailand, East Timor and Sri Lanka.