Which countries sent search-and-rescue teams to Japan after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami?

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earthquake damage, Honshu, Japan, 2011 — Japan earthquake and tsunami of 2011 Aerial view of damage to a portion of the northeastern coast of Honshu, Japan, following the offshore earthquake and resultant tsunami there on March 11, 2011.

Following the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, several nations provided critical assistance by deploying search-and-rescue teams to the affected regions. These countries included:

Australia
China
India
New Zealand
South Korea
United States1

In addition to these search-and-rescue efforts, dozens of other countries and major international organizations, such as the Red Cross and Red Crescent, provided significant financial and material support to aid in the recovery process.1