The Japanese government announced on 6 June to provide US$1.5 million in relief aid to the areas affected by Cyclone Mocha in Myanmar.

The Emergency Grant Aid has allocated $1 million through the World Food Programme (WFP), and $500,000 through the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in the areas of food, water and sanitation and shelter.

The Japanese government also gave $500,000 to Bangladesh through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for water and sanitation.

The severe Cyclone Mocha swept through southwestern Myanmar on 14 May, causing flooding and severe damage with hundreds of casualties including many Rohingya Muslims.

It made landfall in Rakhine State with strong winds gusting up to 230-250 km/h, and also affected Sagaing region with a wind speed of 78 km/h.

The junta regime declared all 17 townships of Rakhine State and four townships - Tiddim, Matupi, Paletwa and Hakha - in Chin State as disaster-affected areas.

Major damage occurred in Rakhine, Chin, Magway, Sagaing and Ayeyarwady. Locals in these areas suffered problems with water supplies and sanitation facilities, public infrastructure such as dozens of hospitals and clinics, hundreds of schools, and hundreds of religious buildings, transport infrastructure, such as bridges and roads damaged and damage to the airports of Sittwe and Thandwe in Rakhine State.

Some sources recorded total damages to about 2,500 religious buildings, over 2,000 schools, over 300 hospitals/clinics, and over 800 ships or boats in the cyclone-affected areas in Myanmar.