Japan continues aid deliveries to tsunami-ravaged Tonga

A Japan Air Self-Defence Force aircraft arrives at Tonga’s Fua’amotu International Airport, near Nuku’alofa (AP)

Two Japanese aircraft left Australia to deliver more vital aid to Tonga as the Pacific nation deals with the aftermath of a volcanic eruption and tsunami.

The Japanese Lockheed C-130 Hercules and Kawasaki C-2 left the Royal Australian Air Force Base at Amberley in Queensland state to make the 2,050-mile journey east to the islands that were devastated by the January 15 twin disasters, the Australian defence department said in a statement.