The Government of Japan has donated 5,685 tonnes of rice and 110 tonnes of canned fish for the distribution among the internally displaced people (IDP) returnees and economically affected people in the most insecure and marginalized areas of Sri Lanka. The food items worth 500 million Yen (approximately 500 million rupees) have arrived in Colombo and will be distributed shortly through the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP).. Masayuki Taga, Deputy Head of Mission of Japanese Embassy in Colombo officially handed over the donations in a ceremony at Orugodawatte warehouse yesterday (16) to the Secretary, Ministry of Nation Building & Estate Infrastructure Development, and W.K.K. Kumarasiri. Representative and Country Director of WFP, Mohamed Saleheen was also present on the occasion. This assistance of rice and canned fish will enable to feed about 275,000 school children and 350,000 displaced and conflict-affected people for two months.