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Japan Devises Farmer, Small Biz Aid after Rain Disaster

July 16, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Monday his government has drawn up the first set of assistance to agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry players and small businesses damaged by the recent torrential rain in western Japan. The package, centering

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Japan to Increase Hotel Rooms for Wheelchair Users

July 16, 2018

Tokyo- The Japanese land ministry plans to revise the standards on barrier-free rooms at hotels to increase the number of guest rooms accessible to wheelchair users ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games, informed sources have said. Currently,

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Heads of Fukushima Associations in Europe Hold Meeting in Germany

July 16, 2018

Duesseldorf, Germany- Four European-based associations of people from the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima held a meeting of their leaders in Duesseldorf, western Germany, on Sunday. The participants from the associations in Germany, Britain, France and the Netherlands discussed how

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Search for Missing Continues in Rain-Hit Western Japan; Heatwave Strikes

July 16, 2018

Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- Rescuers kept working on Sunday to search for people who went missing after recent torrential rain mainly in western Japan regions, as sweltering summer heat continued to batter the Japanese archipelago, including the disaster-hit areas. A number

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Okayama Pref. Starts to Supply Temp Housing to Disaster Victims

July 16, 2018

Kurashiki, Okayama Pref.- The government of the western Japan prefecture of Okayama, which was hit hard by floods and mudslides from heavy rain this month, started on Sunday to supply apartments and other housing leased from the private sector to

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Abe Tweets Back to Thank Trump over Disaster Message

July 16, 2018

Tokyo- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on his Twitter account on Sunday thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for the sympathy he expressed the previous day over recent torrential rain that knocked out wide areas in western Japan. “Sincerely appreciate Donald’s

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LDP Calls for More Spending to Make Japan Resistant to Disasters

July 16, 2018

Tokyo- An increasing number of lawmakers in Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party are calling for making the country resistant to disasters by improving related infrastructure. They hope to see steady growth in spending on such infrastructure in the wake of

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Farm, Forestry, Fishery Damage from Japan Rain Swells to 43.6 B. Yen

July 15, 2018

Tokyo- The amount of damage on the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries from recent record rain and subsequent floods and mudslides mainly in western Japan totaled 43.69 billion yen as of Sunday morning, the agriculture ministry said. The figure was

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