Japan Designates Ofunato Fire as Localized Severe Disaster
Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided to designate a massive wildfire in the northeastern city of Ofunato as a localized severe disaster. With the designation, which applies to a particular city, town or village, the central government will subsidize half of the expenses for recovery work, including those for cutting down and transporting fire-ravaged trees an...
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Tokyo, March 25 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government Tuesday decided to designate a massive wildfire in the northeastern city of Ofunato as a localized severe disaster. With the designation, which applies to a particular city, town or village, the central government will subsidize half of the expenses for recovery work, including those for cutting down and transporting fire-ravaged trees an...
