Japan to Give Aid to Iwate Fire Victims with Damaged Homes

Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan will give reconstruction aid money to people whose homes have been heavily damaged by the wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday. "We now have a prospect of applying the law on support for reconstructing livelihoods of disaster victims," Ishiba told the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper cham...

Japan to Give Aid to Iwate Fire Victims with Damaged Homes
Tokyo, March 6 (Jiji Press)--Japan will give reconstruction aid money to people whose homes have been heavily damaged by the wildfire in Ofunato, Iwate Prefecture, Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba said Thursday. "We now have a prospect of applying the law on support for reconstructing livelihoods of disaster victims," Ishiba told the Budget Committee of the House of Councillors, the upper cham...