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▼ Farm Damage From Quake Totals ¥39.7 bil.
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SAPPORO (Jiji Press) — The agriculture, forestry and fishery industry in Hokkaido suffered damage worth ¥39.7 billion as of Sunday from a powerful earthquake that struck the prefecture earlier this month, the prefectural government said.
Landslides in Atsuma and two other towns near the center of the Sept. 6 earthquake severely damaged forests and farmland, prefectural officials said.
The amount of damage is likely to increase because the prefectural government’s investigation is still under way.
Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi, in a meeting with Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Sapporo on Sunday said the prefecture wants sufficient support for its recovery and reconstruction.
On Saturday, the prefectural government said the earthquake’s damage on the local tourism industry has amounted to ¥29.2 billion.
A total of 942,000 people canceled accommodation reservations in the prefecture as of Saturday following the earthquake, costing ¥11,725 million, according to the prefectural government.
A total of 56.1 million tourists visited Hokkaido in fiscal 2017, which ended last March, including 2.79 million from abroad, according to the prefectural government. It has a goal of boosting the number of visitors from abroad to five million by fiscal 2020.
Landslides in Atsuma and two other towns near the center of the Sept. 6 earthquake severely damaged forests and farmland, prefectural officials said.
The amount of damage is likely to increase because the prefectural government’s investigation is still under way.
Hokkaido Gov. Harumi Takahashi, in a meeting with Toshihiro Nikai, secretary general of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, in Sapporo on Sunday said the prefecture wants sufficient support for its recovery and reconstruction.
On Saturday, the prefectural government said the earthquake’s damage on the local tourism industry has amounted to ¥29.2 billion.
A total of 942,000 people canceled accommodation reservations in the prefecture as of Saturday following the earthquake, costing ¥11,725 million, according to the prefectural government.
A total of 56.1 million tourists visited Hokkaido in fiscal 2017, which ended last March, including 2.79 million from abroad, according to the prefectural government. It has a goal of boosting the number of visitors from abroad to five million by fiscal 2020.
- September 18, 2018
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