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Japan will provide up to $100 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Ebola-hit West Africa, the government said Friday.

The grant aid comes on top of $40 million Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged at the U.N. General Assembly in New York in September to combat the deadly virus.

"The spread of Ebola has been a threat to international peace and security," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference. "The situation remains severe, so we have made the decision to accelerate assistance."