Heavy rain Damage to agriculture, forestry and fisheries 19.1 billion yen Still under investigation in many areas 12:59 on July 14
Regarding the amount of damage to the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industry due to this heavy rain, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Eto announced that it will amount to 19.1 billion yen as of the 14th. In addition, he said that many areas are still under investigation, and he rushed to understand the full extent of the damage and consider countermeasures.
At the press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Minister Eto stated that the damage to the agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries due to the heavy rain this time was 19.1 billion yen in total at 35 prefectures centering on Kumamoto and Kagoshima prefectures at 6:30 am on the 14th. I made it clear that it is going up.
On top of that, he indicated that he was urgently trying to grasp the whole picture in cooperation with prefectures, assuming that many areas are still under investigation.
In addition, as food support, in addition to delivering 1400 items of liquid milk for infants to the transportation base in Mashiki-machi, Kumamoto Prefecture, we are urgently delivering the vegetable juice of 10,000 items requested on the 13th.
Minister Eto said, "I would like to take solid measures while compiling the results of the damage investigation."