Japan scatters money heavily... causing damage to its image
According to Kyodo News on September 4th, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Tetsuro Nomura held consultations at their official residence, summarizing additional support measures accompanying the discharge of contaminated water from Tokyo Electric Power's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, including "expanding consumption and maintaining production" and "dealing with image damage".
▲ Information image: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida
According to reports, the Japanese government will invest a new reserve fund of 20.7 billion yen, along with an existing 80 billion yen fund, to provide support measures totaling 100.7 billion yen. The main content is to improve aquatic product processing facilities and explore export destinations.
According to reports, the Japanese government has established a fund that includes 30 billion yen for image damage measures and 50 billion yen for supporting the maintenance of fisheries. It will provide additional reserve funds to ensure that there is no risk in supporting the national aquaculture industry.
The support measures include five main contents: "expanding consumption and maintaining production", "dealing with image damage", "changing export destinations", "strengthening processing systems", and "prompt and meticulous compensation". The detailed allocation of reserve funds will strive to be finalized as soon as possible at the cabinet meeting.