TOKYO, Oct. 30 – Typhoon Faxai and Hagibis caused an estimated loss of 177.8 billion yen in total in the agriculture, forestry, and fishery industry, as of October 29, the farm minister said at a news conference after the cabinet meeting on October 29.
According to Taku Eto, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan, the loss caused by Typhoon Faxai and Typhoon Hagibis reached 126.88 billion yen as of October 29 and 50.92 billion yen as of October 10, respectively. The figures are tentative and expected to grow further.
Eto told the reporters that farmers were hit by natural disasters repeatedly. Their will to continue or resume their business is declining significantly”. “I hope the government can help them restore the energy (to restart their business) by demonstrating that the country is determined to support them fully.”