Up to 1 million yen in financial support will be provided to each Miyake Island household to help them cope with the serious damage from volcanic eruptions, Construction Minister Chikage Ogi said Friday.
Ogi told reporters after a Cabinet meeting that a government mission on Thursday visited the island, about 190 km south of Tokyo, and found that ash and falling rocks have seriously damaged houses and roads.
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