The Cabinet decided Tuesday to increase government funding and assistance for reconstruction in Nagano and other prefectures ravaged by deadly Typhoon Hagibis, designating the disaster earlier in the month as "severe."
The decision is designed to reduce the financial burden being shouldered by local governments and boost central government spending by around 10 percent to 20 percent on projects to rebuild infrastructure such as roads, rivers, agricultural facilities and farmland.
In natural disasters designated as "severe" over the past five years, the government increased its share of funding in public works projects in affected areas to 83 percent from 70 percent on average.