Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, right, talks with an elderly woman at a shelter at the site of a landslide triggered by the Sept 6, earthquake in Abira, Hokkaido, northern Japan. Photo: AP
On Sept 6, disaster struck Japan’s Hokkaido Island. After a massive earthquake, the Japanese government immediately offered US$135mil (RM562mil) to help revitalise local economies, particularly the tourism sector.
In line with that, the northern prefecture governor, Harumi Takahashi, has invited tourism pioneers to have a closed dialogue with her today. She has obtained full authority from Japan’s central government to reconstruct the prefecture’s economy, especially in the service industries.
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