The Japan Times Weekly Reconstruction funds should be used exclusively for disaster-hit areas

1) Reconstruction funds should be used exclusively for disaster-hit areas

 復興予算の使途は被災地限定に

 

2) It was surfaced that a special account budget to fund reconstruction of communities devastated by the 3/11 earthquake, tsunami and subsequent Fukushima nuclear disaster has been used to pay for unrelated projects.

3月11日の東日本大震災による津波やその二次災害、及び福島の原発事故の被害に対する復興予算が、被災地再建とは無関係の事業に使用されていたことが明らかになった。

 

3) It was revealed that the part of the reconstruction funds were not used for disaster-hit areas that were devastated by the 3/11 earthquake. The government said that without the reconstruction of Japanese economy, it will be impossible that the true reconstruction of the disaster-hit areas. But in the disaster-hit area, 60 percent of the small and medium size enterprise owners’ request for to receive subsidy were turned down due to a shortage of funds. The government should have common sense principle that the reconstruction budget should be used for projects to the disaster areas.

 

4) When I read this article, I got angry to the government. The people in the disaster-hit areas need more help of money to reveal this serious damage caused by the earthquake. I think government should consider this situation more serious, and also consider that the most important thing they have to do now. I hope to the quickly revival of the disaster-hit areas.

 

5) Vocabulary

devastate 荒れる disaster 災害 utilize 利用する apparently 見たところでは revive 復興する

 

The Japan Times WEEKLY October 27, 2012