Catastrophes cause $5 billion of agricultural damage
Posted On: May. 28, 2019 6:06 AM CST
Extreme weather and an earthquake in Hokkaido caused nearly 568 billion Japanese yen ($5 billion) worth of damage to Japan's agriculture, forestry and fishery industries in the financial year ended March 31, Nippon.com reported. Catastrophes including typhoons and heavy rains caused more than JPY 112 billion of damage to crops, nearly JPY 214 billion to farmland and JPY 227.5 billion to agricultural facilities.