Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited the city of Wajima in Ishikawa Prefecture, which was affected by the powerful Noto Peninsula earthquake on Jan. 1, on Monday to indicate Japan's policy to support the region with a task force for "creative" reconstruction.
Six months after the disaster hit the region, Kishida aimed to show Japan's stance of putting maximum efforts for the region's restoration and reconstruction.
He attended the first meeting of the task force, which was launched the same day, with a policy of the central government to work on the support for the affected region in cooperation with local governments.