Article 97Sharing of Expenses for Emergency Measures and Disaster Recovery Efforts for a Disaster of Extreme Severity
第九十七条（激甚災害の応急措置及び災害復旧に関する経費の負担区分等）
In the event of a disaster that is extremely severe (hereinafter referred to as "disaster of extreme severity"), as provided for separately by law, the government is to take action so that emergency measures and disaster recovery efforts may proceed speedily and appropriately, and at the same time, enforce necessary policies for the purposes of making equitable the burden of expenses on the local government, etc., whose area has sustained a disaster of extreme severity and arousing enthusiasm for rehabilitation in the disaster victims.
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「災害」
Damage caused by a storm, tornado, heavy rain or snow, flood, slope failure, debris flow, storm surge, earthquake, tsunami, soil liquefaction, volcanic eruption, landslide or other abnormal natural phenomenon, or by a large fire or explosion or another cause that a Cabinet Order (政令) specifies as causing damage on a similar scale.
Defined inArticle 2, paragraph (1), item (i)· applies throughout the law
emergency measures
「応急措置」
Fire-fighting, flood fighting, rescue and other emergency measures needed to fend off a disaster or stop it from spreading.
Short name set inArticle 62, paragraph (1)
disaster of extreme severity
「激甚災害」
An extremely severe disaster, for which Article 97 has the government take measures under a separate Act so that emergency measures and recovery are carried out quickly and properly, the costs borne by the local governments and others it strikes are fairly shared, and victims are encouraged to rebuild.
Short name set inArticle 97, paragraph (1)