The law prescribed in Article 97 specifies the matters set forth in each of the following items:
第九十七条に規定する法律は、次の各号に掲げる事項について規定するものとする。
standards for the cases where special financial support and subsidies are necessary as a measure for a disaster of extreme severity;
激甚災害のための施策として、特別の財政援助及び助成措置を必要とする場合の基準
special financial support by the State to a local government in order to realize appropriate implementation of recovery projects for a disaster of extreme severity and other projects undertaken in relation to the disaster;
special subsidies for victims resulting from the occurrence of a disaster of extreme severity.
激甚災害の発生に伴う被災者に対する特別の助成
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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
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)