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Town builds giant squid with Covid relief funds
A Japanese coastal town in the western part of the country has drawn ire on social media for using some of the coronavirus relief funds it was given by the government to build a statue of a giant squid in the hopes of boosting tourism. The town of Noto in Ishikawa Prefecture was awarded ¥800mn ($7.31mn) in grants from the central government as part of a programme aimed at boosting local economies amid the pandemic, according to domestic media. From that amount, Noto used ¥25mn to cover part of the cost of building the statue, which is 4m high and is 9m long, domestic media reported. Total construction costs were around ¥30mn, they said. Japan is battling a fourth wave of coronavirus infecti

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