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Town builds giant squid statue with COVID-19 relief money in Japan
short by Arshiya Chopra / on Thursday, 6 May, 2021
Japanese town of Noto has been criticised 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 to boost tourism. Noto was awarded 800 million yen (₹54 crore) in grants from the central government to fight the fourth wave of coronavirus in the country.
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