Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on Saturday visited central Japan areas devastated by a deadly earthquake in January and heavy rain in September in his first inspection tour after taking office earlier in the week.Ishiba inspected some of the areas in Ishikawa Prefecture where heavy rain late last month flooded homes, including temporary housing for survivors of the powerful quake that struck the region on New Year's Day.He spoke to quake survivors who were forced to evacuate from their temporary homes in Wajima due to flooding and also visited the site in the city of a major marketplace dest…READ FULL ARTICLE
