Kumejima mayor asks prefecture for pine bug “control cost support”

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Kumejima mayor asks prefecture for pine bug “control cost support”

The mayor of Kumejima, Momohara Hideo, visited the prefectural office on the 30th and handed over a request form for support for treatment and control of dead pine by pine bugs to Sakihara Morimitsu, Director of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Department. In the same town, 40 to 50 dead pine trees caused by pine bugs were confirmed for the first time in September last year, and then...