A $230,000 statue is part of an effort to revive tourism in the fishing town of Noto. Critics call it a waste of money as Japan struggles to contain a new outbreak. https://ift.tt/3vPE0eH https://ift.tt/3h40tAv World New York Times May 5, 2021 at 08:00PMA town in Japan spent Covid relief funds on a giant squid statue.

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