(UPDATE) TOKYO: Japan will spend an additional $660 million rebuilding areas ravaged by a devastating New Year's Day earthquake, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said, taking the total amount of quake relief to $1.7 billion.

The magnitude-7.5 earthquake and its aftershocks devastated parts of the Ishikawa region on the Sea of Japan coast, toppling buildings, ripping up roads and sparking a major fire.

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