Covid: Japan town builds giant squid statue with relief money

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A seaside town in Japan has raised eyebrows after it used funding from an emergency Covid-19 relief grant to build a giant statue of a squid.

The 13m-long (43ft) sea creature lies in the port of Noto, where flying squid is the town’s delicacy.

It reportedly used 25m yen ($228,500; £164,700) of the emergency funding to build the statue.

Noto officials have told local media it is part of a long term plan to lure tourists