The Ministry of Transportation, Cultural Agency, and respective governments of Kumamoto Prefecture and City met for a second time on June 6 to hash out repair logistics for the castle.
This Kumanichi article offers a few statistics: of the 7.9 kilometers of castle wall, over 10% has crumbled and another 30% requires reinforcement or rebuilding; this is expected to cost 35 billion yen, approximately 35 billion yen more than any of the above entities wish to spend; this figure does not include costs for repairing wooden structures.
A few important roads run through the castle, but unfortunately, they are city roads and thus not under the purview of the Ministry of Transportation. However, in order to open these as soon as possible, Kumamoto City agreed at the meeting to cough up some 46 million yen. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Transportation has agreed to consider the issue and has suggested holding meetings “at least once monthly.”
And thus the bureaucratic glacial march towards reconstruction commences.