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A Derelict Japanese Village

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Mar 19, 2013
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Weeds poke up through the main street of Iitate village in Fukushima prefecture, a once thriving dairy farming community. The local agricultural cooperative office is padlocked. Traffic lights are darkened, as there is very little traffic aside from the occasional truck traversing Highway 389.

The post office is closed, and there are no deliveries for th…

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