Ex-Osaka resident produces salt in western Japan mountains

Ex-Osaka resident produces salt in western Japan mountains

Mitsutaka Matsuura, a 65-year-old former Osaka resident, watches boiling seawater in a giant iron pot at his salt-making factory in the depopulated Irokawa district of Nachikatsuura town on the Pacific coast on Feb. 4, 2015. The district started accepting immigrants from urban areas about 40 years ago, with these new residents now accounting for about 45% of its population. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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