Challenges of bankrupt city continue

Challenges of bankrupt city continue

Children march through a former housing complex for coal mine workers during an annual festival in the northern Japan city of Yubari on May 15, 2016. The bankrupt city is working hard to reconstruct itself amid population decline. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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