Challenges of bankrupt city continue

Challenges of bankrupt city continue

Nobuo Tabata (front), a 99-year-old resident of a failed northern Japan city of Yubari, does exercises on June 29, 2016. Tabata, who worked at coal mine-related facilities after returning from Manchuria following the end of World War II, said he hopes to celebrate his 100th birthday in Yubari with friends. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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