Ex-resident visits home on "Gunkanjima"

Ex-resident visits home on "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A man (L) walks to his former residence on Hashima, a currently uninhabited island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, with a Nagasaki city official on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed. (Kyodo)

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