Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there. (Kyodo)

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