Ex-resident sheds tear visiting "Gunkanjima"

NAGASAKI, Japan - A woman sheds a tear looking up at her former residence on Hashima, an island popularly known as "Gunkanjima" (Battleship Island), in Nagasaki City, southwestern Japan, on July 5, 2014. All residents moved out of the island 40 years ago after the coal mine was closed.

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