Quake-damaged sake brewer vows comeback

Quake-damaged sake brewer vows comeback

SENDAI, Japan - Takuya Fujimura, president of Kikuzakari Sake Brewery Co. in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture in northeastern Japan, shows a bottle of his product "Taxi Driver" in the city on Aug. 28, 2014. The 120-year-old brewery continues business despite having been severely damaged in the March 2011 earthquake.

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