NISHINOOMOTE, Tanegashima, Japan -- When a Mos Burger hamburger store opened in this port city in April, it ended a 20-year period in which there was no fast-food outlet on the island of 28,000 residents and marked a potential new beginning for its troubled economy.
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An old woman walks by a mosaic rocket at an elementary school with only 16 students in Tanegashima. (Kyodo) © Kyodo
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