NAMIE, Japan -- Amid the vacant houses and barren fields here stands a shining new symbol of the community's slow journey back from disaster to everyday Japanese life: a convenience store.
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Former Fukushima ghost town stirs with new business 9 years on
Namie has a 7-Eleven and world-class energy plant but still needs people
Ukedo elementary school in Namie, Fukushima Prefecture was devastated in Japan's 2011 tsunami disaster and remains standing but unused. (Photo by Kohnosuke Urata)
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