By Motoko Rich, Makiko Inoue and Hikari HidaCHIZU, Japan — The mountain village of Chizu explains a lot about how one party has kept a virtual lock on power in Japan for close to seven decades. The village, in western Japan, has long been in decline....
The once-dominant forestry industry has shriveled, and a year-end fair is no longer held. Yet last year, backed by a large dollop of central government funding, the village built a 12, 000-square-foot library with a sizable children’s section...
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2021-10-29 00:00:00.0