A hollow Hokkaido: a historic village is a microcosm for northern woes.

Japan Inc. | May 1, 2004| | Copyright

NEMURO, Hokkaido: Windy and weatherbeaten, this slender slice of northeastern Japan surrenders to snow and ice much of the year. But in mind-set, the town of 33,000 has been frozen for decades.

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STREETS BRISTLE WITH slogans demanding the return of territories grabbed by Russia in 1945. A gleaming state-of-the-art memorial hall to the lost islands, built by the prefectural government, sits in lavish contrast to the shabby commercial district. Meanwhile, the overtaxed seas around Nemuro yield fewer fish every year. The country's last coal mine, in ...

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