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For instance, Rikuzentakata was unable to build a supermarket because of zoning laws aimed at protecting small shopkeepers.
ECONOMIST: Japan after the 3/11 disaster
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"What I want most is to have my home again, " Migaku Suzuki told journalists in the port city of Rikuzentakata.
BBC: Japan marks quake and tsunami anniversary
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The city's largest sake brewer decided to rebuild its factory not in Rikuzentakata, but in Ofunato, a less-damaged city nearby.
WSJ: A Year After Tsunami's Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience
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Rikuzentakata officials estimate more than 1, 000 people have moved away in the past year, leaving a population of about 20, 000.
WSJ: A Year After Tsunami's Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience
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In Rikuzentakata, as in many places, very little rebuilding has begun, other than rows of temporary houses that have commandeered school playing fields.
ECONOMIST: Japan after the 3/11 disaster
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Rikuzentakata, in Iwate prefecture, was in trouble even before the tsunami.
WSJ: A Year After Tsunami's Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience
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The three joked about what dad could do to rebuild Rikuzentakata.
WSJ: Ruin and Rebirth: After Disaster, Japanese Mayor Plants Seeds for City's Rebirth
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Kanato said he just wanted Rikuzentakata to be "normal" again.
WSJ: Ruin and Rebirth: After Disaster, Japanese Mayor Plants Seeds for City's Rebirth
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More than one-third of Rikuzentakata's residents are older than 65.
WSJ: A Year After Tsunami's Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience
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Rikuzentakata, whose fortunes The Wall Street Journal has chronicled over the past 12 months, lost nearly its entire city center and is among the communities facing the most daunting recoveries.
WSJ: A Year After Tsunami's Wrath, Searching for Hope and Resilience
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Rikuzentakata will soon submit a budget for its share.
WSJ: Ruin and Rebirth: After Disaster, Japanese Mayor Plants Seeds for City's Rebirth
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In the coastal city of Rikuzentakata in the northeast, families of the deceased, many wearing black, laid flowers on flattened plots of land where their loved ones are believed to have died a year ago.
WSJ: Japan Marks One-Year Anniversary of March 11 Earthquake and Tsunami