Staff writer
MAIZURU, Kyoto Pref. -- At first glance, the town of Maizuru appears to be just another sleepy village on the Sea of Japan coast.
The streets are deserted after 6 p.m. and shops don't open until 11 a.m. Although 95,000 people live here, it feels as if there are only a couple hundred.
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