The day Masahiro Osada reopened his Chinese restaurant, the mayor showed up for a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
A local TV station covered the event for the evening news. Osada spoke of the courage it took to restart his business in the tsunami-devastated town of Rikuzentakata, whose recovery remains in doubt as skeptical residents move elsewhere.
"I am hoping for a chain reaction of courage," Osada said.
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