"Onagawa (in Miyagi Pref.) was already in decline when it was obliterated in 2011 by the Tohoku tsunami"
"The key controversy was whether to rebuild the 14 surrounding villages, or to cluster new homes in the original town centre"
"...the villages will be rebuilt – but the services will be concentrated in one spot, forcing everyone to come to Onagawa to use them" (17 Apr 2019)
https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/apr/17/the-town-that-outlawed-sprawl-onagawa-tsunami-rebuild
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