Japan Skin Divers Eye Tourist Cash as Depopulation Hurts Growth

Yukiaki Tenpaku, president of Maruten Ltd., speaks during an interview at a traditional smoke house for drying bonito fish in Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Attracting tourists to Shima, renowned for women divers who harvested pearls before K Mikimoto & Co. set up a farm nearby, would help the town counter the economic decline caused by the depopulation blighting Japan's provinces. With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe identifying tourism as a source of growth for the world's third-largest economy, local bankers and officials are taking unprecedented steps to stimulate the industry. Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Yukiaki Tenpaku, president of Maruten Ltd., speaks during an interview at a traditional smoke house for drying bonito fish in Shima, Mie Prefecture, Japan, on Sunday, March 9, 2014. Attracting tourists to Shima, renowned for women divers who harvested pearls before K Mikimoto & Co. set up a farm nearby, would help the town counter the economic decline caused by the depopulation blighting Japan's provinces. With Prime Minister Shinzo Abe identifying tourism as a source of growth for the world's third-largest economy, local bankers and officials are taking unprecedented steps to stimulate the industry. Photographer: Noriko Hayashi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Japan Skin Divers Eye Tourist Cash as Depopulation Hurts Growth
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