By SHIGETAKA KODAMA/ Staff Writer
October 21, 2019 at 07:00 JST
Withered trees are surrounded by green leaves in this picture taken by a drone on Sept. 17 in Fukaura, Aomori Prefecture. (Shigetaka Kodama)
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