By SHUN NIEKAWA/ Staff Writer
November 16, 2020 at 17:38 JST
Kyushu Railway Co.’s Saitozaki Station in Fukuoka has operated without staff since 2015. A curtain is draped over the window of a ticket wicket booth during weekday commuting hours in October 2016. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
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