By YOSHITO ASAKURA/ Staff Writer
February 22, 2023 at 09:30 JST
This handful of copper, seen here in Takaoka, Toyama Prefecture, on Dec. 14, was retrieved from wiring cables separated from trains and other scrapped products that were dismantled at a plant of Toyotomi Sangyo Group. (Yoshito Asakura)
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