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Mrs Fumiko Kato (28) a nurse from Niigata in northern Japan, outside near her work place, a small health centre on Kaba Island. She decided to move to this remote island to work in a place where she feels she is needed the most.
Kaba Island has been losing inhabitants dramatically in the past decades and is now home to around 120, mostly elderly, people.
Kaba Island has been losing inhabitants dramatically in the past decades and is now home to around 120, mostly elderly, people.
Eric Rechsteiner/Panos Pictures /Felix Features /Felix Features /Felix Features 14 Nov 2018