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Like many Japanese population centers, Okazaki city is experiencing the early signs of an aging population. One of these signs is the closing down of schools in the more rural regions of the city. As younger families tend to pursue urban centers for better job opportunities, rural communities that tended to survive off of farming and local craftworks tend to age out and disappear. Cities confronting this empty school issue then have three choices to make: Ignore, destroy or repurpose …