Eita Sato, 15, who is one of the only two students at Yumoto Junior High School and graduates this month, serves meals to guests at his family’s home and hot spring inn in Ten-ei Village, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, March 10, 2023. Eita’s mother Masumi Sato, who is also an alumnus of Yumoto Junior High, runs a hot spring inn on the mountain and added that her youngest son, who is currently a fifth grader in an elementary school nearby, wanted to share the memory of attending the same school as many of his other family members did. “He told me, ‘The adults made the decision one-sidedly without us,'” she said. “I’m worried that people won’t consider this area as a place to relocate to when there is no junior high school.” REUTERS/Issei Kato
