A tarp covers an abandoned house, at left, that was torn down this year in Yokosuka.Credit...Kentaro Takahashi for The New York Times YOKOSUKA, Japan — Ever since her elderly neighbor moved a decade ago, Yoriko Haneda has done what she can to keep the empty house she left behind from becoming an eyesore. Ms. Haneda regularly trims its shrubs and clips its narrow strip of grass, maintaining its per
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