PETALING JAYA, Feb. 25 -- A supermarket in Fukushima, Japan has sold off beer damaged by the recent earthquake by branding them as "heroes."

According to an NHK report, the 7.1 magnitude earthquake, which struck the Tohoku region on February 13, caused a ceiling in the Happy Food RE Fanz supermarket in Date to collapse and rattle its merchandise off the shelves.

Around 40 cans of beer were dented as a result.

While this typically would have meant that the beers would be destined for the discounted goods bin, store clerk Yohei Sato decided to give the cans a second chance by calling them the "heroes" of the earthquake.

He shared photos of a handwritten sign he put up next to the battered items along with a cute drawing of a bruised-up ...