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Yuzo Suwa
For Yuzo Suwa's latest contributions to The Japan Times, see below:
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 27, 2016
Network promotes Japan's organic farming in a bid to keep industry alive
A young entrepreneur is striving to create a network of consumers and farmers promoting pesticide-free agricultural products.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 9, 2016
Hokkaido temple seeks to rediscover the spirit of community
A Buddhist temple in Nemuro, Hokkaido, is seeking to redefine its role in the community amid a rapid decline in followers.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 22, 2016
Consultant brings in young women to help revitalize Toyama resort
Young consultant Miai Kobayashi is striving to breathe new life into struggling communities.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 16, 2016
Socially conscious youngsters helping Tohoku survivors with after-school tuition
Twenty-something Satoshi Okuno thought he had finally found the answer to his question — what can he do for society — when he saw children studying in a corner of a gymnasium being used as a shelter following the March 2011 disaster in Tohoku.
Japan Times
JAPAN / Science & Health
Sep 18, 2015
Taxonomist catalogs Myanmar's flora for preservation, prosperity
Kazumi Fujikawa is scouring a nature-rich mountain range in Myanmar. Her mission, to find, identify and classify its flora, is central to the nation's future economy and environment.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Feb 3, 2015
Kitakyushu evolves from pollution black spot to recycling capital
The city of Kitakyushu is drawing attention nationwide for an environmental protection campaign it began in the 1990s.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Aug 15, 2014
When storks arrive, you're growing good rice, Hyogo farmers discover
A group of farmers in Toyooka, Hyogo Prefecture, that practices environment-friendly rice cultivation techniques views the arrival of storks as a sign they are growing a good product.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jul 20, 2014
Moves afoot to restore Nihonbashi Bridge district
Citizens' movements are underway to restore scenery around Tokyo's Nihonbashi Bridge that was lost when an expressway was built over it 50 years ago in preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 19, 2013
River's savior still sees work ahead
Shoko Tsuru happily watched a multitude of tiny bubbles appearing on the surface of mud flats at the mouth of the Kuma River.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Nov 20, 2013
Nation's smaller islands championed by self-starting Web, print publisher
As editor-in-chief of the Rito Keizai Shimbun, an online newspaper dedicated to covering the cultures and industries of Japan's hundreds of small islands, Atsuko Isamoto will sometimes spend as much as half a month on one.
Japan Times
ENVIRONMENT
Jul 11, 2013
Mongoose busters out to save isle ecosystem
Making their routine rounds in the mountains of Amami-Oshima Island, which lies roughly halfway between Okinawa and Kyushu, Shintaro Abe and Masahiro Nishi are relieved every time they find evidence their hard work is paying off: rabbit droppings.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Dec 12, 2012
NPO, JAXA join hands in guarding satellites
Every day, observers at the Japan Spaceguard Association stare steadfastly at the skies 36,000 km above the equator. And they are deadly serious about their job — to guard Japanese satellites from colliding with space junk and debris.
JAPAN / PRIVATIZING PAINS
Aug 23, 2001
Pork-barrel highway entity key target for privatization
Kyodo News Japan Highway Public Corp. is the most symbolic privatization target of Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi's "structural reforms without sanctuaries" campaign.

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A statue of "Dragon Ball" character Goku stands outside the offices of Bandai Namco in Tokyo. The figure is now as recognizable as such characters as Mickey Mouse and Spider-Man.
Akira Toriyama's gift to the world