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FARMS

Japan Times
COMMENTARY / World
Feb 21, 2021
India’s farm laws are a global problem
Agriculture is an intricate issue that raises important questions not just for India but for all economies struggling to strike a balance between the market and the state.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 26, 2019
Farm damage from Typhoon Hagibis tops ¥100 billion
Damage caused to agriculture, forestry and fisheries industries by Typhoon Hagibis reached ¥102.73 billion as of Friday, the agriculture ministry said.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Oct 29, 2018
Villagers lose their homes, farmland to feed India's booming power sector
Siyaram Saket refuses to give up his 1½ acres of farmland in central India — no matter how much the coal mining company offers him.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jan 11, 2018
Japan confirms first bird flu case in livestock this winter
A highly pathogenic strain of avian influenza killed chickens at a farm in Kagawa Prefecture, in the first outbreak to be confirmed among livestock in Japan this season.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Mar 24, 2017
300,000 chickens doomed as bird flu spreads to Miyagi, Chiba
Authorities in Miyagi and Chiba prefectures began culling nearly 300,000 chickens Friday after the highly pathogenic H5 strain of bird flu was detected in dead chickens at local poultry farms.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Oct 6, 2014
Farmers, tour agencies fear Mount Ontake eruption puts profits in danger
The eruption of Mount Ontake on Sept. 27 has farmers and tourism employees worried that the region's goods and reputation may be damaged.
Japan Times
JAPAN
Jun 14, 2014
Photog returns home to chronicle Fukushima
As a photographer whose roots are in Fukushima, Tadao Mitome feels a duty to continue capturing images of the area to document the effects of the nuclear disaster triggered by the earthquake and tsunami of March 2011.

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Historically, kabuki was considered the entertainment of the merchant and peasant classes, a far cry from how it is regarded today.
For Japan's oldest kabuki theater, the show must go on