
National | Regional Voices: Hiroshima Jun 12, 2019
Farmers in Hiroshima Prefecture struggle to recover after 2018 flooding wrecked rice paddies
As the rice-planting season wraps up, Higashihiroshima, known as a rice-producing city, is still reeling from last summer's devastating floods. This year, farmers weren't able to plant rice in 90 percent of the rice fields affected by the flood in the city, officials say. In response, ...