Farmer checks chemical-free rice paddy for stork survival

Farmer checks chemical-free rice paddy for stork survival

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Narita checks his chemical-free rice paddy in Toyooka in the western Japan prefecture of Hyogo, known as the home to Oriental white storks, as seen in this file photo taken on May 26, 2014. The population of the bird continues to increase under the city's project to save it from extinction and bring it back into the wild.

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