Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there.

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.

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

Fukushima brewer dreams of returning to evacuated hometown

TOKYO, Japan - Ichio Suzuki, a Japanese sake brewer, visits on Sept. 26, 2014, the deserted grave of his father in the Ukedo district of Namie Town, Fukushima Prefecture, where tombstones are knocked down and a fishing boat remains stranded (background) due to the March 2011 tsunami. Suzuki and his family moved to Nagai, Yamagata Prefecture, after the accident at the nearby Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant triggered by the disaster, and restarted their brewery business there. (Kyodo)

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. (Kyodo)

Okubo Ichio

Okubo Ichio

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