Stud bulls in Miyazaki

Stud bulls in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Cattle farmer Nagahisa Komoda strokes a stud bull in Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 5, 2011. Komoda resumed keeping stud bulls about one year after culling all the stud bulls he owned in response to a Japanese government request in 2010 to do so to contain an outbreak of foot-and mouth disease.

Stud bulls slaughtered to contain epidemic

Stud bulls slaughtered to contain epidemic

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda (R) presents a bouquet to be offered after his stud bulls are slaughtered in the town of Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 17, 2010. The Miyazaki prefectural government culled Komoda's six stud bulls as part of efforts to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease.

Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda, owner of six popular stud bulls, looks sad during a press conference in Miyazaki, western Japan, on July 16, 2010. Komoda has reluctantly agreed to a request by the state government to cull the bulls to contain foot-and-mouth disease.

Stud bulls slaughtered to contain epidemic

Stud bulls slaughtered to contain epidemic

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda (R) presents a bouquet to be offered after his stud bulls are slaughtered in the town of Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture, on July 17, 2010. The Miyazaki prefectural government culled Komoda's six stud bulls as part of efforts to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease. (Kyodo)

Stud bulls in Miyazaki

Stud bulls in Miyazaki

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Cattle farmer Nagahisa Komoda strokes a stud bull in Takanabe, Miyazaki Prefecture, on Aug. 5, 2011. Komoda resumed keeping stud bulls about one year after culling all the stud bulls he owned in response to a Japanese government request in 2010 to do so to contain an outbreak of foot-and mouth disease. (Kyodo)

Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

Foot-and-mouth disease crisis in Japan

MIYAZAKI, Japan - Nagahisa Komoda, owner of six popular stud bulls, looks sad during a press conference in Miyazaki, western Japan, on July 16, 2010. Komoda has reluctantly agreed to a request by the state government to cull the bulls to contain foot-and-mouth disease. (Kyodo)

Japanese director Nagahisa at Berlin Int'l film fest

Japanese director Nagahisa at Berlin Int'l film fest

Japanese film director Makoto Nagahisa (C) delivers a speech after receiving a special mention for his film "We Are Little Zombies" in the Generation 14plus competition at the Berlin International Film Festival on Feb. 15, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo