Igusa Farmers in Kumamoto Struggle after Powerful Quake
Yatsushiro, Kumamoto Pref., Aug. 18 (Jiji Press)--Last month's major earthquake that struck Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, dealt a heavy blow to farmers of "igusa" rush grass. In Yatsushiro, a Kumamoto city which accounts for about 90 pct of igusa production in the country, work sheds were destroyed in the earthquake. Kotaro Oiwa, a 39-year-old igusa farmer in the Senchomachiko...
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