By NORIHIKO KUWABARA/ Staff Writer
September 17, 2019 at 15:35 JST
Yoshitaka Funakawa stands amid rice paddies growing the Sainokizuna variety in Satte, Saitama Prefecture. (Norihiko Kuwabara)
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