By AKIHITO USUI/ Staff Writer
August 14, 2021 at 07:00 JST
Trash washes ashore on Toshijima island in October 2017 after a typhoon. (Provided by the Toba city government)
TOBA, Mie Prefecture—For more than 20 years, Yoshiji Nakamura has often single-handedly cleared his island beach of garbage and debris, only to see more waste drift in and ruin his cleanup effort. [Read More]
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