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PHOTO: Osaka farmer raises 7-meter-tall sunflowers
Yoshihiro Yamazono stands on a ladder alongside his 7-meter-tall sunflowers in Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, on Aug. 8. (Keishi Nishimura)
There are no crowds cheering on Yoshihiro Yamazono's gold medal quest, but the 70-year-old farmer has shown a dedication and endurance worthy of any Olympian.
VOX POPULI: Three victims of radiation remembered
As in previous years, this year's ceremony to memorialize the atomic bombing of Nagasaki on Aug. 9, 1945, opened with a song sung by Himawari (Sunflower), a choir formed by...
Sunflowers next to useless for nuclear...
Sunflowers in an untended rice paddy in the village of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture, in July (The Asahi Shimbun)
Farm ministry research has dashed hopes that sunflower seeds planted in areas around the Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant would help clean up radioactive contamination.
Sunflowers back in bloom in Fukushima
Sunflowers bloom July 6 in the Nimaibashi area of Iitate, Fukushima Prefecture. (Toshiyuki Hayashi)
Sunflowers bloom radiantly in small plots of land amid the invisible devastation wrought by the disaster at Fukushima No. 1 nuclear power plant.
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