date:Nov 28, 2012
uclear crisis but later returned to Hirono. He has been removing weeds in his rice paddies since August last year.
If I can grow rice, the town will be revitalised even if only a little, he said. Some of the residents will return.
But it is uncertain how many farmers among the town's 400 farming households will resume planting rice.
Some farmers voiced concern about whether they will be able to sell the rice they produce.