Farmer Yoshihiro Matsimoto in his loft in front of his stock of igusa, a reed plant used to make tatami mats, in Kumamoto prefecture, Kyushu. Tatami prices are half what they were 10 years ago, and many farmers can't pay off the loans they were once encouraged to take
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