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Japan's Grass-Fed Dairy Revolution (Part 3)

A great cheese begins long before the cheesemaker opens the milk vat. It begins in the pasture. For Yoshio Homma, founder of Shiawase Cheese Factory in Ashoro, eastern Hokkaido, that realization changed the course of his career.



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Japan's Japanese Population Falls Below 120 Million for First Time in 42 Years as Foreign Residents Top Four Million

Japan has reached a historic demographic milestone. The country's Japanese population has fallen below 120 million for the first time in 42 years, while the number of foreign residents has exceeded four million for the first time, highlighting the nation's accelerating population decline and its growing reliance on overseas residents.