Japanese fast-food chain to farm in Fukushima

Rice paddy art in Japan, created using nine different coloured varieties of rice plants. - AFP

Yoshinoya will grow rice and vegetables in area with nuclear plant crippled by 2011 tsunami.

MAJOR Japanese fast-food chain Yoshinoya said it would grow rice and vegetables in Fukushima prefecture, home to the nuclear plant that was crippled by a tsunami in 2011.