Meet Japan's 'poop master', who only poops out in nature

This picture taken on October 11, 2024 shows "poop master" Masana Izawa finding a spot to defecate in his forest in Sakuragawa, Ibaraki Prefecture. When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years, heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do. — Photos Philip FONG / AFP

When nature calls, Masana Izawa has followed the same routine for more than 50 years: heading out to the woods in Japan, dropping his pants and doing as bears do.

"We survive by eating other living things. But you can give faeces back to nature so that organisms in the soil can decompose them," the 74-year-old told AFP.