TOKYO Driving along a mountain road flanked by lush foliage in Japan's central Yamanashi Prefecture, a huge greenhouse suddenly comes into view, sparkling brilliantly in the sun. The facility may look like a typical tomato farm, but Susumu Tanaka, the man in charge of it, is far from a typical farmer.
Tanaka used to work in finance. In 2004, while still in his early 30s, he gave up his career -- and the 70 million yen ($615,000) salary that went along with it -- to embark on a new kind of challenge. His company, Salad Bowl Group, is now one of the innovative new players in Japanese agriculture.
