Curry company tries its hand at growing Thai veggies in Japan

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Green, golf ball-size Thai eggplant is essential to authentic curries but difficult to grow in Japan. Nevertheless, retort pouch curry maker Yamamori intends to do just that. (Photo by Tensei Tani)

TENSEI TANI, Nikkei staff writer

NAGOYA -- Kenichi Hotta, a 35-year-old farmer in the city of Yokkaichi, in Japan's Mie Prefecture, has been growing eggplant for years now, but a new variety is giving him fits.

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