Japanese founder's legacy lives on at Uruguay farm

New generation opens up markets with japonica rice and wine

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Shigenao Tamura walks along a path that crisscrosses the 17,000-hectare farm he manages in Uruguay. "There are no farms of this size in Japan," he says. (Photo by Sengo Perez)

LUCIEN CHAUVIN, Contributing writer

LA CORONILLA, Uruguay -- Shigenao Tamura was 22 in 1995, fresh out of Hiroshima University with a degree in agronomy.

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