MTSU study-abroad students pose for a photo with a Fukushima, Japan, farmer who is vowing to keep his orchard business afloat after the deadly earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster that almost devastated the region in 2011. (photo courtesy of Julie Vandel)
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