Takashi Yoshikawa, executive director of the Japanese Agricultural Exchange Council in Tokyo, speaks Monday about the desperate need for farmers and improved agriculture in Japan.
July 27, 2026
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Japanese Agricultural Training Program celebrates 60 years at BBCC
MOSES LAKE — Six decades of agricultural collaboration between the Columbia Basin and Japan were celebrated Monday evening at Big Bend Community College. “Over the years, hundreds of participants have come to our region to learn, to work, and share their talents,” Big Bend Community College President Sara Thompson Tweedy said at the commemoration Monday. “And in doing so, you have enriched our college, strengthened our agricultural community, and created lifelong relationships that continue to span the Pacific Ocean.”