Guardian: Until March 2011, Tokue Hosokawa had only to peer through the window of his home in Iitate village to confirm that all was well with his 100-year-old family business.
The 130 or so horses that once roamed this sprawling farm in Fukushima prefecture have sustained three generations of Hosokawa's family. Some were sold for their meat a local delicacy but his animals were better known for their appearances in commercials, period TV dramas and films, and local festivals celebrating the region's...