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Kawamoto Daigo

Head of the department covering fisheries at Jiji Press. Born in Tokyo in 1967. After graduating from Senshū University, joined Jiji Press in 1991. Has been covering the Tsukiji Market for 25 years. Author of Rupo: Za Tsukiji (A Look Inside the Tsukiji Market).

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