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Re:How a Japanese cucumber farmer is using deep learning and... by yomly on Thursday September 01, 2016 @03:44AM (#12403646)
>Japanese agriculture is notoriously unproductive compared to other countries' yields

As an aside, my dad swore the produce was notedly better than what we have locally when he was travelling there. He on multiple occasions also discussed their dedication to quality.

Maybe they're onto something given this related discussion was on HN earlier this year...

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10997485

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Re:How a Japanese cucumber farmer is using deep learning and... by m_mueller on Thursday September 01, 2016 @08:26AM (#12404705)
I'm a Swiss living in Japan and the produce here is hands down the best I've ever eaten. Locally produced stuff in fertile areas in Switzerland comes close, but in Japan it just seems to be so much more bred for taste than looks. No problem to eat raw with nothing added.
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