Productions
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11 February 2022
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NHK News
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Durability in the Dutch flower branch |
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Russian gas supplies via Poland to Germany remain suspended and geopolitical tensions over Ukraine continue to run high. President Vladimir Putin has assembled a large force near the Ukrainian border and the United States is reckoning with a Russian invasion. As a result, gas prices are rising to record highs. Japanese Europe corresondent Yasuko Takeda makes a report about the Dutch flower industry to find out how they are coping with the high gas prices. Growing flowers and plants requires a lot of gas and the companies that have taken energy-saving measures are suffering much less economically. How is the Dutch flower industry going to survive?
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