reporter: things are looking up for yuta sato. he has one year of taxpayers' money left. after that, he has to be able to stand on his own two feet. a prize-winning flower breeder wants to help him. shinicho ito is sato's mentor. sato is going to take over his business. shinicho: i think he has promise. yuta: it was a good idea to come here. i get up in the morning and say, it's going to be sunny today, or, it's going to rain. just looking at the weather and working, that makes me happy. reporter: the plan to rejuvenate the village is a race against time. but yuta sato is the embodiment of hope in nanmoku, the jewel in the japanese dolomites. host: that's all from us at global 3000 this week! thanks for joining us. and don't forget to drop us a line with your feedback -- global3000@dw.com and visit us on facebook too -- dw global ideas and dw women. bye for now. take care! [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]