Remote Japanese island trying to bolster ties with Taiwan

Remote Japanese island trying to bolster ties with Taiwan

NAHA, Japan - Tsuneo Uechi, chief of the Yonaguni fisheries cooperative, shows off a white marlin in Yonaguni, Okinawa Prefecture, on Aug. 8 .

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