Japanese doctor begins Indonesia-Japan sea journey

Japanese doctor begins Indonesia-Japan sea journey

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Yoshiharu Sekino (C), a 60-year-old Japanese surgeon, waves as his 10-man team set off from Kampong Lambe, a small fishing hamlet on Indonesia's Sulawesi island, on April 13 on two dugout boats to trace one of the paths believed to have brought seafaring people from the so-called Sunda Land area, which now includes Indonesia and Malaysia, to the Japanese archipelago between 3,000 and 10,000 years ago.

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