A Chinese lady triggered a stir throughout social media after revealing her buy of a abandoned island in Japan’s Okinawa prefecture.
While some netizens expressed envy, others dubbed the transfer “an expansion of Chinese territory,” Japan Times reported.
According to the report, the nameless lady in her 30s advised Chinese media that an organization run by her relative had purchased Yanaha Island, positioned north of the Okinawa major island.
Public information point out that components of the island have been owned by a Tokyo-based consulting agency that makes a speciality of Chinese companies since February 2021. The workplace of Izena village in Okinawa, which oversees the island, mentioned the corporate owns about 50% of the whole land, with its seashores largely held by the native authorities.
Furthermore, a social media clip exhibits a doc addressed to the consulting agency, which claims on its web site to have acquired Yanaha Island.
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