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Taiwan Tensions Fuel Anxiety on Japan’s Tiny Yonaguni Island


Taiwan Tensions Fuel Anxiety on Japan’s Tiny Yonaguni Island
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As Japan lifts its post-war military restraints, perhaps nowhere is feeling the change more than the remote island of Yonaguni. Located not far from Taiwan, the tiny Japanese island is slowly being transformed into a military outpost. The concern of many residents is being caught in conflict between China and the self-governing island of Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own. VOA’s Bill Gallo visited Yonaguni and shares this report.

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