The ironman of travel Yoshimasa Ikeuchi

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Long Long Island

Laura

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leftKaname Yamamura　centerKotetsu　rightRyoko Kuwahara

School kids

Pandanus

Island width is about 100M Mrs. Kaname (Center)

Two Japanese flag fishing boats can be seen at Majuro Port from the window of the restaurant at lunch The third Koei Maru (409t) calls from Kesennuma.
11 Indonesian sailors, 6 Japanese, over the next year, tuna fly rope fishing off the coast of Hawaii.
One year's landing is 400 tons. The chief engineer laments that the amount of landing has also decreased by 40%.

Japanese people are doing their best here and there in the world.

Mrs. Kaname is full of acquaintances wherever he goes. That should be it, his daughter's husband is the third president "Kesai Note". One of her sons is the Minister of Interior. He is guided by a difficult person.
Thank you very much.

The Parliament Building is right in front of the hospital. Official residences are good in every country.
I haven't made an appointment, but why don't you stop by? Take a free pass to the press secretary's office. A 30-minute meeting in poor English.
There are 33 members of the Diet. Four-year term. Imported products except fish. Consumption tax 4%. Most of the houses are blocks. It is run by a Japanese construction company.

　215 years ago, the British captain Marshall visited this area and became the reason for being called the Marshall Islands. Many Japanese Marshalls have Japanese grandfathers.

14 members of the Japan Overseas Cooperation Volunteers (JICA) (1 senior) stayed on the island under a two-year contract.
Cooperation in schools, hospitals, telecommunications, etc.

The National Hospital (Majuro Hospital) is a 10-minute shared taxi ride from the hotel. (50C 60 yen per person)
Ryoko Kuwahara (a midwife from Yamagata), a member of JIKA, is celebrating its 1st year and 6th month.
She didn't understand English or Marshallese, but she managed to do it ... she said.

Mis. Aritake, the wife of Raijima from Tuvalu, praised "JIKA members work very well".

white sand beach in the past, but the roots of palms are exposed to the waves and it is a painful appearance that is about to collapse. 6m eroded in 2-3 years.
(Talk with Kaname) Witness the effects of global warming.

Stop at an elementary school during a lunch break. A bento wrapped in silver foil is grabbed by hand and eaten.
I felt a little saved by the lovely smiles of the children.

6 meters above sea level at the highest point. Island width is 2 minutes on foot.
Introduced by a friend, contact Kaname Yamamura (80), a second-generation Japanese-American, and ask for information on the island.

How many children do you have ? Casually about 10 people ... 5 people on average on the island.

The airport, which was filled with expectations, is the small remote island of Okinawa itself.
The height of the palm trees are different, but it is unique to southern countries.
There is no (100k) signal on the east-west straight road, and the sea is immediately on both sides.

It was about 50 years ago that the song "In the shade of palm trees in the Marshall Islands just below the equator ..." was sung.

Called the "pearl necklace" in the Pacific Ocean, it is a ring-shaped island made of coral reefs. (57 islands)

Many WWII spirits, including Mili Atoll, are still asleep in the scorching sun on the islands.