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Chen Weijen exports his sake to Taiwan and Hong Kong, and is about to make his first shipment to Singapore. (Photo by Toshihiro Naganuma)

TOSHIHIRO NAGANUMA, Nikkei staff writer

HIROSHIMA, Japan -- Chen Weijen, a Taiwanese who came to Shimane Prefecture in 2008 as an exchange student because of his interest in Japanese mythology, discovered another interest once he arrived, sake.

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