TOKYO -- U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel on Friday visited Yonaguni, a remote Japanese island close to Taiwan, signaling to China that the U.S. and Japan are poised to jointly deal with any Taiwan contingency.
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U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel, left, talks with the mayor of Yonaguni Town, Okinawa prefecture, in front of Japan's westernmost monument on Yonaguni Island on May 17. © Kyodo
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