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Funafuti, TUVALU — Tuvalu's prime minister says his country is looking to Japan for assistance in creating an "artificial island".
Kausea Natano has spoken to Kyodo News about fledgling plans for a major project using reclaimed land from the lagoon by the main atoll, Funafuti.
The plans, revealed...

![The prime minister of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano. [Photo: Supplied / Government of Tuvalu] The prime minister of Tuvalu, Kausea Natano.](https://www.samoanews.com/sites/default/files/styles/teaser/public/field/image/tuvalu_pm_kausea_natano.jpg?itok=vsqLsrxB)