Polynesian Link
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Professor I. Iwasa, of Kure Uni versity, a member of a group called the Japanese Scientific Investiga tion of Polynesia, passed through Fiji at the end of March, after studying native and Maori culture in Tahiti, Samoa and New Zealand.
He said that an investigatory party will visit Polynesian islands late this year to discover if there was any similarity between the people of ancient (6th century) Japan and Polynesia. The group, which is trying to trace the origin of Japanese characteristics, previously made a similar study in Melanesia.
They found some similarity in cus toms and in tools used, but no anthropological link.