Japanese yacht
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visits Tonga
Fast Lady, a 31 ft yacht with a Japanese crew, arrived in Nukualofa on November 12 after a five-month voyage from Japan.
Although there have probably been Japanese yachts in the South Pacific before, PIM can not recall one.
Fast Lady is owned by three old school mates, now students, who worked and saved for more than a year to buy the craft.
They are Junzo Noguchi (skipper), Kiyoshi Nakagawa and Kgiichi Saito.
From Nukualofa, the trio sailed for the Cook Islands.