nationals have bought two plots of land on Kasasa Island (笠佐島), a tiny island with a population of 7 in Japan’s Seto Inland Sea (Seto Naikai 瀬戸内海), not far from 
Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni (米海兵隊岩国航空基地) and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's Kure Naval Base (呉基地).
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