In [[1604]], Nguyễn formally adopted the Japanese merchant [[Funamoto Yaheiji]]. From then on, he had Yaheiji serve as his official representative in communications and relations with Japan.<ref>Li, Tana. ''Nguyễn Cochinchina: Southern Vietnam in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1998. p64.</ref> | In [[1604]], Nguyễn formally adopted the Japanese merchant [[Funamoto Yaheiji]]. From then on, he had Yaheiji serve as his official representative in communications and relations with Japan.<ref>Li, Tana. ''Nguyễn Cochinchina: Southern Vietnam in the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Centuries''. Ithaca, NY: Cornell University, 1998. p64.</ref> |