A shekara ta 1900, wani dan kasuwa na Japan Koga Tatsushirō (古賀 <unk>四郎) ya fara gina masana'antar sarrafa kifin bonito a kan tsibirin, yana aiki da ma'aikata sama da 200. Kasuwancin ya gaza a kusa da 1940 kuma tsibirin sun kasance ba kowa ba tun daga lokacin. A cikin shekarun 1970, ɗan Koga Tatsushirō Zenji Koga da matar Zenji Hanako sun sayar da tsibirai huɗu ga dangin Kurihara na Saitama Prefecture.
Kwamitin Tattalin Arziki na Asiya da Gabas ta Tsakiya