Annoying aspect of Japanese UHV

Hi all,

Wondering if this is bugging anyone else. I keep missing the first part of the Japanese UHV because, even though I've conquered and eliminated the chinese/khmer civilizations, there's still a bare trace of "independent" culture within the first five tiles radiating from kyoto. It literally says 99% Japanese 0% Independent. I've satisfied the spirit of the uhv, if not the technical part. But this culture has been there for a millenia and doesn't go away!!! The chinese culture evaporated when it collapsed, but the independent culture lingers...

Thoughts?

 

the code actually says that Independent culture doesn't count so something else may be the problem. can you post a save?

 

Have you checked the small 'Taiwan' island?