The Japanese, they say, go abroad yet retain their national identity and strong ties to home.

After the war, he retained close ties to the Navy.

Many of them have retained personal and financial ties to Asia.

We retained close ties even after he retired from the pulpit.

Despite this development, the stone battle game retained strong ties to the military.

He retained close ties to both until his death.

They built a community that has retained strong ties to Colombia.

Now, when people leave one country for another, they want to retain ties.

However, it retained close ties with the Unitarians for many years.

It became independent in 1960, retaining close ties with France.