Ex-resident of Shikotan thinks of boyhood days

Ex-resident of Shikotan thinks of boyhood days

Hiroshi Tokuno, a Japanese national and former resident of Shikotan, one of the Russian-held islands claimed by Japan off Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido, recalls the days he spent in Shikotan around the end of World War II on a ship off the prefecture's Cape Nosappu (back, R), near the Japan-Russia intermediate line on April 2, 2015. Animated film "Giovanni's Island" was created based on his experience. (Photo by Daisuke Suzuki)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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