Russian woman seeking clues to whereabouts of old Japanese friend

Russian woman seeking clues to whereabouts of old Japanese friend

A Japanese girl (L), called Teruko, poses with a Russian girl, Valentina Kuleshova, as seen in this photo taken in 1945 in the North Korean city of Pyongyang. The 85-year-old Russian woman, who owns the photo, expressed her wish at her home in the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk on May 15, 2015, the Russian Far East city of Khabarovsk on May 15, 2015, to meet Teruko again, who returned to Japan with her family soon after the Soviet occupation of the northern half of the Korean Peninsula in the autumn of 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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