Waki, new head of Chishima, Habomai residents' league

Waki, new head of Chishima, Habomai residents' league

Kimio Waki, former mayor of Rausu town in Hokkaido, speaks in Sapporo on May 25, 2015, after he succeeded Toshio Koizumi as new director of the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands Inc. The group consists of former inhabitants of the disputed islands in Japan's Northern Territories currently administered by Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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