Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Photo taken in July 2015 shows a monument in Sarufutsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, marking the former landing point of prewar undersea telecommunications cables that used to connect the village and Karafuto, currently Russia's Sakhalin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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