Japan-era urban planning survives in Russian Far East

A paraglider flies over Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on the Russian Far East island of Sakhalin on Sept. 3, 2015. The city's grid-pattern streets were created during Japan's 1905-1945 rule of the southern part of the island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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