Tour held to view disputed islands off Hokkaido, northern Japan

Participants in a "border tourism" bus tour listen to a guide talk about the four Russian-controlled islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido on Oct. 2, 2015, at Cape Nossappu on the eastern tip of the northernmost Japanese main island. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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