Ex-residents of disputed island offer prayers on boat

Former Japanese residents on islands off Japan's Hokkaido offer prayers to their ancestors on a boat in waters off Hokkaido's Nemuro in the direction for Taraku Island of the disputed Habomai island group, claimed by Japan but administered by Russia, on Sept. 1, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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