Ex-residents in Sakhalin town to end annual meeting due to old age

Ex-residents in Sakhalin town to end annual meeting due to old age

Former residents in Minaminayoshi, which is now Shebunino on the Russian far eastern island of Sakhalin, hold the last meeting of their association at a spa resort in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2015, before its disbandment because of members' advanced age. Minaminayoshi was in the southern half of Sakhalin which was called Karafuto when it was under Japanese rule until 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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