Venue of Japan-Russia culture festival set for September in Siberia

Photo taken on April 29, 2015, shows the Buryat State Academic Opera and Ballet Theater in Ulan-Ude in Russia's Eastern Siberia. The Russia-Japan Cultural Festival for Peace and Friendship is to be held on Sept. 3 at the theater, built by Japanese soldiers detained by the Soviet Union after World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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