Japanese visitors to Russian-held islands

Japanese visitors to Russian-held islands

A group of Japanese people listen to a Russian briefer at the construction site for a processing plant for fishery products on Shikotan Island, one of the Russian-held islands off Hokkaido which Japan claims, during a visa-free visit program on Aug. 26, 2018. Former Soviet troops seized Shikotan and three other islands at the end of World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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