Memorial service held for ancestors on Habomai group island

SAPPORO, Japan - A memorial service is held for ancestors at a cemetery on Suishojima in the Habomai islet group, one of the four Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, on Aug. 3, 2014, attended by a group of former islanders visiting their family graves on the disputed islands. (Photo by accompanying press) (Kyodo)

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