Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

Hashimoto flies by islands in Japan-Russia territorial row

CAPE NOSAPPU, Japan - Photo shows Ryutaro Hashimoto, state minister on issues pertaining to the Northern Territories, taking pictures of the Habomai group of isles, one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido that Japan claims, at Cape Nossapu on Feb. 17. He took an aerial observation tour of the islands. Boarding a helicopter at Nakashibetsu airport in eastern Hokkaido, Hashimoto saw them from Japanese airspace.

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