570 on Peace Boat set sail to visit disputed island

570 on Peace Boat set sail to visit disputed island

KOBE, Japan - A cruiser chartered by Peace Boat, a nongovernmental organization, leaves Kobe port on Aug. 15, taking some 570 passengers on a voyage to places including Kunashiri Island, despite a Foreign Ministry request not to visit the disputed territory.

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