Sakhalin-born man moves to Japan 60 years after WWII

HAKODATE, Japan - Akio Takenaka (L), 63, born in Sakhalin in 1942 during World War II, arrives at Hakotate Airport in Hokkaido, on Dec. 9 with his wife and son's family to spend the rest of his life in Japan.

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