Fisherman's body returns to Japan

Fisherman's body returns to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - The coffin of Mitsuhiro Morita, a 35-year-old fisherman who was shot dead on Aug. 16 by a Russian border patrol boat, is unloaded from the Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessel Saroma at Nemuro port, Hokkaido, on Aug. 19. Earlier in the day, Russia handed over the body to Japanese officials on Russian-held Kunashiri Island.

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