Fishing boat skipper returns home from Kunashiri

Fishing boat skipper returns home from Kunashiri

NEMURO, Japan - Noboru Sakashita (C), the skipper of a Japanese crab-fishing boat, returned home on Oct. 3 after he was captured by Russian authorities over intruding into and poaching in Russian-claimed waters off Nemuro, Hokkaido.

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