Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

Russia hands drifted Japanese student over to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - Keisuke Kuriyama, a medical student of the University of the Ryukyus, meets reporters at Nemuro port in Hokkaido on Aug. 25, 2011, shortly after arriving there aboard a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship. Kuriyama was detained by the Russian authorities for an alleged unauthorized trip to one of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido claimed by Japan after his rubber raft drifted away from Hokkaido's Shiretoko Peninsula, and was later handed over to the Japanese authorities.

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