Japanese restaurant owner in Russia spreads friendship

Japanese restaurant owner in Russia spreads friendship

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Photo taken Aug. 7, 2013 shows Yutaka Miyanishi, honorary citizen of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, who worked for the lighting-up of the Sakhalin Regional Museum in the Far Eastern city, formerly known as the Karafuto-cho (Karafuto Government Office) Museum, which the Japanese government built in 1937 when it controlled the south part of Sakhalin island.

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