Annual visa-free visit to Russian-held northern isles

SAPPORO, Japan - Japanese visitors offer a silent prayer at a memorial marker in a graveyard for deceased compatriots on Shikotan island, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 7, 2014, the 23rd year of visa-free exchanges between the two countries.

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