Housing, infrastructure built on Japan-claimed Russian isle

Housing, infrastructure built on Japan-claimed Russian isle

SAPPORO, Japan - Construction of houses and infrastructure takes place rapidly in a town on the island of Shikotan, one of the four Russian-administered islands claimed by Japan off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido, on June 8, 2014, with cows seen grazing on a hill.

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