Memorial service held on disputed Kunashiri Island

Memorial service held on disputed Kunashiri Island

SAPPORO, Japan - A memorial service is held for ancestors at a cemetery on Kunashiri Island, one of the four Russian-controlled, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido, on Aug. 2, 2014, attended by a group of former islanders visiting their family graves on the disputed islands. (Photo by accompanying press)

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