Russian woman holds letter to Japanese pen pal

Russian woman holds letter to Japanese pen pal

KUSHIRO, Japan - Galina Burisovna Danilinichuk holds a letter to her Japanese pen pal Tadaaki Iwasaki, a resident of Sapporo in northern Japan, in this file photo taken Sept. 14, 2014, on Etorofu, one of the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido. She has been attending the grave of the Iwasaki family since they met around 10 years ago during her visa-free visit to Sapporo.

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