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Kelp harvesting season

Japanese fishing vessels depart from a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 15, 2024, heading to waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group as this year's kelp harvesting season begins.

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Kelp harvesting season begins in Hokkaido

Harvested kelp is unloaded from a fishing vessel at a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 15, 2024. Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed the same day in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group as this year's harvesting season began.

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Japanese fishermen head off to Russian waters to gather kelp

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fleet of Japanese fishing boats head toward the Russian-held Kaigara island off northeastern Hokkaido on June 1 to gather kelp, a giant seaweed extensively used in Japanese cooking. Sent off by their families who gathered at Cape Nosappu, about 250 Hokkaido fishing boats set off for the kelp grounds, about 3.7 kilometers away from Nosappu. Japanese fishermen paid 97.6 million yen to Russian authorities this year for the kelp-gathering rights. The amount of kelp to be gathered this season is set at 4,000 tons.

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Russian border patrol shoot Japan boat fisherman to death

SAPPORO, Japan - A file photo taken on Nov. 14, 2005 shows the waters near Kaigara Island off the Nemuro Peninsula on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, where a man on a Japanese crab fishing boat was shot dead by a Russian border patrol unit on Aug. 16.

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Russian border patrol shoot Japan boat fisherman to death

SAPPORO, Japan - A file photo taken on Nov. 14, 2005 shows the waters near Kaigara Island (arrowed) off the Nemuro Peninsula on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, where a man on a Japanese crab fishing boat was shot dead by a Russian border patrol unit on Aug. 16.

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Kelp harvesting season

Kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 22, 2022. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island, a part of the Russian-held, Japan-claimed Habomai islet group, as this year's harvesting season started.

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Kelp harvesting season

Kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 22, 2022. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island, a part of the Russian-held, Japan-claimed Habomai islet group, as this year's harvesting season started.

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Japanese fishermen head off to Russian waters to gather kelp

KUSHIRO, Japan - A fleet of Japanese fishing boats head toward the Russian-held Kaigara island off northeastern Hokkaido on June 1 to gather kelp, a giant seaweed extensively used in Japanese cooking. Sent off by their families who gathered at Cape Nosappu, about 250 Hokkaido fishing boats set off for the kelp grounds, about 3.7 kilometers away from Nosappu. Japanese fishermen paid 97.6 million yen to Russian authorities this year for the kelp-gathering rights. The amount of kelp to be gathered this season is set at 4,000 tons. (Kyodo)

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Kelp harvesting season

NEMURO, Japan Kyodo - Harvested kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group as this year's harvesting season started.

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People see off fishing boats leaving for kelp harvesting near north isle

People wave flags to fishermen leaving a port in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido for kelp harvesting in waters around Kaigara-jima island on June 1, 2015, at the start of the hunting season for the seaweed. A seasonal ban on kelp collection off the island, which belongs to the Russian-held Habomai group of islets claimed by Japan, was lifted earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kelp from waters off northern islet laid out for drying in Nemuro

Workers lay out kelp to dry in the sun on June 1, 2015, in Nemuro on Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido at the start of the harvesting season for the seaweed in waters around Kaigara-jima island. A seasonal ban on kelp collection off the island, which belongs to the Russian-held Habomai group of islets claimed by Japan, was lifted earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kelp-harvesting boats, lighthouse loom off Hokkaido under morning sun

Kelp-harvesting boats and a lighthouse on Kaigara-jima island off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido loom under the morning sun on June 1, 2015, at the start of the harvesting season for the seaweed. A seasonal ban on kelp collection off the island, which belongs to the Russian-held Habomai group of islets claimed by Japan, was lifted earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fishing boats sail for kelp harvesting near northern islet

Japanese fishing boats sail to a kelp-harvesting area around Kaigara-jima island off the northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 1, 2015, at the start of the hunting season for the seaweed. A seasonal ban on kelp collection off the island, which belongs to the Russian-held Habomai group of islets claimed by Japan, was lifted earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese doctor examines detained skipper's health on Kunashiri

MOSCOW, Russia - A Japanese doctor examines Noboru Sakashita (lying on the bed), the skipper of a Japanese fishing boat in custody on Kunashiri Island for alleged illegal border crossing and poaching in Russian waters. On Aug. 16, the Russian border guard shot at and seized the 4.9-ton Kisshin Maru No. 31 in disputed waters near Russian-administered Kaigara Island off Hokkaido, resulting in the death of one of the crewmen. (Kyodo)

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Russian border patrol shoot Japan boat fisherman to death

SAPPORO, Japan - A file photo taken on Nov. 14, 2005 shows the waters near Kaigara Island off the Nemuro Peninsula on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, where a man on a Japanese crab fishing boat was shot dead by a Russian border patrol unit on Aug. 16. (Kyodo)

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Russian border patrol shoot Japan boat fisherman to death

SAPPORO, Japan - A file photo taken on Nov. 14, 2005 shows the waters near Kaigara Island (arrowed) off the Nemuro Peninsula on the eastern tip of Hokkaido, where a man on a Japanese crab fishing boat was shot dead by a Russian border patrol unit on Aug. 16. (Kyodo)

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Kelp harvesting season

Harvested kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group as this year's harvesting season started.

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Kelp harvesting season

People wave from Cape Nosappu in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido as fishing boats head to waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group to harvest kelp on June 2, 2021, following the start of this year's harvesting season for the seaweed.

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Kelp harvesting season

Harvested kelp is unloaded from a fishing boat in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 2, 2021. Over 200 Japanese fishing vessels started harvesting the seaweed in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-held Habomai islet group as this year's harvesting season started.

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Kelp harvesting season

People wave from Cape Nosappu in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido as fishing boats head to waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-controlled Habomai islet group to harvest kelp on June 3, 2020, following the start of this year's harvesting season for the seaweed. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kelp harvesting season

Kelp collected in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-controlled Habomai islet group is landed at a port in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2020, as the harvesting season for the seaweed started in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kelp harvesting season

Kelp collected in waters around Kaigara Island of the Russian-controlled Habomai islet group is landed at a port in Nemuro in Japan's northernmost main island of Hokkaido on June 3, 2020, as the harvesting season for the seaweed started in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kaigara Island, part of the Habomai group of islets, is seen from Cape Nosappu on Japan's northernmost main island Hokkaido on Dec. 14, 2016. In the foreground is a "prayer flame" that burns in hope of a return of the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri, Shikotan and the Habomai islet group from Russia. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo