Russian museum eager to display Japan dinosaur fossil replica

Russian museum eager to display Japan dinosaur fossil replica

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Nipponosaurus' skeleton model is displayed at the Hokkaido University Museum in Sapporo on June 26, 2014. The fossil was discovered in 1934 in the Japanese territory of Karafuto, in what is now Sakhalin, Russia. The Sakhalin Regional Museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk wants to display a replica of the fossil.

Japanese restaurant owner in Russia spreads friendship

Japanese restaurant owner in Russia spreads friendship

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Photo taken Aug. 7, 2013 shows Yutaka Miyanishi, honorary citizen of Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, who worked for the lighting-up of the Sakhalin Regional Museum in the Far Eastern city, formerly known as the Karafuto-cho (Karafuto Government Office) Museum, which the Japanese government built in 1937 when it controlled the south part of Sakhalin island.

Sakhalin restores Japanese cultural assets to attract tourists

Sakhalin restores Japanese cultural assets to attract tourists

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Photo shows the former Karafuto Prefecture museum, now a Sakhalin state local history museum, in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia, which was built before World War II by the Japanese prefectural government. The provincial government of Sakhalin is restoring with the help of Japanese experts buildings and other cultural assets the Japanese left behind after the war with a view to attracting Japanese tourists to the southern region of the island north of Hokkaido which was ruled by Japan between 1905 and 1945.

Former residents find prewar roots in Russian territory

Former residents find prewar roots in Russian territory

Nozomi Takahashi points to the place on a map where his old family home once stood in Odomari, currently Korsakov in Russia's Far Eastern region of Sakhalin, during an interview in Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on June 14, 2015. Takahashi visited his birthplace in Karafuto, currently Sakhalin, for the first time in 76 years with the help of a travel agency in Wakkanai. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Former residents find prewar roots in Russian territory

Former residents find prewar roots in Russian territory

Nozomi Takahashi speaks enthusiastically on June 16, 2015, about his trip earlier in the month to his birthplace in Karafuto, currently Russia's Far Eastern region of Sakhalin, for the first time in 76 years with the help of a travel agency in Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan. Arrangements by the agency included finding the location of Takahashi's old family home based on Japanese address records. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-residents in Sakhalin town chat about old days

Ex-residents in Sakhalin town chat about old days

Former residents in Minaminayoshi, which is now Shebunino on the Russian far eastern island of Sakhalin, talk about the old days over photos during the last meeting of their association at a spa resort in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, before its disbandment because of members' advanced age. Minaminayoshi was in the southern half of Sakhalin which was called Karafuto when it was under Japanese rule until 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Ex-residents in Sakhalin town to end annual meeting due to old age

Ex-residents in Sakhalin town to end annual meeting due to old age

Former residents in Minaminayoshi, which is now Shebunino on the Russian far eastern island of Sakhalin, hold the last meeting of their association at a spa resort in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, on Oct. 21, 2015, before its disbandment because of members' advanced age. Minaminayoshi was in the southern half of Sakhalin which was called Karafuto when it was under Japanese rule until 1945. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Photo taken in July 2015 shows a monument in Sarufutsu, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, marking the former landing point of prewar undersea telecommunications cables that used to connect the village and Karafuto, currently Russia's Sakhalin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

Prewar Japan-Sakhalin cables valuable for historians, nuisance for fishermen

A staff member at a history museum in Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, northern Japan, shows in July 2015 two sections of prewar undersea telecommunications cables that used to connect northern Hokkaido and Karafuto, currently Russian's Sakhalin, that have been recovered from the seabed. The cable fragments were donated to the museum by a subsidiary of NTT Corp., successor to the now-defunct Communications Ministry. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Sakhalin restores Japanese cultural assets to attract tourists

Sakhalin restores Japanese cultural assets to attract tourists

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Photo shows the former Karafuto Prefecture museum, now a Sakhalin state local history museum, in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk in Russia, which was built before World War II by the Japanese prefectural government. The provincial government of Sakhalin is restoring with the help of Japanese experts buildings and other cultural assets the Japanese left behind after the war with a view to attracting Japanese tourists to the southern region of the island north of Hokkaido which was ruled by Japan between 1905 and 1945. (Kyodo)

Russian museum eager to display Japan dinosaur fossil replica

Russian museum eager to display Japan dinosaur fossil replica

ASAHIKAWA, Japan - Nipponosaurus' skeleton model is displayed at the Hokkaido University Museum in Sapporo on June 26, 2014. The fossil was discovered in 1934 in the Japanese territory of Karafuto, in what is now Sakhalin, Russia. The Sakhalin Regional Museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk wants to display a replica of the fossil. (Kyodo)