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Kelp gathering off Hokkaido begins

KUSHIRO, Japan - Kelp is dried in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on June 21, 2014, as this year's kelp gathering in waters off the Habomai Islands, Japan's Northern Territories controlled by Russia, started the same day.

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Kelp gathering off Hokkaido begins

KUSHIRO, Japan - Harvested kelp is unloaded in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on June 21, 2014, as this year's kelp gathering in waters off the Habomai Islands, Japan's Northern Territories controlled by Russia, started the same day, about three weeks later than normal due to the weather.

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Catch of saury in Hokkaido

NEMURO, Japan, May 3 Kyodo - Photo taken in May 2019 shows a saury fishing ship that returned to Hanasaki Port in Nemuro, Hokkaido.

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State minister Yamaguchi surveys northern territories

NEMURO, Japan - Minister of State for Okinawa and Northern Territories Affairs Shunichi Yamaguchi (C) surveys Russian-held, Japanese-claimed islands off Hokkaido from Cape Nosappu in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Oct. 18, 2014. He later held talks with former islanders.

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Preserving facility for Nemuro-Kunashiri submarine cable

KUSHIRO, Japan - A now-defunct facility in Nemuro, Hokkaido, for a submarine communications cable, which used to connect the Nemuro Peninsula and Kunashiri, one of the four Russian-controlled and Japanese-claimed islands off Japan's northernmost main island, is seen in May 2014 (upper frame) and on Aug. 12, 2014 (lower frame). The lower shows work underway to preserve the facility.

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Huge crab at Hokkaido aquarium

SAPPORO, Japan - A Hanasaki crab is exhibited at Noboribetsu Marine Park Nixe aquarium in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido, on Sept. 1, 2013. The crab, which was caught in August off Nemuro, Hokkaido, weighs 5.7 kilograms, much heavier than usually found.

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U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashes into sea off northern Japan

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows a U.S. F-16 fighter jet. A plane of the same type crashed into the Pacific Ocean about 870 kilometers northeast of Nemuro, Hokkaido around 11:30 a.m. on July 22, 2012, the Japan Coast Guard said. The fighter had taken off from Misawa air base in Aomori Prefecture, base officials said.

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Rally in Hokkaido for return of Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - People raise their fists and chant in unison a slogan calling for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido, known as the Northern Territories in Japan and the Southern Kurils in Russia, at a rally in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Feb. 7, 2012. Feb. 7 is designated ''Northern Territories Day'' in Japan because on that day in 1855, the Treaty of Commerce, Navigation and Delimitation between Japan and Russia was concluded, in which the two countries confirmed that the four islands are part of Japanese territory.

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Fewer Russian ships calling at Hokkaido ports

KUSHIRO, Japan - A Cambodian ship is docked at Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on March 16.

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Japanese vessel on aid mission arrives back in Nemuro

KUSHIRO, Japan - A chartered vessel on a humanitarian mission to four disputed Russian-held islands returns to Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Jan. 29 after Japan canceled the mission before arriving at one of the islands over the issue of submitting disembarkation cards.

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Fishing boat skipper returns home from Kunashiri

NEMURO, Japan - Noboru Sakashita (C), the skipper of a Japanese crab-fishing boat, returned home on Oct. 3 after he was captured by Russian authorities over intruding into and poaching in Russian-claimed waters off Nemuro, Hokkaido.

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Fisherman's body returns to Japan

NEMURO, Japan - The coffin of Mitsuhiro Morita, a 35-year-old fisherman who was shot dead on Aug. 16 by a Russian border patrol boat, is unloaded from the Japanese Coast Guard patrol vessel Saroma at Nemuro port, Hokkaido, on Aug. 19. Earlier in the day, Russia handed over the body to Japanese officials on Russian-held Kunashiri Island.

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Coast Guard ship heads to Kunashiri to collect fisherman's body

NEMURO, Japan - A Japan Coast Guard ship leaves Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 18 for Russian-administered Kunashiri Island to collect the body of a Japanese fisherman killed by gunfire from a Russian border patrol boat off Nemuro.

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Japan mission leaves for Shikotan on visa-free trip

NEMURO, Japan - A group of 63 Japanese leaves Nemuro port in eastern Hokkaido on May 19 for a four-day trip to Shikotan -- one of four Russian-held islands claimed by Japan -- for the first trip this year under a visa-free exchange program.

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Israeli firm apologizes to relatives over fatal boat collision

NEMURO, Japan - Relatives of victimized crew members of the Japanese fishing boat Shinsei Maru No. 3 listen to Doron Goder, president of Israeli shipping firm Zim Integrated Shipping Services Ltd. in Nemuro, Hokkaido on Oct. 7. Seven fishermen on the Japanese ship were killed in a collision with the Israeli containership Zim Asia off the coast of the Hokkaido city of Nemuro.

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Koizumi meets with ex-residents of Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi attends dialogue Sept. 2 in Nemuro, Hokkaido Prefecture, with former residents of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. He held the meeting after viewing some of the islands off Hokkaido and vowed to seek an early transfer of the islands.

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(2) Koizumi departs for boat trip to view Russian-held isles

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi goes on board the Japan Coast Guard's 1,200-ton patrol boat Erimo at Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Sept. 2 to make a boat trip to view a group of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan. Hundreds of former residents of the islands and their offspring saw him off. (Pool photo)

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(1)Koizumi departs for boat trip to view Russian-held isles

NEMURO, Japan - Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi goes on board the Japan Coast Guard's 1,200-ton patrol boat Erimo at Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Sept. 2 to make a boat trip to view a group of Russian-held islands claimed by Japan.

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Japan resumes aid to Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - Japan resumed providing humanitarian aid to the residents of Russian-held islands off Hokkaido it claims on Jan. 20. A ship carrying 9.4 million yen worth of supplies prepared by a Japanese group departed from Nemuro, Hokkaido, for the islands the same day. The assistance was halted in January 2001 due to its link to a scandal involving Japanese lawmaker Muneo Suzuki.

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Kawaguchi views disputed isles off Hokkaido from chopper

NEMURO, Japan - Foreign Minister Yoriko Kawaguchi gets off a Japan Coast Guard helicopter in Nemuro, Hokkaido, on Aug. 23 after viewing the Russian-held islands off the prefecture by helicopter. Japan has claimed the sovereignty over the islands, collectively known in Japan as the Northern Territories.

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Russians from disputed isles arrive in Japan

NEMURO, Japan - A group of residents from Russian-held islands off Hokkkaido that are claimed by Japan arrive at Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, on May 15 for a visa-free visit. This year is the 11th year of bilateral exchanges in which Japan and Russia agreed in 1992 to allow reciprocal visits to and from the disputed islands without the need for visas.

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Salmon, trout fishing begins in Hokkaido

NEMURO, Japan - A small fishing boat leave from Hanasaki port in Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, on April 15 to start this year's drift-net salmon and trout fishing in Japan's 200-nautical-mile economic zone in the Pacific. A total of 168 small fishing boats are expected to operate during this year's fishing season through July 7.

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Last Russian group on visa-free trip leaves Hokkaido

NEMURO, Japan - A group of 75 Russian residents from three of the four disputed islands northeast of Hokkaido are seen off at Nemuro port, Hokkaido, on Oct. 17 as they leave after visiting Nagano Prefecture on a visa-free trip. The departure marks the last visa-free visit for Russians this year, the 10th year of the bilateral visa-free exchanges.

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Japanese saury fishing boats leave for disputed waters

NEMURO, Japan - Japanese saury fishing boats leaves Hanasaki port in Nemuro, Hokkaido on Aug. 4 for waters around Russian-held islands claimed by Japan after complications regarding Russian fishing inspectors were resolved on Aug. 3. The boats were due to begin fishing on Aug. 1, but the operation was delayed until Russian authorities gave the green light on Aug. 3.

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Russian group arrives in Hokkaido on visa-free visit

NEMURO, Japan - A group of 85 Russian residents of four disputed Russian-held islands northeast of Hokkaido arrives May 17 at Hanasaki port in Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, on a visa-free visit. The visits began in 1992 to promote understanding between former Japanese residents of the islands and Russian residents.

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3,000 pledge more efforts for return of Russian-held islands

NEMURO, Japan - About 3,000 people from 129 organizations from across Japan shout in Russian ''Return the four islands to Japan'' in a rally held in Nemuro, eastern Hokkaido, on Oct. 1. The rally is the largest ever staged by groups working for the return of four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido -- Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan islands and the Habomai group of islets.