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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Visitors view an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Children climb on top of an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier.

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Russia hands over Japanese soldiers' remains recovered in Far East

Toshiei Mizuochi (L), a Japanese upper house member who heads an association of people who lost family members during World War II, shakes hands with a Russian official at a memorial service held in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk on Russia's Far Eastern island of Sakhalin on Nov. 11, 2015. Russia handed over to Japan the same day a total of 31 sets of what are believed to be remains of Japanese soldiers recovered by a Russian group on Shumshu Island, now part of Russia's Kuril Islands chain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Visitors view an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier. (Kyodo)

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Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Children climb on top of an old tank of the Imperial Japanese Army exhibited at a museum in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sep. 1, 2010. The local authorities showed the tank, which had been deserted on Shumshu Island, to reportedly assert the Soviet Union's victory over Japan ahead of Sept. 2, a memorial day designated two months earlier. (Kyodo)

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Memorial service on Shumshu Island

People from Japan hold a memorial service on July 19, 2017, on Shumshu Island at the northeastern end of the Kurils for Japanese soldiers killed during a fierce battle between Japan and the-then Soviet Union that took place after Japan's surrender in World War II. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service on Shumshu Island

Photo taken July 19, 2017, shows a former Japanese Imperial Army tank left behind on Shumshu Island, at the northeastern end of the Kurils, where a fierce battle took place between Japan and the-then Soviet Union shortly after Japan's surrender in World War II. Some 20 people from Japan visited on the same day to hold a memorial service for the Japanese soldiers who died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service on Shumshu Island

Photo taken July 19, 2017, shows a former Japanese Imperial Army tank left behind on Shumshu Island, at the northeastern end of the Kurils, where a fierce battle took place between Japan and the-then Soviet Union shortly after Japan's surrender in World War II. Some 20 people from Japan visited on the same day to hold a memorial service for the Japanese soldiers who died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service on Shumshu Island

Photo taken July 19, 2017, shows a helmet of a Japanese soldier left behind on Shumshu Island, at the northeastern end of the Kurils, where a fierce battle took place between Japan and the-then Soviet Union shortly after Japan's surrender in World War II. Some 20 people from Japan visited on the same day to hold a memorial service for the Japanese soldiers who died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Memorial service on Shumshu Island

Photo taken July 19, 2017, shows a helmet of a Japanese soldier left behind on Shumshu Island, at the northeastern end of the Kurils, where a fierce battle took place between Japan and the-then Soviet Union shortly after Japan's surrender in World War II. Some 20 people from Japan visited on the same day to hold a memorial service for the Japanese soldiers who died. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo