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.

U.S. firm to build wind power plant on Kunashiri

U.S. firm to build wind power plant on Kunashiri

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia - Photo taken in February 2013 shows the headquarters of Sakhalin Machinery LLC in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia. The company, owned by Tiger Machinery LLC based in the U.S. state of Alabama, won an order to build a wind power generation plant on Kunashiri Island, a senior Sakhalin Province official said on March 29, 2013. Kunashiri is one of four-Russian held islands claimed by Japan.

Soviet-Japan war memorial

Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Citizens offer flowers around a monument commemorating the World War II dead of the former Soviet Union in fighting against Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sept. 2, 2010, the Soviet victory memorial day designated in July.

Soviet-Japan war memorial

Soviet-Japan war memorial

YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK, Russia - Citizens offer flowers around a monument commemorating the World War II dead of the former Soviet Union in fighting against Japan in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on Sept. 2, 2010, the Soviet victory memorial day designated in July.

Soviet-Japan war memorial

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.

Soviet-Japan war memorial

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.