By MASAMI ONO/ Staff Writer
June 2, 2021 at 07:10 JST
Igor Samarin and his colleagues study the site of an Imperial Japanese Army airfield near Lake Toro-numa (Lake Sopochnoe) on Etorofu island in September 2020. Slabs of concrete used for the runway remain. (Provided by Sakhalin.info)
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