By TOMOYUKI YAMAMOTO
August 29, 2023 at 17:42 JST
Yuzo Matsumoto, 82, director of the League of Residents of Chishima and Habomai Islands, pays tribute at a memorial service aboard the Etopirika on Aug. 28. (Pool)
NEMURO, Hokkaido—Former residents of the Northern Territories commemorated their ancestors at sea while visits to the four Russian-held islands off Hokkaido remain in limbo following Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. [Read More]
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