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![First-ever flight links Japan with South Kuril Islands](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol3%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2F0000%2F0319%2F99%2F000003199970_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QW5kcmV5IFppbWEgIzMxOTk5NzA%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-3199970-preview_a66de733ba6be083e8151ae82d615665.jpg)
Members of a Japanese delegation have arrived in the South Kuril Islands under a visa-free exchange program. They are seen here at Mendeleyevo Airport in Yuzhno-Kurilsk.
- Categories: Human Interest
- Location: Juzhno-Kurilsk, Sakhalin Region, Russia
- Event date: 24.09.2017
- Date published: 26.09.2017
- Author: Andrey Zima
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 2637x1942px, 2.4Mb