Japan, Russia agree to transfer bodies of dead from Japanese ship

Japan and Russia have reached an agreement on the transfer of the bodies of three Japanese citizens who died in mid-April as a result of the crash of the Japanese cruise ship KAZU 1 and were found off the coast of the southern Kuril Islands and off Sakhalin, according to the Kyodo News, Report informs citing TASS.

The parties agreed to transfer the bodies to the Japanese side in the port of Sakhalin. The transfer is expected to take place in September.